The first of June is just around the corner, and Bilt has announced its Rent Day promotion. This month, it’s all about dining. June 2024 Bilt Rent Day Promotion This June 1, 2024, earn 5X points when dining at one of Bilt’s 20,000 neighborhood dining restaurants. Gold and Platinum status members earn 10X points. You […]

Update 5/29/24: Yesterday, I called Hilton, since I was now in the 2-week window before my free night certificate expires. The rep was able to extend my Hilton free night certificate and replace my cash reservation with the free night certificate. The process took 25 minutes on the phone, but I was on hold for […]

We are back from our second trip to Costa Rica! My family first visited Costa Rica in March 2020 just before Covid shut everything down. We flew into Liberia airport and stayed 5 nights at Hyatt Andaz Papagayo in the Guanacaste province (see my review here). Four years later (last week), we returned to Costa […]

I was mostly offline last week enjoying the jungle and the beach, and I’m catching up on some news stories. Here’s a recap: Southwest Airlines Now Showing Up on Google Flights: This is huge news! I frequently use Google Flights to compare airline prices and see routes. Now for the first time, Southwest Airlines and […]

This past weekend, my family returned from our trip to Costa Rica. We had a layover in Houston where we had to go through immigration/passport control. While three people in my family of five have Global Entry that could expedite our international arrival, 2 of my kids do not. Because the interview process for Global […]

Note: I’m currently traveling and may not be able to respond to comments/emails immediately. Sometimes, when we fly, my kids will voice their displeasure to me about a feature of the flight. And most of the time, I roll my eyes. They have no idea how flights were back when I was a kid. But, […]