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Tom

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Jenny

Need some help Plan a trip and now the airfare is more than the trip Please help Trying to give my special needs child a trip.Can I get some fare phil to Orlando June 10-june 15 Help me please
Fmerchant1982

I have used Expedia BPG’s in the past pretty frequently, but lately expedia has been having a ton of errors. When I try to use the coupon it says it is invalid and this has happened on multiple occasions. Has anyone else been having this issue as well and if so is there a solution figured out yet?
http://www.frugaltravelguy.com/ Frugal Travel Guy

I would not recommend this unless you need only a very few amount of miles to get to an award threshold
http://profile.yahoo.com/4B4XZMJ5IVWSRBPEAWN5JZSECA Boo

Hi! Wanted to ask about the recent “The Game Got Fun Again” about getting a good deal at the Marina Hotel Casino. Going there on Sept and still have no hotel accomodations. Any suggestions?
Jill

Hi Rick, I have 11 credit cards. Three of those are store credit cards (Kay Jewelry, Helzberg, JCPenney). They are not my oldest accounts (only 6 month-2 years old) and they were used to make a large purchase and then paid off (essentially almost a lay-away idea). My question, is should I close them? They show as ‘paid’ accounts, but I’m planning on applying for some new cards. I don’t know if it looks better to have 11 cards, or 9 cards with three closed. Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Jill

http://www.frugaltravelguy.com/ Frugal Travel Guy

Absolutely keep them. They’ll only help as they diversify your credit portfolio and will continue to age.

http://www.facebook.com/ginger.jeffreys.1 Ginger Jenkins Jeffreys

Free lifetime premium membership to USING MILES. Another way to keep up with your miles and more.
https://www.usingmiles.com/account/signup?abv=2-3&pc=BRADSDEALS
Ronald

Hi Rick. I was looking at the Chase Hyatt card that gives 2 free nights after spending $1000 in the first 3 months. Following what I saw on another blog, I went through trying to book a reservation on the Hyatt website and I was able to find a link to an offer that added $100 statement credit after first purchase. The terms on the credit said that the application must be completed in conjunction with making a reservations. Have you come across this deal and know if the reservation is a requirement of receiving the $100 statement credit, or will you still receive it if you just make a different purchase?

http://www.frugaltravelguy.com/ Frugal Travel Guy

sorry I never took up this offer as the links I have don’t offer that deal. It doesn’t appear as though it is a requirement based on what I have read.

http://www.facebook.com/jd.sparks.7 Jd Sparks

Hi Rick: I don’t understand the reasoning on buying the AMEX gift card thru BigCrumbs AND THEN LOADING THE TARGET/AMEX CARD WITH IT. Why not just use the AMEX gift card as is? What’s the advantage in loading the Target/AMEX card with it? Thanks

http://www.frugaltravelguy.com/ Frugal Travel Guy

Target/AMEX cards can be used at an ATM

choi lu

Hi Rick, I have MR and UR pts, would like to know whats the best value redemp with littlest taxes for my family of 3 for LAx-HNL springbreak-13

howie

I’d convert them to BA Avios and book non-stop flights on AA. One of the best redemptions out there.

choi lu

Thanks for the reply, would you know how many avios doe it takes? taxes ?, thanks

http://www.frugaltravelguy.com/ Frugal Travel Guy

If you go to ba.com you can price it out. – Rick

shan

Hi Rick! I have 85,000 points to transfer from my Am Ex Gold card. I can transfer to Delta or British Airways (bummed that they don’t do United or AA). To transfer to Delta I get charged a tax in the amount of $50 since it’s a domestic airline. Can’t decide which is the better transfer; as BA seems to be a challenge when booking tickets AND they charge more with tickets. We are trying to save for international travel (likely Europe). Currently I have 110,000 Avios miles and 25,000 Delta miles. Where would you transfer?
divesafe

Rick/Howie,

As you may know, when you apply for a business credit card, the applications require the principal of the firm to give their soc security number.

I have a couple of long term biz cards that I no longer want, but am concerned that canceling them will affect my credit, personally.

Can you comment either way whether you think the cancellation of a business card will affect the person who’s soc security and credit was what it was originally based upon?

