Miles For Family

If you don’t cruise, you lose! But you can still win with IHG promo.

October 18, 2013 By Leana 1 Comment

An update: IHG deal is over. Before I get to my second part of my “cruise for families” pitch, I wanted to let you know about a promotion. IHG will be having a flash sale on some hotels Monday at 10 am, with award prices being deeply discounted. LINK In my last post I mentioned some huge advantages […]

I am challenging…

October 17, 2013 By Leana 5 Comments

…you to take your family on a cruise! Since we are a family with 2 small kids, that is what I tried to focus on in this installment. The second part will apply to anyone, since there will be credit cards advice and booking related stuff. Some of our funniest and weirdest memories are from […]

Miles and points roundup, The Wizard of Odd, Norway

October 15, 2013 By Leana 2 Comments

It seems this mid-week post is morphing into 3 parter: short (for me) rant+old irrelevant trip report+ current news.The other day I was watching “Phineas and Ferb” show with my kids. There was an episode, called “The wizard of odd”. That would be me! But it could be worse. I could be “The wizard […]

I am challenging Gary Leff!

October 14, 2013 By Leana 13 Comments

That’s right, I am going after the high priest ! Next up, Randy Petersen. Well, actually this time its not so much of a challenge, but rather a different perspective. First, I really like his blog “View from the wing”. Its one of the best if not the best for a reason. The energy of […]

I guess I value a mile at more than one cent

October 13, 2013 By Leana Leave a Comment

How do I know that for a fact? Well, I just paid around 1.13 cent for it. And not just any mile, but a US Dividend mile, which is almost as bad as skypeso, I mean skymile from Delta program. Almost. Delta is truly the worst. I am talking about a 100 percent bonus on […]

I Am Challenging Frequent Miler!

October 9, 2013 By Leana 14 Comments

Catchy title, no? I thought so. I planned to do this post anyway but decided to add some controversy. The idea was to show that it’s not worth it to keep Barclaycard Arrival for a middle class family or most non-manufacturers (my new invented word) past the first year. The card earns 2.22 percent cash […]