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And just like that, another year is in the books. Hard to believe how much fun and exciting 2020 was. In total, I did about 138 miles walking around my apartment in 2020 and I’ll hopefully do a few more this year! In all seriousness, 2020 was an odd year that completely changed all of…
A friend of mine (let’s call him Joe) recently took his car to a mechanic and, as expected, got some bad news. His car was in need of some fairly extensive repairs which ended up being quite expensive. After the mechanic provided a repair quote, he had to make a difficult decision to make. How…
I opened my first credit card account in 2010 while I was still in college. Prior to that, I paid for everything with either cash or a debit card. Looking back, I always get frustrated thinking about all of the points and miles I missed out on back then. Anyway, since opening that first credit…
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…
Yesterday, I wrote about how American (and other airlines) have largely waived elite status requirements for 2020. Following the announcements from American and other airlines, it’s finally time for me to address some of my upcoming travel. Until now I’ve largely been holding off making changes to any previously booked travel. I’ve avoided making changes…
As I’m sure you are well aware, the world is currently experiencing a pandemic the likes of which haven’t been seen in a very long time. Each day the numbers of confirmed coronavirus cases continues to grow and with the increase come large swings in the financial markets, government involvement and directives, and as it…
For my first post of 2020 I thought I’d take a final look back at 2019. A few years ago I did a year-end summary post (2017 in way more than 17 photos) which I enjoyed writing, but the whole thing felt a bit empty. Looking back at that post and I realize it was…
By now it should come as no surprise that I’m a bit of an American Airlines fanboy. I’m honestly not sure why either. I’ve been a fan of American for as long as I remember. My only guess is that being from St. Louis, I was a huge fan of TWA growing up. After American…
I find it hard to believe that 2019 is more than halfway over. What’s even harder to believe is that I’m done flying to earn elite status. Any day now I should receive American Airlines AAdvantage credit for my most recent flight in Business Class on Cathay Pacific. Once those miles post to my account…
One of the things that I love about traveling as much as I’ve been fortunate enough to do is that you gain experience. You learn how to haggle, you learn how to cut corners, and you learn to be thrifty. All in all, I’d argue that traveling allows you to learn “street smarts” the quickest…
