Earlier this month, American Express has announced some exciting improvements on both the personal and business Platinum charge cards. I’ve been an Enhanced Business Platinum Card® from American Express OPEN cardholder for almost 4 full years, and I’ve always found it to be beyond “worth it†to continue paying the annual fee on my business Platinum. Aside … [Read More…]

While I am personally over 25, I know that many people under 25 run into issues when trying to rent a car in the US for a decent price (that’s if the company will even let you rent). While age shouldn’t necessarily be a variable in determining ability to drive, statistics do not work in the … [Read More…]

As a frequent traveler, having Global Entry and TSA PreCheck for over 3 years has greatly enhanced my travel experience by expediting the immigrations process and zipping through security lines. My approval was a quick and painless process. Now that I often travel with my 2 kids, it was time to get them on board too. The … [Read More…]

Tomorrow I’ll be on the StarMegaDo with a bunch of other frequent flyer junkies. I’ve been on several MegaDo trips in the past, and they’ve always been so much fun, so I’m really looking forward! This year, the trip ends in Athens, so I thought it would be fun to plan a family trip to Greece … [Read More…]

I’ve visited Hawaii 3 times in a span of 2 years before becoming a mom, and I’m already looking to go back again with the family. I know Hawaii is an aspirational destination for many people using points and miles (here are the best ways to get to Hawaii using miles from the east coast … [Read More…]

I feel like I hit the jackpot! JetBlue is currently having a 25% off award sale for fall travel.Since I recently enrolled my family in the PointsMatch promotion for each of us to earn 75,000 TrueBlue points after taking one roundtrip flight before August 31 (yay for cheap EWR-BOS flights), we have a boatload of points in … [Read More…]

A short while back, I shared information about Best Western’s Diamond Status Match. Reader Frederick reached out to me to share his interesting experience leveraging Best Western’s generous status match in order to ping pong his free Hilton Gold status into Hilton Diamond status. I’m merely sharing his experience and it’s up to you how you use this … [Read More…]

I just got back from a great week-long trip in Stockholm. While I am not one to plan trips solely around shopping, I was on the prowl for a specific high-end purse. In short, I was gifted a really nice Chanel as an anniversary gift the day before my departure. The sad news what that I … [Read More…]

It was just announced that Hyatt will soon be changing their award chart. After August 1, 2016, 50 hotels will be going up in category, and 56 hotels will be going down in category. You can see the full list of which properties are undergoing a category change below: Properties going up in category Properties … [Read More…]

Earlier this week, American Airlines dropped the bomb that we all knew was coming – details about the way customers can earn miles from flying & introducing a spend requirement to reach elite status. In short, they’ve joined United & Delta in going “revenue-based”, but the changes are worse than I’d imagine them to be … [Read More…]