The goal of this FAQ is to serve as a guide for anyone (from total newbie to veteran) who has questions about how to use and redeem their frequent flyer miles to book a ticket. I’ve attempted to arrange the questions in an order from the most basic to the more advanced while also keeping some semblance of continuity between … Continue reading
Thanks to all who participated in the giveaway. I used random.org to select 10 numbers with those numbers corresponding to your comment number. If you’re a winner, I’ve sent the invitation code to the email which you entered when you put in a comment. If you’re a winner and have not received an email from me, please leave me a comment at … Continue reading
Real Readers, Real Questions, Real Answers! If you’re like 99% of Americans, then you’ve dreamed of taking a vacation to Hawaii. If you’re the other 1%, then it probably means you already live in Hawaii, like reader Naomi: We are a family of five living on one of the outer islands of Hawaii. We only have use two cc, reg … Continue reading
After accepting $600 and an upgrade to first class to get bumped to the next flight, reader Greg had some extra time on his hands so he sauntered over the United Club and picked up 10 United Club credit card annual fee waivers. He then graciously offered them to me to give away to my readers! If we ever … Continue reading
Thank you to all the readers who alerted me that my email feed link was broken in the newsletter. I have fixed it, so in any further newsletters, it should work! There have been some reader questions over the last couple days about the email subscriptions that I offer here at Extra Pack of Peanuts and so I’d love to clarify … Continue reading
You’ve finally done it! You followed all my advice in the Beginner’s Guide to Frequent Flying, earned your points, found the flights you want, and are now set to take that special someone on your “always dreamed about, never before realized” trip to Paris. One last step. You call up the customer service representative, they confirm the tickets are … Continue reading
For those of you making over $423 a minute, or $25,386 an hour, don’t waste your time reading my article or learning about frequent flyer miles. Don’t even waste time brushing your teeth! Just do keep doing whatever the heck it is you do and enjoy taking baths in your money. Everyone else, continue reading. A month ago, I wrote about … Continue reading
Last week I announced that I would be raffling off a brand-new iPad 3 and the projected start date was due to be May 6th. However, due to technical issues with the company that will actually be running the online raffle, I have to postpone the raffle until a later date. Unfortunately I am at their mercy, as it is … Continue reading
The first installment of Credit Card Showdown will feature a battle between two of the travel credit card world’s biggest heavyweights, the Chase Sapphire Preferred and the American Express Starwood Preferred Guest (SPG). Even before the Chase Sapphire Preferred and the Amex SPG card duked it out in the championship round of the first annual Credit Card March Madness tournament … Continue reading
If you decide to play the frequent flyer game with any regularity, especially if you adhere to an app-o-rama strategy, there will inevitably come a time that you will be denied a credit card. A perfect credit score, low utilization rate, years of history with the card issuer and great standing…it all goes out the window at some point and … Continue reading