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My girlfriend and I arrived in Doha around midnight local time after our 10+ hour Qatar Airways flight from Cape Town. Since we only planned our entire trip just a week earlier, we ended up with just over a 9 hour layover in Doha. While overnight layovers are usually terrible, Doha’s Hamad International Airport is…
A few days ago I wrote about a high yield savings account from American Express. See, last week actually opened one of these accounts and so far the account has worked exactly as I’d imagined. I put money into the account and it continues to sit while collecting interest. This is because American Express pays…
Citi crafted the Citi Prestige card with one thing in mind; travel. Nearly all of the cards benefits are centered around traveling. Most notably, the Citi Prestige card offers 5X points on airfare and dining, a $250 annual travel credit, the 4th hotel night free benefit, and the obligatory Priority Pass select membership. All of…
Yesterday I received an email from Marriott about buying gift cards at a fairly attractive discounted rate. It seems for about the next week, Marriott is offering a 20% discount on all e-gift card purchases. This gift card discount seems to be yet another attempt from a travel brand to raise cash. See, even though…
I hate to admit it, but I’ve been using the same bank accounts for nearly a decade. Shortly before graduating college I went into my local Bank of America branch and setup a checking and savings account. Since then, those are the only bank accounts I use. I’ve been using those same Bank of America…
Over the past few weeks credit card issuers have been making adjustments to their most popular rewards credit cards. These changes are, of course, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. After all, card holders aren’t getting much value from rewards cards tailored for travel and dining while sitting at home. Because these cards aren’t offering…
Over the last few weeks I’ve been trying to figure out what to do with my upcoming travel plans. In February, I booked a trip with Qatar Airways from Philadelphia to Kyiv in business class. The trip represented fantastic value, but also was an incredible opportunity to fly in Qatar Airways business class again. Even…
While staying at home during the COVID-19 pandemic, many of us are paying for credit card benefits that we aren’t using. These unused benefits include anything from bonus point earning spending, to airport lounge access, and even complimentary elite status. With these card benefits going unused, the decision to pay an annual fee becomes much…
With many of us sheltering in place during the COVID-19 pandemic there has been a large shift in counsmer spending. People are no longer spending money on airfare, hotels, and travel and are instead spending on groceries and other random impulse purchases from the internet. With that change, many of the card benefits offered from…
As I mentioned in a prior post, I’ve made a strong effort this year to book travel in advance. That means that toward the beginning of 2020 I actually booked about 80% of my travel for the year. Unfortunately, it seems like nearly all of it will need to be moved or canceled over the…
