REVISION: This post was done slightly in haste, so I’m not sure if other people will necessarily encounter the same problems as I did trying to book ANA space. I have a theory that I would like to test some more and I will follow up once I’ve gathered some more data. As far as…
Here are a hodgepodge of thoughts about my last round of credit card applications. 1) It seems that most of the telephone numbers listed on blogs for Bank of America’s credit card reconsideration line have all been disconnected. Both 866-458-8805 and 888-503-6090 connected me to messages saying that the lines had been disconnected. The line…
Today was my churn day, 3 months after my last round of credit card applications. I discussed my thought process of applying for credit cards this time around in a previous post, and I settled on applying for 4 credit cards: the US Bank Club Carlson Personal, US Bank Club Carlson Business, Bank of America…
See part 1 on cultivating gratitude and part 2 on traveling more. This point is similar to part 1, but flying in coach makes flying in first class even better. By experiencing the inadequacies of coach, we are better able to appreciate the abundances of first class. If we were to fly in business or…
As someone who loves both travel and food, I found this episode of Heston’s Mission Impossible for British Airways interesting. He takes on the task of improving airplane food, which is often universally panned. I’m actually a fan of airplane food, just because I think it’s already magical that a giant metal tube can get off…
One of my favorite credit cards is the Barclays US Airways credit card (Flyertalk link), which is one reason why I’m considering adding (another) one to my next round of credit card applications. The sign-up bonus is decent (most recently at 35k miles), but it’s great because it’s a bonus after first use, so there’s no…
As has already been plastered all over the travel blogosphere, US Airways is running their share miles promo, which is effectively one of the best ways to buy airlines miles out there. While US Airways normally runs buy miles promos where you can buy US Airways miles for roughly 1.8 cents per mile, with the…
See Part 1 regarding cultivating gratitude. This is perhaps obvious, but flying coach can be good because it’s cheaper than flying in business or first, which means you can take more trips using the same sum of money or number of points or miles. Frequent flyer miles are wonderful because they make first class much…
It’s been about three months since my last round of credit card applications, so I’m trying to figure out what I’m going to get next. I most recently applied for the Citi Hilton Reserve and the Chase United MileagePlus Explorer Business cards. I’ve already used the two weekend night certificates from the Citi Hilton Reserve…
Lots of travel bloggers out there focus on aspirational travel redemptions, and for good reason too, since flying first class is much more accessible/affordable via points or miles than via cash. But I think there are a number of reasons as to why it’s important to fly coach from time to time that are often…
