How To Survive Flight Delays and Actually Come Out Ahead
This entry is part 1 of 14 in the series How ToThis morning, a friend of the family was travelling to a wedding and flying to one of LA’s secondary airports, Ontario International Airport. What she didn’t account for was heavy fog and snow surrounding the Calgary area. Due to the inclement weather, her flight
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Credit Card Review – Alaska Airlines World Elite Mastercard
This entry is part 7 of 12 in the series Credit Card ReviewToday I am reviewing the Alaska Airlines World Elite Mastercard because as I have discovered over the past year or so, Alaska Airline’s Mileage Plan is an incredibly powerful program that not a lot of people know about. I will post a review
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Tools I Use – FlightConnections
This entry is part 3 of 5 in the series Tools I UseYesterday, I covered off one of the Star Alliance Map as one of the tools that I use for finding routing information. I find the tool to be my go to when I am searching for reward redemptions for Aeroplan but where it falls
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Tools I Use – Star Alliance Routing Map
This entry is part 2 of 5 in the series Tools I UseToday, I am starting a series called Tools I Use so that people new to Travel Hacking will have these tools in their toolbelt because it’s much easier to teach people to fish than it is to give them a fish everyday. As
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Credit Card Review – American Express Gold Business
This entry is part 4 of 12 in the series Credit Card ReviewAs mentioned in previous posts, I am a HUGE fan of American Express because the Membership Rewards Program, unlike most programs in Canada, provides extreme flexibility in where you want to transfer your points. This benefit provides you with a lot more choices when
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How I Hack – Explaining Arbitrage and How to Take Advantage of the Marriott/SPG Merger
Warning I will warn you right at the beginning of this post that we are going to be exploring some advanced topics and will be going deep into the rabbit hole but this article is the essence of Travel Hacking. If you can wrap your head around this post and understand why it’s valuable, you
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Understanding Credit Score – A Follow Up
In a previous post I outlined how Travel Hacking and applying for credit cards affect your credit score but I neglected to show you proof. If you remember, I recommended two services that will provide you your credit score for free, Borrowell and Mogo. Well, just the other day, I got an email from Borrowell
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Credit Card Review – Capital One Aspire
This entry is part 6 of 12 in the series Credit Card ReviewSo we’ve taken a look at a points collecting card in the American Express Gold, let’s now take a look at a Fixed Value Credit Card. Now Fixed Value Credit Cards return points at a fixed rate regardless of what category you spend in and
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Credit Card Review – American Express Gold
This entry is part 3 of 12 in the series Credit Card ReviewI make no bones about the fact that I love American Express’ Membership Rewards (MRs) Program and the reason for that love is the extreme flexibility of the points you earn. You can take MRs and transfer them to the following programs: Air
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Understanding Credit Score
So my posts of intrigued you and you want your shot at the big time eh? No problem but before we run, let’s learn how to walk. This first thing I tell my clients is that if you want to play in the Travel Hacking game, you should never carry a balance on your credit
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