Share Last week, I shared that I’ve redeemed over $26,000 worth of travel for 2012. While I usually focus on the earning portion of the frequent flyer mileage game, today I want to share a few tips I’ve learned about booking award travel. Of course, if I’ve learned something, that’s good for you and me [...]
4 Strong Reasons Why Mileage Diversification is Important
October 6, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Share When you invest, you expect to be told to diversify. You intentionally hedge your investments in such a way that you’ll get some value from a down market and some value from an strong market. We do this in investing by buying different types of stocks and investing over a period of time (dollar [...]
7 Situations Where Cash Back Credit Cards Are Better Than Air Miles Credit Cards
September 20, 2011 By 4 Comments
Share When you start collecting points and miles for free travel, you might find yourself plagued by the question – which card should I use for this purchase? The biggest decision you’ll need to make is if you’ll use a cash back credit card or an air miles credit card. 7 Situations Where Cash Back [...]
Free Flights May Be Moving Further Out of Reach for Stay at Home Parents
June 30, 2011 By 3 Comments
Share Everyone knows that the best way to collect frequent flyer miles is by taking advantage of the best credit card sign up bonuses. In the last year, both my wife and I have accumulated thousands of dollars worth of free travel by strategically applying for (and getting accepted for) credit cards. As a working [...]
5 Steps to Getting Approval for the Chase British Airways Visa [Even if You Were Denied]
May 11, 2011 By 4 Comments
Share The big promotion is finally over. I’ve had had a few follow up emails with people worried that they didn’t or won’t get approved. In this post, I’ll give you a few tips to help give you the best possible chance of approval in case you didn’t get approved. 5 Steps for Getting a [...]
What’s there to lose? | British Airways 100,000 Sign Up Bonus
April 26, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Share Sometimes we’re plagued by what if questions. Throughout the past week, I’ve been getting emails and blog comments regarding the 100,000 British Airways mileage offer. Some of you have never signed up for a card to get points, and I have the impression that you’re a little nervous about the whole thing. You wonder [...]
10 Ways to Reach a Credit Card Minimum Spend Requirement
April 18, 2011 By 17 Comments
Share If you frequently churn credit cards, you might run into an issue because you don’t typically spend enough to reach your minimum balance requirement. I’ve had a few people this week ask for suggestions on how to reach a minimum spend of $2,500 in 90 days for the British Airways 100,000 bonus miles credit [...]
When Should You Cancel Your Credit Card?
March 24, 2011 By 2 Comments
Share If you sign up for credit cards in order to get the sign up bonus, you’ll likely hold on to a card for about a year and then call to cancel the card. Ultimately, the question is: when should you pull the trigger on the cancellation? No Annual Fee Credit Card Cancellation If the [...]
