This article is Part 3 of our “What’s In Our Wallet” series. You can read Parts 1 and 2 at these links: Part 1 – What’s In Our Wallet? – Our Cards and Breakdowns by Annual Fee and Date Acquired.…
Earn 1,000 Bonus Virgin Atlantic Miles Per Day with Avis – Book by 1/31/2019
Summary Here’s a niche-but-interesting promotion currently running with Avis – earn 1,000 bonus Virgin Atlantic Flying Club miles per day on Avis car rentals. Here are the key terms: Book from now through 1/31/2019 Rental must be from now through…
IHG Sent Me an Offer for My Birthday
Yesterday I received an email from IHG with the subject line, “Getaway on your birthday.” The email contained an interesting offer – stay a weekend (Friday & Saturday, or Saturday & Sunday) in the next 90 days and earn 3,000…
Hotel Review – Delano Las Vegas
This article is part of our Trip Report – Vegas Week at Middle Age Miles! Summary Day in and day out, the Delano presents perhaps the best value proposition among all Las Vegas hotels. It’s certainly near the top of…
How to Use Flight Tickets Originating in Europe to Save Money on Your Travels
Introduction and Background Middle Age Miles has two great trips coming up in 2019 that set our travel planning wheels spinning. First, we’re going to Italy in April with Middle Age Miles son Dylan and his fiancee. And later, we’re…
Keep or Cancel – Amex Business Rewards Gold card (legacy) – and Did We Get a Retention Offer?
Introduction In mid-December, the $175 annual fee posted on our Amex Business Gold Rewards (BRG) card. This is the old legacy version of the Business Gold card, not the recently-refreshed “new” Amex Business Gold card, which comes with enhanced benefits…
Hotel Review – Aria Las Vegas
This article is part of our Trip Report – Vegas Week at Middle Age Miles! Summary Middle Age Miles loves the Aria. Philly and I stayed at the Aria for two weekend nights in January 2019, on a last-minute date…
How to Use the Chase Luxury Hotels & Resorts Program to Score Great Deals in Vegas (and earn points & status too)!
This article is part of our Trip Report – Vegas Week at Middle Age Miles! UPDATE 1/16/19, 10:00 am CST: The more I think about it, the more I love this deal. It’s not complicated. It doesn’t require points, miles…
Credit Card Updates and Our Take – Amex Gold, Chase Southwest, Chase Hyatt, Citi Rewards+, B of A Cash Rewards
There’s been a lot of news in the credit card world over the past week or so, which has been the subject of many articles by other bloggers. As usual, much of the information that’s been written is good, but…
How to Use MGM’s MLife Program to Generate Explorist Status with Hyatt – and for Now, 8 Club Lounge Access Awards!
This article is part of our Trip Report – Vegas Week at Middle Age Miles! We’re starting off our “Vegas Week at Middle Age Miles!” Trip Report with this article, because it’s the most time-sensitive. Going forward, you will still…