Introduction I’ve been thinking about this lately over the past 2 months when I’ve been in a miles and points lull. After April’s massive miles and points haul and then the subsequent shutdowns from retailers, thus prompting my reselling to grind to a screeching halt, I’ve been pondering what else I could be doing with […]
Introduction As I was looking at hotels in New Zealand later this year, I noticed that the only big chain that was there was Hilton (no Hyatt or SPG.) One of my fellow MS buddies had been MS’ing Hilton points with his AMEX Hilton Surpass at 6X at grocery stores. I also know Free-quent […]
If you haven’t figured it out yet, I run all of my MS through AGC first so I can get that extra 2%. I’m assuming you already know how to buy AGC’s, so let me try to get an FAQ questions and answers that is hopefully more advanced than what you’ve seen out there. Q: […]
The other day, I bought $2K of gift cards at my local Kroger affiliate, and for the past couple of months, I’ve been double checking the activation receipts with the cards as I’m walking out of the door (in case there are problems.) Anyway, today, after the cashier typed in my driver’s license and pushed […]
Introduction I hate summer. Not because of the heat and the fact that most Seattle homes don’t have A/C. Nor is it because of the 5AM sun-in-your-eyes. No, it’s because I can’t wear a jacket. Sure, I could still wear a jacket, but a) people would look at me funny and b) I’d sweat everywhere […]