Introduction We stayed her a couple of weekends ago for a family wedding. We stayed exactly 2 nights since that’s what the signup for the Chase Fairmont card got us. I was also able to use the suite upgrade, and upon checking in, they gave us an extra tier above that (or so they said.) […]
Disclaimer This is the quarterly post on how many points I collected in the previous quarter. This is NOT a brag and moan post. This was the impetus of this entire blog; so I could track how many miles and points I earn in a year. Some of you may do a lot less than […]
Introduction With all the changes happening with AMEX lately, I’ve been trying to rethink my card strategy with AMEX. I still don’t think I’ve perfected it yet, but I’ll just shotgun this until I get it right. Anyway, my Plat card’s annual fee is due in September. For some background, I also have the Biz […]
Introduction I have about ~53K Hawaiian miles in my account. I got it through the Barclay’s card signup years ago. However since they axed me, I’ve never used HA ever since. Awardwallet had been warning me for months that my miles were expiring in June, and so I tried to buy something through their shopping […]
Introduction Up until last week, Staples POS systems would allow you to buy third party gift cards using Staples gift cards. It was very highly cashier YMMV, but if you’re friendly with your store’s cashiers, this could have been a play for you. However, according to a HH last week, it seems they have now […]