Recently, I walked through my personal experience applying for, interviewing, and finally getting approved for Global Entry. Becky and I didn’t end up applying at the same time because we wanted to use the Global Entry fee reimbursement benefit from a credit card to cover the $100 application fee and only had one card that […]
Category: Travel Hacking
Earn Hotel Nights With Pen and Paper: IHG Priceless Surprises
Intercontinental Hotels Group (or IHG) often has at least one promotion going on at any given time and their most recent one is a bit different than usual. About a year ago, I took advantage of IHG’s “Into the Nights” promotion in order to earn free hotel nights that we later used to save a ton […]
Using British Avios to Book 2 Flights to Hawaii for 50k Miles and $22.40
There are two sides to travel hacking with points and miles, earning the points and then actually booking travel with those points. Both sides have their own world of respective methods and tricks to maximize your return, but are largely independent of each other except for the point and mile currencies that tie them together. […]
Global Entry: Easiest Interview of My Life
A few months ago, I applied for the Citi Prestige card which inspired this post about my changing travel strategy and my first “premium” credit card. Despite the card having a large $450 annual fee, I think it’s one of the best signup offers currently available if you’re able to take advantage of the benefits. […]
Piecing Together the Honeymoon: Business Class to Fiji with Miles
I just got back from an exciting TravelCon II in Las Vegas where I met a lot of awesome people in the travel hacking hobby and learned some awesome tips for earning even more miles. During Scott’s (of Travel Codex) presentation on everything Alaska Airlines, someone asked about having difficulty finding Fiji Airways award space. As […]
How We Booked 4 All-Inclusive Nights in Cancun for $160
It never ceases to amaze me how much “free” travel can be obtained by spending a little bit of time pursuing miles and points earning opportunities. I put free in quotations because there always ends up being a small cost with any award redemption, but when you compare it to booking with cash and realize […]
Top Tier Best Western Status in 5 Minutes and Maximizing a Random Hotel Stay
A few times a year, my job sends me on short business trips around the US and Canada which make for good opportunities to earn a few extra points and miles. The destination this time isn’t exactly a big city and the hotel choices were sparse, so I ended up booking 2 nights at a Best […]
How I Redeemed SPG Points for Over 20 Cents Each and Other Credit Card Benefits
My last post was all about how we booked an 8 night trip to New York City for a fraction of the retail cost. Our final out of pocket cost for the flight and hotels was a mere $254! Not only did we save a TON of money on the flights and hotels, we also […]
How We Spent 8 Days in NYC for Less Than $255
My fiance and I recently returned from an 8 day trip to New York City which is why you haven’t heard from me in a while. This trip was special for two reasons, the first being that it was each of our first times in New York so we spent most of the trip exploring […]
I’ll Be Attending TravelCon II and Travel Hacking My Way There
The writers over at Travel Codex recently announced a new miles/points event that will be taking place on November 7th this year and I’m excited to say that I’ll be attending. This will be my first “travel hacking” meetup of any kind, so I’m excited to meet a lot of fellow bloggers that I’ve only […]