My family just returned from a 7-night cruise to the Western Caribbean on the Disney Fantasy. This was our 7th cruise on DCL, our 3rd time on the Disney Fantasy, but our first cruise that had a Star Wars Day at Sea. (See my previous trip report on the Disney Wonder to Alaska). Disney Cruise […]

If you’ve been following this blog for the last few years, you already know that it’s not a place to come to if you are looking for curated content and a pleasant “lady blogger” persona. I’m far more likely to post a photo of my son picking his nose while standing in line to the […]

I am what you would call an “undesirable customer” for most major banks. Ditto for my husband. They are onto us, for sure, which is why many credit card offers are currently off limits for yours truly. Either I don’t qualify due to 5/24 rule or the bank computer simply looks at my profile and […]

As most of you know, Chase Freedom currently offers 5 points per dollar on gas stations, tolls and drugstores. Obviously, the last one is the most interesting category. CVS stores still accept credit cards as payment towards prepaid Visa or MasterCard. So, even an average Jane like myself shouldn’t have any issues maximizing this category. […]

If you follow our Facebook page, you probably already saw that on January 25th, IHG is going to deliver another  brutal devaluation to its program. You can see the full summary of changes here Originally, the date was January 14th, but now it shows 25th for some reason. What’s really bizarre is that IHG made […]

Update: this resort is now a category 5, so it costs 20,000 Hyatt points per night. Originally, I wasn’t planning to write a trip report on our short stay at  Hyatt Regency Coconut Point Resort and Spa After all, me and Nancy previously covered it in detail here and here   However, there have been some negative […]