Category - Recaps

MIT students scammed Massachusetts State Lottery for $8 million: report by NY Daily News. One of the many reasons I don’t bother with the lottery How Voltaire Made A Fortune Rigging The Lottery by Today I Found Out. Another little... Read More →

Pets Allowed. Why are so many animals now in places where they shouldn’t be? by The New Yorker. Really fun read, especially in light of turkeys becoming emotional support pets and being allowed on aircraft. My experience with the AMEX... Read More →

Footage Of Crash Test Being Performed On A Boeing 727 by YouTube via reddit. Really amazing footage. Blue Friday aftermath: winners and losers by PFdigest. Look at the winners and losers from the death of American Express prepaids... Read More →

Bluebird Serve Birdpocalypse: How to liquidate remaining gift cards by Frequent Miler. A few ideas on how to liquidate gift cards here, but most of the good stuff is discussed in private these days (e.g Saverocity Forums). Using points... Read More →

Why I did NOT do the Citi Dividend 5% categories in 2015 but will in 2016 by Miles Per Day. I’ll be using mine up at drugstores as well, might try to downgrade some more cards as well. Quick Staples $300 Visa Gift Card Update by... Read More →

Project Fi – the best plan for international travel? by Saverocity. I’m interesting to see Matt’s review of this product after he has used it for awhile, I typically just buy a new sim when I go international, but there are... Read More →

Will This Be One of the Biggest Stories of the Year: The End of Europe’s Passport-Free Travel? by View From The Wing. I really hope this becomes a non story, travel to Europe gets less and less appealing the more difficult it is to get... Read More →

Brazil Offers Visa-free Entry June 1 – Sept 15th 2016 by Miles To The Wild. For countries with a strong Olympic history (including America) for up to a maximum of 90 days. Getting a visa for Brazil was a pain last time I went, but I... Read More →

Hilton HHonors Award Category Changes Effective January 13, 2016 by Loyalty Lobby. Not to many properties moving categories (and it doesn’t really matter that much with Hilton anyway given that award categories have ranges... Read More →

It’s fun to read what outsiders think of our hobby by PF Digest. I’ve given up trying to explain this hobby to friends & family who clearly aren’t interested and think it’s some type of big scam. Some of these... Read More →

Argentina lifts controls on the peso by The Economist. No more dealing with the dolar blue rate and “illegal” currency exchanges. Now you’ll be able to get money out of an ATM and use your credit card for purchases... Read More →

Hilton, Starwood, and IHG are Out With New Promotions by View From The Wing. Nice round up of the current new year offers, IHG looks the best to me (depending on what offer you get) followed by Hilton. SPG looks pathetic, interested to... Read More →

Kiva loan duration and repayment schedules by Freequent Flyer. I’m not a big fan of Kiva in terms of doing good, but it has been useful to meet minimum spends when I haven’t been living in the U.S. Repayment schedules are... Read More →