Well, this is going to be a short update. After a somewhat productive winter of churning where I earned the Companion Pass, spring was very eventful on the global news front, but less so when it came to opening credit cards. Between having nowhere to travel and spending less money, we couldn’t justify opening too…
This July, we planned to fly to California for a wedding in Napa. After the wedding, I had the perfect Highway 1 itinerary all ready to go with stops in Big Sur, Santa Barbara, and LA. Thanks to COVID-19, the wedding was moved to next year, Ventana Big Sur canceled our reservation, and we generally…
Click here for more from our Croatia vacation series! I flew Air France business class last summer from Boston to Paris en route to Zagreb, Croatia. My pictures aren’t super extensive, but I want to share anyway. This was a special flight because it was my mom’s first time in business class. You can read…
Last year when planning our trip to France, I decided to start our itinerary in Alsace. That meant we needed to figure out the fastest way to get ourselves to Strasbourg. I wanted to use Flying Blue miles for our flights so that left two options. We could either fly on KLM through Amsterdam to…
Even though I hate Southwest’s boarding process, they’ll always be my preferred airline for one reason: the Companion Pass! With the Southwest Companion Pass, your travel companion can fly for free for a minimum of a year. All you have to do is pay the taxes! My husband and I always make sure one of…
This winter, the Southwest Companion Pass was the main thing on our minds when deciding what credit cards to open. I had already opened the Southwest Performance Business card at the beginning of December, so I just needed the other business card to earn the Companion Pass. Here are our credit card applications and results…
Last summer, I found myself needing to spend some vacation days before changing jobs. Kind of like my Alaskan Cruise in 2017, I needed a plan fast and I needed someone to go with me! Luckily, my mom was available and gave me free rein of the itinerary. Here’s how I planned our trip to…
I knew Aer Lingus has a direct flight from Boston to Dublin. Over the years, I’ve read blog posts about how you can get a good deal on this flight with British Airways Avios. I had to do a bit of digging to book our roundtrip flights to Dublin for just 33,000 Avios per person.…
I’ll admit, our churning has been a bit boring this year since we’ve been going slow with mostly Chase cards. With 2019 coming to a close, we are starting the think about getting the Companion Pass for 2020/2021. Here are our credit card applications and results for Fall 2019. My Applications Barclays JetBlue Business Card…
Over the past several weeks, there have been reports of American Airlines AAdvantage account shutdowns due to alleged program rule violations. The shutdowns are likely a result of people earning a sign-up bonus multiple times on Citi American Airlines credit cards. In this post, I’ll outline what we know about the American Airlines account shutdowns…
