Miles For Family

A few months ago, both my husband and I applied for a Barclays Hawaiian Airlines Mastercard (non-affiliate link). The bonus is 70,000 miles after spending $2000 in the first 90 days ($99 annual fee). We primarily got the card due to the Alaska Airlines/Hawaiian Airlines merger. And, since we both have the Hawaiian Airlines Mastercard, […]

My husband owns the no-fee Bilt credit card (personal referral link). We primarily got it to earn points for paying my son’s college apartment rent. The card doesn’t have a welcome bonus, but some new card owners receive an offer for 5X on spending for the first 5 days of the card. Every 1st of […]

Earlier this month, I wrote a post comparing the Bernese Oberland region of Switzerland (including car-less towns high in the Swiss Alps) to a few alternative mountain destinations in Europe (see this post). The alternatives included: Dolomites, Italy Chamonix, France Zillertal region, Austria My pros of each alternative were that all three are cheaper to […]

New Japan Airlines Credit Card: JAL just launched a US credit card, and I’m unimpressed. The maximum welcome bonus is just 10,000 miles. Weak! But, it might be helpful for those who want status. See this post on One Mile at a Time. New Chase Business Card Rumor: A reliable source spilled the tea to […]

One year ago, Cardless launched the TAP Air Portugal Miles & Go American Express card (non-affiliate link) I had signed up on the original waiting list for the card for an extra 5000 miles, bringing my total bonus miles to 65,000 miles. After the launch, the welcome bonus dropped to 30k-40k miles. But now, for […]

This is the next installment in a series of posts on my recent trip to Europe. See my previous posts: Back from another  family reunion: galloping through Europe and driving my husband crazy , 24 hours in NYC with kids (plus review of Hyatt Place New York Midtown-South) , Our JFK-BRU economy flight on Brussels […]