Prepare for the worst, hope for the best. Good advice, right? I’m normally an optimist. My family is leaving for a cruise in just a few days. We’ve moved this cruise 3 times already due to Covid, and I’m not moving it again. As I wrote a few weeks ago, my family is barely crawling […]

See our Advertiser Disclosure and Editorial Note here. I don’t write about credit cards here every day, or even every week. However, the reality is that credit card sign-up bonuses fund the majority of my miles and points stash for free travel. And right now, there are a lot of good offers out there. Let’s take […]

See our Advertiser Disclosure and Editorial Note here. The “regular” Capital One Venture Rewards Card (not the Venture X) has a new sign-up bonus of 75,000 miles! Let’s take a look at the details. Capital One Venture Rewards Spend $4000 in the first three months and get 75,000 miles. Our affiliate link is here. 2X miles […]

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. Last week, I wrote a post about some options I’m considering for award flights to Europe next year. Since our trip is about a year away, I’m getting ready to take the plunge and book the flights. After publishing my post, a wise reader reminded me that through yesterday, Chase […]

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! […]