Miles For Family

See our Advertiser Disclosure and Editorial Note here. My kids are on spring break this week. Yesterday morning, as I was walking my dog while snowflakes were falling, I started to regret my spring break choices. We do have travel plans, but we are road tripping around Texas. And unfortunately, this week the weather isn’t stellar […]

See our Advertiser Disclosure and Editorial Note here. Earlier this year, I mentioned on here that I want to splurge more on local experiences and entertainment. The Texas Star Dinner Theater has been on my radar for several years, but we never carved out the time or budget to go. At Christmas, we received a gift […]

See our Advertiser Disclosure and Editorial Note here. Edited to add: I received a sweet response from my Ukrainian host. In the past 2 days, over 61,000 nighst have been booked on airbnb to help Ukrainians. Yesterday, I saw a post floating around Facebook that explained an easy way to donate money directly to a Ukrainian. […]

See our Advertiser Disclosure and Editorial Note here. A few months ago, I wrote a post on my dilemma as to what to do with 53k Merrill points that I’ve had for over four years.  In short, I pondered on whether to cash out my points for $530 or wait and see if I can use […]

See our Advertiser Disclosure and Editorial Note here. Disney’s new Star Wars hotel/land cruise, Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser, officially opened earlier this week. I’ve read several reviews from media outlets that were lucky enough to be invited to a sneak peak of the experience. The experience does look amazing. It’s like you’re on a cruise, but […]

See our Advertiser Disclosure and Editorial Note here. Update: This offer is no longer available. See this page for the latest credit card offers. Well, all good offers must come to an end. I recently learned that the 100k sign-up bonus on the Capital One Venture X card is ending on March 14, 2022. I have […]