Miles For Family

Right now I bet many of  you are in the middle of planning yet another trip to Orlando. The question you are probably facing is whether you should splurge on Disney park tickets… again. Let’s face it, those can add up to a small fortune when you have a family of four or more. I’m […]

“I will exercise more and make my heart stronger. Just watch!” My father-in-law was lying in a hospital bed, looking  frail, yet defiant. It was hard for me to believe that  not  long ago (or maybe it seems not long ago) he was building our house. He’s been having heart problems over the last decade, […]

My family of five visited Hawaii this past Spring Break, and I’m slowly getting around to writing about the details of our trip. (You can read more about our stay at Disney’s Aulani Resort here and here as well as a review of sugar cane canal tubing in Kauai). We really enjoyed our time on […]

As some of you know, last July I applied and was approved for Alaska Airlines Visa Signature Credit Card. The main reason was the “free companion” certificate, as I had zero plans for the miles. Ironically enough, I did end up putting the miles to good use, and it was starting to look like the cert would […]

This is a quick post to share some exciting news. In an unexpected twist, IHG and Chase have backpedaled on their unfair decision to only award unrestricted certificates to those who have applied for the old version of Chase IHG card between 1/1/2018 and 04/05/2018. But they took it a step further. In a wonderful gesture […]