I recently signed up for an American Express Platinum card. One of the benefits is the Amex Platinum airline fee reimbursement of up to $200 each calendar year. This is especially helpful your first year of using the card as you actually get $400 reimbursements; one for each calendar year. … Read more
This is the year I got serious about credit card sign up bonuses. Assuming you have good credit and a responsible spender, credit cards can be a great way to earn free travel. Below is a list of the credit card applications I submitted in 2015. As always, I do … Read more
In the world of travel blogging, I am still one of the new kids on the block. While I have been collecting miles for 15 years, I only got serious about it less than a year ago. After many credit cards and flights, I decided it is time to book … Read more
If anyone is going to be in Vegas next weekend (and who doesn’t need an excuse to go to Vegas!), check out this event to learn and socialize with other in the travel community. I’ll be speaking first at 2:30. It is a free event! EDIT: Here is my … Read more
Today I had my British Airways mistake deeply discounted ticket canceled. Early Thursday morning (August 20, 2015) British Airways had an extremely good sale on first class tickets from various German cities to Kuala Lumpur and Sydney. So good, in fact, that British is now calling it an “invalid fare” and ended … Read more
Today Amex released an update to one of their more popular travel rewards credit card. Seven of the thirteen newest articles on BoardingArea (a site that hosts a number of travel bloggers) were posts about the card. Other bloggers are highlighting the new card. Twitter is aflutter with tweets about Amex. … Read more