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 past several weeks I’ve been proactively requesting new contactless credit cards for each of my Chase credit card accounts. This process began when I received an email from Chase notifying me that the Chase Freedom card is now contactless. As of writing, every single one of my Chase credit card accounts now offers…
As many of you may know, I don’t fly United Airlines or Star Alliance partners all that often. Instead, I stick to American Airlines and the OneWorld Alliance. Because I rarely fly United, I have a fairly difficult time earning United MileagePlus miles. Sure, I’m earning plenty of American AAdvantage miles so don’t feel too…
Well, 2019 has been shaping up to be an interesting year. I went into this year thinking that I would be doing minimal flying. That’s relative because I’ll of course fly over 100,000 miles to re-qualify, but I thought flying beyond that would be limited. However, I’ve actually been doing a quite a bit more…
The airline industry is incredibly complex. Each airline maintains a fleet of jets which move about the world each day. With that, airlines have to plan routes, assign aircraft, and maintain appropriate staffing levels each day. It’s honestly incredible to think about how complex the entire system is. A delay from a single flight can…
I’ve long had one major criticism of the United MileagePlus Explorer card from Chase. My criticism is that the one-time club passes which you receive with each account anniversary are paper. While I love getting the passes each year, I hate that you have to have the paper versions. The paper passes are a pain…
Whenever I’m looking to open a new credit card I always look for cards that offer recurring annual benefits. I especially try to find benefits that entirely offset the cards annual fee. By doing this I can keep a card open for a long time, which improves my credit score, and not feel guilty about…
If you take a look at My Wallet there is one card in there that doesn’t exactly make sense. The card that just doesn’t seem to fit is the United MileagePlus Explorer card from Chase. I say this because if you’ve read much of this blog you realize that I almost never fly United. I…
Before boarding my Lufthansa First Class flight to Frankfurt I made sure to arrive at Chicago O’Hare International extremely early. Although my flight didn’t depart until 10PM I ended up getting to the airport around 6PM. That gave me about 4 hours to visit several Star Alliance lounges in Chicago O’Hare. I know getting to…
Hello again from the United Polaris Lounge. I’m currently sitting in the lounge waiting to board my Lufthansa First Class flight to Frankfurt. I’m flying to Frankfurt tonight to begin my trip to Stockholm. I have access to this lounge because I’m flying in a premium cabin on a Star Alliance operated flight. Those flying…
