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Charlotte Milemadness Thoughts and Review
Over the weekend, I had the pleasure of speaking at and attending the Charlotte Milemadness event with Amol. It was created to help people who manufacture spend meet up and discuss different topics....
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Respect the Unloved Standard Award Redemption
“I’ve got to get from Los Angeles to New York this upcoming Friday and then back by Sunday because my buddy just told me he got us tickets to see the Islanders in Game 7 of their playoff series!”...
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Great Ultimate Rewards Value on Amtrak Special Routes
This past weekend, I traveled to Charlotte for the #MileMadness DO. Tahsir was presenting and I just stood in the background and interjected tidbits of information into his presentation. I didn’t...
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Join My Manufactured Spend Group Forum
As you may have heard a million times, I participated in the Charlotte Milemadness Seminar this past weekend. While attending, I paid special attention to the presentation given by Marathon Man about...
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Do We Always Have To Earn and Burn?
“Look at all those naive folks out there with their slow building mileage balances and run of the mill credit profiles,” say the Conventional Wisdomers. “They save up their frequent flyer points over...
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I’ll Take Care of It
I can’t claim to being the World’s Greatest Husband. The first thing I do when I wake up at 6 is check my email. I go to my day job until 5. I work again on the blog until 11. Megan makes most of my...
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Review: Hyatt Place Chicago River North
A couple months ago I was in Chicago to meet with some people at Hyatt and took advantage of the opportunity to try some of their hotels in the city since my only other stay in the downtown area was at...
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Tips on Applying for Chase Ink Business Cards
This weekend is your last opportunity for the foreseeable future to apply for the Chase Ink Bold and Ink Plus business cards while the sign-up bonus has been temporarily increased to 60,000 Ultimate...
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Free Boingo Hotspots with Amex Platinum
When the American Express Platinum card devalued after losing American and US Airways Clubs, they promised different benefits for the future. One new benefit is the Boingo American Express Preferred...
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AirCare Is No Better than an Extended Warranty
Wandering Aramean may have beat me to it, but Thursday’s “Middle Seat” column in The Wall Street Journal has been sitting on my table reminding me to talk about AirCare travel insurance, a new business...
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Daily Getaways 2014: Hyatt Points Less Than 1 Cent Each
One of my favorite Daily Getaways offers is purchasing Gold Passport points from Hyatt. This will be available on Wednesday, June 4. Like many other sales, this one is marketed not as a chance to...
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Review: Seattle to Tokyo in Delta’s A330 BusinessElite
In April, I took a quick trip to Tokyo. I used 120,000 Delta Skymiles to book Los Angeles-Seattle-Tokyo-Los Angeles, although it is now 140,000 miles after the latest devaluation. The Los Angeles to...
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Barclay Arrival+ Chip-and-Pin Activation
I love the Barclay Arrival+ card — even though it’s more a cash-back card than a miles/points card, it’s a mainstay in my wallet. On a day-to-day basis, I use it for 1x transactions where I earn about...
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The Best Airports in North America for 23-Hour Layovers
Last week we covered fun places in Europe to do a quick 23-hour layover, but you can do the same within North America before or after your trip as well! Since all passengers transiting through the US...
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How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Angled Flat Seats
My girlfriend and I just got back from Japan. Exciting country. Very nice people. They pride themselves on excellent service and won’t let you tip. I had to talk one hotel clerk off the ledge when I...
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Delta 747 BusinessElite, Tokyo to Los Angeles
I flew to Tokyo from Seattle on Delta’s A330-200, but returned on the 747-400 nonstop to Los Angeles. Before this trip, the 747 was the final aircraft in the Delta fleet that I hadn’t flown (I’ve...
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Scottrick’s Interview with Daily Travel Podcast
A couple months ago I was approached about doing a podcast with Nathaniel Boyle, who has done the same with many other travel bloggers and is now publishing them for the series “Daily Travel Podcast.”...
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An Even Better AAdvantage Award to Africa
Last week, Seth at the Wandering Aramean posted “A better AAdvantage award to Africa,” where he discussed getting around American’s award routing rule restriction to Africa by using Qatar Airways....
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New Power Couple: Manufactured Spend & Revenue Based Programs
As you may have heard by now, United “shocked” us all by changing the terms of how to earn miles on their flights starting March 2015. To be honest, I wasn’t too surprised when I heard about it but was...
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Tweeting Into The Abyss About Devaluations
I hate being a Debbie Downer. Really I do. I’m typically an optimistic person. A “glass half full” kind of guy. Unless it’s a nice gin and tonic, in which case I’d prefer it to be a “glass completely...
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