Introduction At first, we weren’t going to spend a day in Joburg. We could have arrived in Joburg at 7AM and taken the domestic flight to our safari at 10AM. However, I figured since we flew this far across the world, we may as well at least spend a day here. I know some people […]
Introduction Before I booked this hotel, I had to ask a couple of South African coworkers to see if this is the right place to stay for Joburg. They agreed that this was in a nice suburb of Joburg with a mall and dining options nearby. It was also ridiculously cheap at 8K points per […]
You guys know I don’t like writing about deals since I assume you’ve read it elsewhere, like on DoC’s site. This is the straw that broke the camel’s back for me to finally activate all of my AMEX AU cards. So far, I’ve banged out Newegg on 9 cards, but I’ll do more today. I’m […]
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 […]