While taking the long-trip to Hawaii from DC, I was showing my new husband some of my tips-and-tricks in flight.  He suggested I post on them, so here goes! Use your entree to warm your butter.  The bread usually comes out warm, but the better is usually ice cold.  Instead …

My trip to Hawaii was for my honeymoon, so I was being a bit less focused on cost-savings than I usually am (aside from the free hotel stay, of course).  When I purchased our tickets from OGG-LIH (and back), I had the option of booking first-class for each direction for …

I’ve mentioned before I have had a habit of stockpiling points.  I was stockpiling into Hyatt for quite a while.  Enough so that I (eventually) booked almost three weeks of travel time while only paying for one night myself. I did this by booking as many nights as I could …

When I went to book my honeymoon, my options seemed limitless at first.  I had a crazy amount of US Airways miles and the world was my oyster.  Thailand? Singapore?  …Antarctica? But this is my honeymoon, and the more complicated I made an itinerary, the more I realized I would …

We decided to have our wedding up in New York, since I have an incredible (and overwhelming!) number of relatives.  Because Bill is from Texas, we currently live in DC, and we both have country-hopped a little, we had friends coming in from all over. This required us to get …

Post-engagement, wedding planing took off.  I started realized a lot of these large charges at once from deposits could really help me hit minimum spend, so  I got the Chase Ink (50k) and moved my work spending to that, and I already had the Chase Sapphire while it was still …

I may not be going for Hilton status anymore, but I do still have it and recently stayed at a Hilton.  Something about free breakfast in the morning is amazing.  (It is tastier because it’s free!)  But I do really like the way the Four Seasons and Hyatt handle their …

The Citi Hilton HHonors Reserve Credit Card I wrote a post earlier about why I don’t actively go after Hilton status.  But there’s another reason not too–which gets into my final credit card application, the Citi Hilton HHonors Reserve Credit Card. The Citi Hilton HHonors Reserve Credit Card offers a signup …

One of the benefits of the Club Carlson Card I got is one free night when redeeming reward stay of two or more days. I happen to have a trip coming up in Europe where I used my Club Carlson points to redeem a hotel going for over $400 that …

The second credit card I applied to was an NFL Credit Card.  GO GIANTS! I’m currently in New York, racking up minimum spend with that card.  But… why go for a NFL card? The Barclay’s NFL Card is currently offering $400 cash back when you spend $2,500 in three months.  …