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  • Hotels

    The Easiest Trick to Score Free Hotel Upgrades Without Lying or Chasing Status

    by joeheg December 20, 2024
    by joeheg December 20, 2024

    I’ve been able to score countless upgrades in hotels using a certain trick. It’s totally legal, amazingly easy to do and doesn’t throw off my moral compass. Even those timid …

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  • Ground Transportation (Bus, Lyft, Subway, Taxi, Train, Uber, etc.)

    Uber Launches New Services for Easier Airport Trips

    by joeheg December 2, 2024
    by joeheg December 2, 2024

    Uber is enhancing the experience that passengers have when traveling to or from the airport with a series of exciting new services designed for comfort, flexibility, and cost-effectiveness. Here’s an …

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    Man’s Sneaky Way to Not Pay For Seat Selection Actually Works (For Now)

    by SharonKurheg December 2, 2024
    by SharonKurheg December 2, 2024

    For better or for worse, there are always people who look for ways to get around some of the fees airlines have established in recent years. And if it saves …

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    Buyer’s Remorse for Getting Frontier’s “Unlimited Pass”

    by SharonKurheg November 30, 2024
    by SharonKurheg November 30, 2024

    A couple of weeks ago, we wrote about another European airline that was going to start an “all you can fly” pass. As we had mentioned in that piece, Frontier …

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  • Points & Miles

    The Most Useful Hotel Points Out There

    by joeheg November 7, 2024
    by joeheg November 7, 2024

    When booking a hotel, you have many choices. Why choose one over another? It could be location, price, or reviews. Another factor comes into play if you’re into points and …

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  • Credit Cards

    How a Hyatt Free Night Certificate Saved Me $400

    by joeheg November 4, 2024
    by joeheg November 4, 2024

    For years, I didn’t consider myself to be a Hyatt loyalist. The Hyatt hotel footprint didn’t align with our travel patterns, and we went several years without staying at any …

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  • Travel

    7+ Favorite Travel Tips & Tricks of Ordinary People

    by SharonKurheg October 26, 2024
    by SharonKurheg October 26, 2024

    If you’re reading this, chances are you have some interest in travel. In fact, you may have a lot of interest. Maybe you’re a Hyatt Globalist or have American AAdvantage …

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  • Travel Equipment

    7 Must-Have Travel Items That Cost Under $10

    by SharonKurheg July 13, 2024
    by SharonKurheg July 13, 2024

    We have several things we always bring when we travel. They’re not very large, and we don’t need them every trip, but we’re very glad we have them when we …

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  • Airports

    How To Slash Your Travel Costs By Driving To A Different Airport

    by joeheg June 1, 2024
    by joeheg June 1, 2024

    Nothing about booking airfare is straightforward. The way airlines figure out how much to charge to get you from city A to city B drives me crazy. Idiosyncracies in the …

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  • Hotels

    How One Motel 6 Charges Almost $500/Night & Regularly Sells Out

    by SharonKurheg May 21, 2024
    by SharonKurheg May 21, 2024

    If you’re of a certain age, you probably remember the radio commercials for Motel 6. They were full of folksy music (a tune composed by Tom Faulkner, performed by him …

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