Another installment in  my “First World Problems” series… As most of you already know, very soon we’ll be having  my mom visiting us here in US. Obviously, I don’t want her to fly  from Belarus and spend all of her time in a tiny  central Florida town in the middle of nowhere. Don’t get me […]

There is some uncertainty, so it’s up to you whether you want to take a risk with this application. I saw it first reported on Doctorofcredit, and wanted to wait till we had some data points before covering it. The biggest issue is that the offer may be targeted (we don’t know this with 100% […]

A year ago, I wrote a post about burning a ton of Club Carlson points on a Baltic  getaway for my nephews. Time really flies! So, I wanted to do a short trip report and share a few highlights. My brother-in-law wasn’t able to make it, so my mom ended up going instead. I was concerned […]

Few months ago I wrote a post on hotel awards search comparison tools. One of them was Pointimize My review of this particular tool wasn’t very kind (more like scathing, actually). To my surprise, the developer stopped by to comment,  and mentioned that his company was working on a complete revamp. I told him to let […]

This particular reader (who wanted to remain anonymous), was one of the first to ever comment on my blog. I never forgot it. And he stuck around through highs and lows, “analysis” type posts as well as crazy rants. We’ve communicated regularly through the years, and I’ve learned that he lives part of the year […]