AS Gold promo is back. Time to do this for my wife.

September 10, 2016September 9, 2016 Vinh Deals, Travel Alaska, Membership Rewards, virgin 4 Comments

Just saw on FM that AMEX brought back their 80K MR -> 50K VX points PLUS VX Gold promotion. Remember I did this last year and parlayed it into a a status match with AS to get MVP Gold. That promo has paid out handsomely. Here’s all I got from my 80K MR points: 50,000 VX […]

5 Days in Hawaii on miles and points

October 14, 2015October 13, 2015 Vinh Travel Alaska, Hawaii, virgin 2 Comments

Introduction Another month, another wedding right? While my side of the family is pretty much all married, my wife’s side has lots of weddings coming up. This was my first destination wedding, and you can’t really do better as a destination than Hawaii. We were in Honolulu, and the lodging was a VRBO vacation rental, […]