See our Advertiser Disclosure and Editorial Note here. I’ve written about Amex EveryDay Preferred card numerous times, and consider it one of the best products for a middle-class family. As a reminder, you can get 4.5 Membership Rewards points on groceries, 3 points on gas, and 1.5 points on everything else. The annual fee is somewhat […]

See our Advertiser Disclosure and Editorial Note here. It may surprise some readers, but I’ve never applied for a credit card because of Priority Pass benefit. It’s not that I don’t consider it useful, it’s just that we don’t travel all that often. As a result, this benefit can be hit or miss. I’ve taken trips […]

See our Advertiser Disclosure and Editorial Note here. If you’ve been following the whole saga of planning a family reunion with my relatives from Belarus, you probably remember my recent post on rescheduling their cancelled flight from Minsk to Istanbul. If not, here is a brief recap. Due to war situation in Ukraine, their flight from […]

See our Advertiser Disclosure here. Not long ago, my husband and I got a chance to get away (no kids!) to Siesta Key in Florida. For those unfamiliar, Siesta Key is a funky beach community on the Gulf of Mexico. While relatively discovered, it’s not quite mainstream yet. And that’s the way I like it! […]

See our Advertiser Disclosure here. Not too long ago, I’ve met the minimum spending requirements on my husband’s Capital One Venture X card. It actually happened way ahead of schedule thanks to all the expenses we had due to upcoming trip to Europe. Anyway, it was time to pick my new victims, aka credit cards. […]

See our Advertiser Disclosure and Editorial Note here. My family is literally weeks away from taking our trip to Europe. And yet, not long ago, I found myself still trying to figure out our flight options. And I’m one of those people who likes to book things many months in advance. One of the many unpleasant […]