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To fully explain how this all happened I need to go back to the beginning. Earlier this year my girlfriend and I booked flights to/from Australia for an end of the year vacation. I’ve never been to Australia and I’ve been meaning to go this year. I booked a Qantas First Class flight earlier this…
Earlier this month American Express announced a complete makeover of the famed Gold card. Previously American Express offered both the standard Gold card and the more expensive Premier Rewards Gold card. With the announcement Amex did away with the Premier Rewards Gold card and is again referring to their popular card simply as the Gold…
One of the things that bothers me most about reading many credit card related blogs is that they aren’t always transparent with the cards they carry. They’ll write rave reviews about certain card and explain how you must have them, but reveal later on that they don’t carry them nor ever intend to. The reason…
A few weeks ago I took a trip out to San Francisco with my girlfriend. When we began planning the trip I looked at several flight options, but none seem that appealing. As I reviewed all of my options I realized the only way to get to San Francisco at a reasonable time was to…
Last week American Express announced a complete overhaul of the Premier Rewards Gold card. The old card, which carried a $195 annual fee offered 3X points on airfare, and 2X points on dining, supermarkets, and gas stations, and 1X points on all other purchases. That card came with a $100 airline of choice credit which dropped…
For a while now the American Express Premier Rewards Gold Card has been mostly forgotten. The issue was that the old Premier Rewards Gold card was dated. The card has been around for many years now and has only had minor enhancements in past years. None of those enhancements have helped set the card apart…
In the past I’ve raved about Mobile Passport. In fact, it’s one of the travel apps that I value most on my phone today. Since I first started using Mobile Passport I’ve saved countless hours waiting in line at customs when arriving home from international trips. Given all of the wonderful things I’ve said about…
The other day I was in London visiting friends and I received a curious email from American Airlines. The email introduced a “new” partnership the airline had with AirPortr, a baggage pick-up service in London. When I received the email I immediately became excited as I’d now have something to write about for the blog.…
My relationship with the American Airlines AAdvantage Aviator Silver card has been a bit tumultuous. To understand how I ended up carrying the card I need to go back to late last year. In late 2017 I decided to open the AAdvantage Aviator Red card for a few simple reasons. Back then I had just…
As I’ve mentioned several times before, the Chase Freedom card is a favorite card in My Wallet today. At face value the card is simply a 1% Cash Back credit card that lacks an annual fee. However, this card offers one unique benefit that absolutely makes the card worth carrying. That is, each quarter, Chase…
