Introduction I first heard about Kendrick Lamar through Taylor Swift’s “Bad Blood” song. Hahaha queue face palm now. Whatever. He’s arguably the most famous rapper currently. He headlined Coachella a few weekends back. So when a reader mentioned his tour was coming up on AMEX presale, I had a good feeling about them. However, I […]
Introduction We stayed here in April 2017 for 2 nights during cherry blossom season. The consensus place to stay is the Intercontinental Osaka, but they were fully booked, so I booked this St. Regis using 20K SPG points per night. Rack rate was around $800 due to the season, so it was a great use […]
Introduction While on vacation, I had forgotten about an autopayment on my AMEX business SPG card. It was a sizeable 5 figure balance too. I came back on a Sunday and realized the payment was going to hit on Monday. There was no way I was going to be able to get cash on time. […]
Introduction I vaguely heard about USPS Informed Delivery many months ago, but it wasn’t available in my area. When Esther told me about it a few weeks ago, I’m pretty sure it said it still wasn’t available. However, when I was signing up for it for my PO Box a few days ago, I logged […]
Introduction This was my FIRST ever Ritz Carlton experience. The hotel was fully booked due to cherry blossom season, but I was able to snag 2 nights for 70,000 Marriott points per night. Rack rate was over $1,000 USD per night, so a really great value. Getting to hotel We were moving from the Hyatt, […]