Devaluations

In what could be described as the left hand not knowing what the right hand is doing, I received an email from Starbucks offering me “Double Stars” for purchases. While…

I’ve written quite a bit about our trip to Japan that was initially planned for the end of 2020. When that didn’t happen, I rescheduled it for a few weeks…

Have you ever looked at the results of a survey and thought, “Did they really need to do a survey about that?” Sometimes the topic is so innocuous that the…

Devaluations draw the ire of people who collect travel points more than any other negative thing a program can do. This anger intensifies when programs devalue points without notice. I…

According to Benjamin Franklin, the only two things we can be sure of in this world are death and taxes. However, if Ben were alive today, he might add travel…

If there’s one thing that hasn’t changed because of the coronavirus global pandemic, it’s my general disdain for United Airlines. The last time I flew on a United plane was…

Redeeming your Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards points is pretty straightforward. The number of points you need depends on the price and class of ticket you want. The more expensive in…