New! Visa Savings Edge “Activate Offers”

by Cam Hadfield | Jan 31, 2018 | amexoffers, business, dontrepost

Visa Savings Edge has rolled out their Activate Offers. What does this mean for you?

5 reasons why you should rent a car with a manual transmission

by Ian Snyder | Jan 31, 2018 | all, car rentals

While they are pretty much nonexistent in the United States, finding a rental car with a manual transmission is easy in many other countries. Here’s why you should rent one, if given the chance:

The haunting transcript of Air France Flight 447’s final moments

by Ian Snyder | Jan 31, 2018 | all, disaster

Air travel is extraordinarily safe. Statistics back this up. But you never know when everything may go completely and disastrously wrong. The transcript of the AF 447 black box will…

What card(s) would you use for a $150,000 purchase?

by Dan Miller | Jan 30, 2018 | all, reader questions

A reader writes in to say he has a (REALLY) large purchase coming up? What card or cards would you put it on?

This is why IHG changed their Point Breaks list

by Dan Miller | Jan 30, 2018 | all, dontrepost, hotel, ihg

IHG Point Breaks now cost double or triple the amount before, up to 15,000 points. But why did IHG increase the amount? When I reached out to IHG, they …

Taking a Closer Look at the New Hilton Cards from American Express

by Cam Hadfield | Jan 30, 2018 | american express, annual fee, hilton

Let’s take the deep dive on these Hilton cards. Do you have one? Will you keep it? Should you open a new one? That Hilton Aspire might be in my wallet soon….

[QUIZ] – Can you name the oneworld alliance members?

by Dan Miller | Jan 29, 2018 | airlines

Can you name all 15 oneworld alliance members? Race against the clock, and if you’re really smart, see if you can find the 6 “hidden” answers!

Turning 20,000 Amex points into 25,000 Alaska miles and $500

by Ian Snyder | Jan 29, 2018 | alaska, all

Our recent trip to Disney was a fun one, but not without incident. Fortunately, we made out like bandits on our free flights, as Alaska ended up giving us…

The IHG Point Breaks map and sortable table is updated (Jan 29 – April 2018)

by Dan Miller | Jan 29, 2018 | all, dontrepost, hotel, ihg

My IHG Point Breaks map and sortable table has been updated for the latest list – where you can book over 2000 IHG hotels as low as 5000 points for the next 3 months

This is why the Southwest Companion pass is worthless (for me)

by Ian Snyder | Jan 29, 2018 | all, southwest

The Southwest Companion Pass is the holy grail of domestic travel for many people, but it isn’t for everyone. Here’s why I’m not planning to get one for our family: