Between California's tragic wildfires and the Northeast's impending snowstorm, it's shaping up to be a week of extremes - and a rough one for travelers. In the Northeast, people are bracing for the first snowstorm of the season, with Winter Storm Avery…
This story came out last week but I was stuck on dodgy buses in Egypt, so have only managed to write about it now. Some passengers take sleeping tablets or other supplements to help them sleep during flights. I usually avoid these myself as they leave…
I'm surprised to be saying this, but I think my philosophy on business class seats may be changing. We've seen quite some evolution with business class seats over time. Years ago the standard business class seat was just a recliner seat. Then angled…
Recently, Ben wrote about how laws against same-sex attracted travellers worked in various Middle Eastern countries in light of his potential visit to Saudi Arabia. I'm currently on an extended trip with my (same-sex) partner, across Europe, Africa,…
A couple of weeks ago, we learned that SkyTeam is making an...interesting choice in introducing a new member to their "airline" alliance: Hertz. While I'm hoping this means flying cars become part of their Ultimate Series fleet, I have a feeling that…
CNBC has an article with advice from "financial expert" Kevin O'Leary from Shark Tank about how many credit cards you should have, and how you should use them. And it's really, really bad advice. Which I'm sorta sad to see, since he has always been my…
Whether you're constantly on the road to visit client sites, suffering through a long commute or schlepping around kids to any number of events -- sorry, mom, fuel costs can certainly add up quickly. If you drive a Tesla, your car is better than mine…
With the fourth quarter well underway, many of us road warriors are probably looking at how to finalize our elite strategies for 2019. For a lot of you out there, I'm sure the decision is a no-brainer - pick the airline out of your home airport with…
Rewards cards in the U.S. can be extremely lucrative, particularly in the travel sector. But what are your options if you're still building your credit, or otherwise don't have those Very Good to Excellent credit scores that you need to be approved for…
If you check the blog's Beginners Guide To Miles & Points, you'll see that I have a section with my valuation of various points currencies. However, it has been a while since I've actually comprehensively gone through and adjusted my valuation of points,…
We've written in the past about the huge value to be had with Virtuoso, which typically requires booking through a qualifying travel advisor. What many people don't realize is that you can actually make Virtuoso bookings online as well, so in this post…
One of my favorite features of Delta's sometimes-otherwise-questionable SkyMiles program is the ability to redeem something called Choice Benefits. This program allows Diamond and Platinum Medallions to select bonus "gifts" in the form of upgrade certificates,…
When I moved from Australia to London I was worried about the long, cold winters because I don't love cold weather. But friends who lived or had lived in Europe before all said exactly the same thing: The best thing about Europe in winter is Christmas…
When it comes to evaluating the benefits of credit cards, most of my focus is on the welcome bonus and the bonus categories for continued earning. I fully recognize that there are a number of valuable benefits such as trip delay insurance -- I've used…
I'm always fascinated by the the history of the planes I'm flying on. Not to sound like Mitt Romney, but as far as I'm concerned, planes are people too. ;) They have some interesting histories, and I'm really sad when they go to the plane "graveyard."…
I love travelling and have so far managed to visit almost every country in Europe, and I think I've travelled through Europe at one time or another every single month of the year. So I've travelled when it has been so hot I thought I might faint, and…
As part of my four month trip, I've just finished up a long weekend in Munich, Germany, where I attended Oktoberfest, which is the largest beer festival in the world. I'm not German (my German vocabulary is also limited to a few useful words), but love…
Okay, maybe "need" is a strong word, because roughly 99% of the time you're not going to need to know this information in order to book award tickets. But there were a lot of questions earlier in the week about how I was able to get a Kenya Airways award…
In Spencer's guide to Amex Offers yesterday he mentioned stacking the offers with shopping portals, which reminded that I've been meaning to put together a post on how to leverage Cashback Monitor for...possibly months. If you aren't familiar with the…
One of the questions we frequently get is how to use miles for business class flights to Europe, which is usually closely followed "okay, but what are the best flights with miles?" So I set out to write a post with all the best options, and quickly ran…
This week I've headed off on the longest trip I've ever taken. After travelling non stop for around three months last year, this year I'll be travelling for even longer, from now through to the start of next year. I'm starting with a few places in Western…
