TL;DR – Awesome hotel; highly recommended Introduction I was in Auckland in early December 2015, and we spent 2 nights here using 60,000 HH points per night. I was a GOLD member at the time, and I used the Hilton app to check in to my room a day before arrival. It was nice since […]
Introduction I read this on Reddit yesterday: “Recently Amazon implemented a process whereby items that were returned by customers could be automatically repackaged and put back in a seller’s inventory… This seems to have coincided with an uptick in the number of people being suspended for having items for sale that did not follow Amazon […]
Introduction We were in Queenstown at the end of November 2015, when it was the start of summer-time there. The exchange rate at the time was 1 USD to 1.5 NZD. We stayed at the Hilton Queenstown, which you should NOT do. Here’s what we did and where we ate. Please note that my wife and […]
Introduction The last time I had a round of credit card apps was back in July. I was 7 out of 9 at the time. This time, I went more conservative (mainly because I’m running out of cards to apply for). Bank of America Alaska Visa – Instantly Approved I did this a week before […]
TL;DR – Stay at the Crowne Plaza in town instead Introduction We stayed here at the end of November 2015 for 3 nights. I was torn between this or the Doubletree which is literally next door. I decided to go with the Hilton since they had cash+points availability, and I wanted the more prestigious […]