Author Archives: Brad Christensen

Stay 3 Nights, Get 10 Nights Free With IHG

Posted on January 5, 2015 by Brad Christensen

Obtaining frequent flyer miles and hotel points from credit card offers has a tendency to dominate the discussion on our blog, simply because it tends to be the easiest, quickest way to get them, but in today’s post I want … Continue reading →

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What’s the Best Travel Rewards Card to Get Right Now?

Posted on December 1, 2014 by Brad Christensen

We’re excited to say that what we felt like was already the best card available has now gotten even better with a 50k bonus for an undetermined limited time. The links in this post and on the right sidebar will … Continue reading →

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How Spending $1000/month Will Get You to Hawaii – Plus 2 Resort Nights!

Posted on November 16, 2014 by Brad Christensen

Here’s the executive summary: Sign yourself up for the Hawaiian Airlines World Elite Mastercard Spend $1000 in everyday expenses the first month on this card, pay it off immediately Pay an $89 annual fee the first year Collect 36,000 Hawaiian Airlines miles … Continue reading →

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How the AA/US Airways merger could get you 2 tickets to any of 64 countries

Posted on October 31, 2014 by Brad Christensen

Note: For a limited time the bonus on the US Airways Premier World MasterCard®  has been increased to 50k miles! This is a rough map of the destinations American Airlines serves which can be reached with 40k miles or fewer. By … Continue reading →

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How to get business travel for free (and still write it off)

Posted on October 13, 2014 by Brad Christensen

First, I need to establish that I’m giving travel advice in this article, not tax advice.  I’m not qualified or licensed to give tax advice, and I’m treading a thin line in this article.  Even so, I want to share … Continue reading →

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City Breaks: Traveling on a budget

Posted on October 10, 2014 by Brad Christensen

We all dream of traveling to Europe for short-stay city breaks – reveling in the culturally rich capitals of major European cities such as Barcelona, Rome, London and Munich. But traveling to major cities comes at a cost, and even … Continue reading →

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CityPass: The Best Way to See the Best of Atlanta

Posted on September 29, 2014 by Brad Christensen

As our faithful readers will recall, I recently made a trip out to Atlanta with my seven year-old son to see Boise State take on Ole Miss in the Chick-Fil-A kickoff game. We had a great time and we took … Continue reading →

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