Introduction You would think that by now I wouldn’t make silly mistakes, but carelessness happens to the both of us. So what happened? I bought a $500 VGC from our favorite grocery chain and forgot to Sharpie the pin down on the white strip that I normally do. I went to liquidate the card and […]
Introduction We had a 1 night stay here in December. Initially, I booked it using 20K Hyatt points, but then found a points + cash availability a few weeks ahead. I was going to use a DSU, but all of the suites were being renovated at the time, and so we just stayed in a […]
Introduction If you’ve been living under a rock, then you may not have heard that Yahoo had another billion passwords hacked. I don’t know how many passwords Yahoo has in total, but I think it’s safe to assume that if you’ve ever had a Yahoo email account, it’s been hacked. I know a few people […]
As regular readers of this blog know, I’m pretty much out of the reselling game. I FINALLY logged into my Amazon account the other day, withdrew my Apple pencil, dropped the price on 3 items just so they would sell and that’s pretty much it. I still have some stuff in my basement that I’ […]
Introduction We had a 1 night layover in Abu Dhabi on our way back from the Seychelles. I booked this place because we just needed a bed for the night, I was shooting for Platinum status, and it was dirt cheap at 3,000 SPG for the weekend night. Unfortunately, we were there on National Day, and […]