Miles For Family

My mom turned 80 years old yesterday. My sister, who also lives in another state from my mom, organized a card shower so that my mom could receive snail mail greetings from her old friends from various stages of her life. I made sure that my family sent her a gift she would enjoy that […]

Last year, I got the Amex Premier Rewards Gold card as part of my plan to earn points for flying my family to New Zealand.  The card came with 50,000 Amex Membership Rewards points after spending $2000 in three months, annual fee waived the first year. And it served its purpose, as I transferred points […]

Guys, I wanted to share my latest find with you, though it’s possible that it was already covered on another blog. The other day I was browsing Hilton site and came across Baker’s Cay Resort Key Largo, Curio Collection by Hilton This is a former Hilton Key Largo Resort property that was closed for over […]

Last week, when Southwest came out with $49 one-way fares to Hawaii, I felt frantic, excited and hopeful. The lowest fares sold out within hours. Admittedly, I felt a little envious of the people who could take advantage of these last-minute fares. I had to face the reality that my family just isn’t in the […]

What a difference a week makes! So, last Monday I wrote about my recent credit card application spree It was a bit of a mixed bag, to put it mildly, with one approval and  multiple denials trickling in. I actually forgot to mention applying for Jet Blue card (X2) and being told by Barclays to pound […]