Introduction and Background As always when we begin a trip report with our itinerary, we like to provide a little background to give some context for the choices we made. The first important factor for this trip was the traveling…
Introduction On our recent 2-night father-daughter getaway to Vail, Middle Age Miles daughter KB and I stayed at the Highline DoubleTree. The hard product at the hotel was solid, and we had a fine stay. We felt comfortable being at…
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Introduction Over the past few weeks, we’ve seen credit card companies and loyalty programs introduce many consumer-friendly changes. There have been so many that it’s hard to keep up with everything! Last week, we published a summary of the consumer-friendly…
Introduction While we’ve been on our housemoving-induced hiatus for the past few weeks and continuing even through today, we’ve seen credit card companies and loyalty programs introduce many consumer-friendly changes. There have been so many that it’s hard to keep…
Introduction Some nice Amex Offers for hotels have been released within the past few days, and it’s been a while since we’ve done a recap of active Offers. So, we figured it would be a good time to catch Middle…
News & Notes on this Monday morning includes some gift card deals, hotel free night deals, a ticket deal, and an extension to the Jet Blue schedule. We hope you find today’s news interesting and useful: 1. Visa Gift Card…
It’s the first edition of our new “News & Notes” series that we promised in our recent “1st Birthday” article! We hope that we can use this series to get out to our readers more tricks, tips and news that…
This article is a way-out-of-sequence part of our Trip Report – Swiss Alps & the Tour de France. Introduction In an article we published earlier this afternoon, we reviewed our Amex Hilton 2-card upgrade-downgrade strategy and the remarkable haul of…
Today saw the return of a fantastic Amex Offer for Marriott hotels – $40 statement credit when you spend $200 or more at a Marriott Bonvoy property. We wanted to be sure to highlight this great and highly usable Offer,…
This article is part of our Trip Report – Our Summer Holiday in Dubrovnik and Beyond When we’re traveling at Middle Age Miles, one thing we enjoy doing occasionally is dropping in for quick visits at hotels that interest us…