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René at Deltapoints.com posted a link to a Citi ThankYou Premier card for 60,000 points a couple days ago. The offer is not a bonanza, but does does clearly show where I think the card issuers are going with new offers.

I have the
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ExpertFlyer.com is a unique service that allows you to search in-depth flight information such as Award & Upgrade inventory with Alerts, Flight Availability, Flight
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I'd like to continue with the idea of getting us "Average Joes" to exotic destinations on a budget using a combination of techniques.

You may remember that Joe always wanted to play golf in Ireland and/or Scotland, but just could not swing it. Using a few card signups (three) and moving a few points around, we made that dream happen for $575 out of pocket including four rounds of golf total in
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Today we're sponosored by by AAdvantage®. We'll put up a couple of our finds, but you have the
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It is obvious to those of us that have been playing this travel game for years "the times they are a changing". Some may lament we are past our glory days of huge hotel promos, constant mistake fares and credit card sign ups that are just through the roof. I'd rather take a the glass is half full approach than the glass is half empty. Look at some of these realities:

Credit Cards

Prior to 2010 almost all airline credit cards offered sign up
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As a followup to last week's destination Aspen, Colorado, Andy is taking us to Monte Carlo.

In this series Andy is going to show us how to get to experience the very finest luxury locations (Diamond Destination) without being a millionaire, and collect points along the way.  I hope you're looking forward to learning a few tips
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I wrote earlier this month about the ongoing promotion by a Southeast US regional bank running a check card promotion through June 30th. By 9 AM on the morning of the post Howie received a tweet from said bank (in my Twitter account) thanking us for mentioning their promotion on the blog. That's kind of spooky to me on several levels.

1. I don't know how to receive those notifications on Twitter (techno incompetent)

2. My little blog is being watched by a regional bank?