by Julien Bortz | Feb 17, 2014 |
The term “mileage run” gets thrown around among frequent flyers who are looking for cheap ways to achieve elite status with an airline. Each year, one has to fly a certain amount of miles in order to achieve or maintain an elite status with a given...
by Julien Bortz | Feb 16, 2014 |
No one likes spending their long layovers sitting in a stuffy airport terminal waiting for the next leg of their journey or for that departure board to cease its display of that dreaded “Delayed” in big red letters. There are ways to make your temporary...
by Julien Bortz | Feb 13, 2014 |
My good friend Rachael is looking to plan a trip from Cincinnati to New York this summer. She can’t find a flight for less than $320 at the moment and I wanted to outline some of the possibilities for her to fly to New York for free. Some flights from the west...
by Julien Bortz | Feb 13, 2014 |
British Airways Avios points are an amazing tool to book award tickets in the U.S. and save a ton of points. British Airways employs a distance-based award chart, meaning a flight from New York to Boston will cost you 9,000 points round trip and $5. British Airways...
by Julien Bortz | Feb 12, 2014 |
1. Carnaval – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Carnaval is an annual festival held in Brazil usually in the month of February that is known for being one of the most famous holidays and parties of the year. Millions of people attend the event annually, including up to...
by Julien Bortz | Feb 12, 2014 |
Priority Club is the hotel loyalty program for Intercontinental Hotels Group. Every so often they release their PointBreaks which offers a list of hotels around the world you can stay at for only 5,000 points per night through March 31, 2014. IHG hotels brand includes...
by Julien Bortz | Feb 12, 2014 |
An amazing deal came up a little over a week ago for the Citi Executive AAdvantage World Elite MasterCard. Normally the sign up bonus for this card is only 30,000 points for spending $1,000 in 3 months, but this current promotion is offering 100,000 points for...
by Julien Bortz | Feb 11, 2014 |
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by Julien Bortz | Feb 11, 2014 |
Julien Bortz has been a travel enthusiast as early as he could remember. Coming from a diverse background and an extended family who lived primarily in France, Julien had the fortunate opportunity to travel extensively throughout Europe making his way across the...
by Julien Bortz | Feb 11, 2014 |
Annual fees are a hot topic amongst people who own several active credit cards in their portfolio. It’s an important topic to discuss to figure out which cards are worth keeping, and which cards are worth scrapping. There are a few options when considering what...
