Miles For Family

See our Advertiser Disclosure and Editorial Note here. Despite living in central Florida, we rarely take our kids to Disney World. The reasons are cost+ insane crowds. But since the opening of Galaxy’s Edge (Star Wars themed section in Hollywood Studios), my son has been begging us to take him. The Covid pandemic has derailed that […]

See our Advertiser Disclosure and Editorial Note here. Last week, I wrote about visiting Priority Pass lounges at DFW airport with my free Priority Pass membership from my Capital One Venture X card. During the same trip, I also had a chance to check out a few lounges at IAH George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston. […]

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 […]