Today I’m featuring a question I received via e-mail a few weeks ago. Reader RB would love to go visit her boyfriend in North Carolina but she’s a starving student. So how can she use miles and points to make it all the way from Cali to North Carolina for free?! I was hoping to […]
My Latest Credit Card App O Rama Nets 250,000 Points and $200: Applying and Spending
This is part two of our two part series about my latest credit card App O Rama and how I netted 250,000 points and $200. Part 1 covered preparation and strategy for an App O Rama of this kind of magnitude and today we’ll talk about how the application process and spending works. I ended up deciding […]
My Latest Credit Card App O Rama: Preparation and Strategy
This is part 1 of a two article series about my latest credit card App O Rama and how I netted 240,000 points and $200. Part 2 on Friday will talk about which cards I applied for, how many points I ended up with (it’s a lot!) and how I met $20k in spending in […]
How to Fly on American Airlines for Free (or Close to it)
I’ve worked in the aerospace industry for almost 5 years now since I graduated college. And whenever I tell people what line of work I’m in, they undoubtedly ask if I ever get to fly in the planes I work on for free. Sadly the answer is always no, actually there aren’t a whole lot […]
Get the 2014 US Airways Mastercard Before It Goes Away
Even though the merger between US Airways and American Airlines has been going pretty smoothly, I’ve actually been more concerned about how the merger between the two frequent flyer programs will work. Working in the aerospace industry, I think less competition is a bad thing for consumers but at this point, there’s not a whole […]