Thanks.

http://www.frugaltravelguy.com/ Frugal Travel Guy

In fact it won’t impact your score at all. Business cards only impact your credit initially when you apply; just that inquiry. If you pull your credit report you’ll notice those business cards don’t even show up on your report. No value lost by closing them on your personal report (no aging / available credit value) -Howie

divesafe

Thank you, Howie. I will be cancelling 3 of them tomorrow!

http://www.frugaltravelguy.com/ Frugal Travel Guy

Before you cancel see if you can get a retention bonus or some spend bonus. hey, can’t hurt! – Howie

Jen

Hi Rick! I am trying to figure out if it’s worth it to pay the 3% fee my apartment association charges in order to charge my monthly rent on my SPG AmEx. It’d add an extra $1934 per month. I’m also considering opening that Sapphire Preferred card that you wrote about recently just for charging this activity. I’ve figured that the 3% fee comes out to about $700 per year ($800 with the $95 annual fee factored in from Sapphire), and given that with the Sapphire Preferred I’d get the 40,000 bonus points and the 7% bonus at year-end, I think I’d end up with about 64,000 points to spend. Or, alternatively, I could just keep racking up the extra points on the SPG AmEx which I already have. Do you have any advice on how to price out if the $700-$800 vs. the 64,000 points is a good deal? Thanks!

http://www.frugaltravelguy.com/ Frugal Travel Guy

Jen, I’d recommend doing this only if you have no other way to make a minimum spend. Overall it is actually an OK price to pay for points, but I don’t generally like purchasing points unless you have a target goal in mind.

http://twitter.com/robertshaye Robert Shaye

Hi Rick, I’m flying from SFO –> Santiago, Chile on 24 DEC and then EZE –> SFO on 17 JAN. It’ll cost me 120,000 AA miles (economy anytime) which seems high to me, but it’s still better than paying ~$1800 in cash for buying a ticket. Anything that I’m missing? Any way to fly 1st or business class? I’ve tried going through LAN, sing 1st Saver on AA, it’s no better. I also have a ton of Marriott points, but not sure how I would use/convert those in time. Any ideas? Thanks!

http://www.frugaltravelguy.com/ Frugal Travel Guy

Looks about right, but if the availability isn’t there it isn’t there. Do you have flexibility in your travel dates? – Howie

http://twitter.com/robertshaye Robert Shaye

thanks. Unfortunately, not much flexibility, maybe only a fe days on the return. I was able to find a first class AA saver ticket from SFO –> Santiago for 50k miles, if I’ll go through MIA, so I have a hold on that. Save 10k miles and get 1st class for half the trip and business class for the other half…sounds like a good deal. Plus I am getting an offer from my Citi AA card for 10% miles back (rebate) per calendar year. That’s give back another 11k so total trip cost is 99k.

http://www.facebook.com/joe.golk Jay Russ

Hey Rick, I’m a big fan! your perspective is very unique in the Miles Community and I have great respect for that.

I assume that, at the very least, heard of BankDirect miles accounts and I’m just looking for a referral so that i can earn and extra 1000 miles please contact me at joegolk@gmail.com
http://www.facebook.com/adam.greenberg.33 Adam Greenberg

does anyone know of a good deal to fly to london-lhr from toronto in march?

http://www.frugaltravelguy.com/ Frugal Travel Guy

Check out farecompare.com / setup fare alerts and also check out the mileage run forum on FT -Howie

Eric F

Can a Priceline “Name Your Own Price” ticket be used for standby on an earlier flight?
applezz13

possible 100,000 for amex plat app

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http://www.facebook.com/ashley.fox.526 Ash Bandicoot

Hi Rick!

Love your site. I was wondering if you have any travel tips for going to Africa, specifically Dakar, Senegal. Are there any credit cards while miles that apply to airlines that fly there?
Trese

Hello… I am wishing to travel from ABQ or LAX to HKT (Phi Phi in thailand) March 16th or 17th and back March 24th or 25th. Can you help?
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Charlie

Rick, after taking your advice and sticking to it, I’ve just received my first Delta Gold Skymiles AMEX. The shimmer this card has reminds me of the starry sky that one can see while flying above the North Atlantic just before the sun rises on a flight to Paris. Wonderful!

As a frequent business traveler with a Fortune 50, I do have a corporate credit card, but the new AMEX will get its fair share of use in the coming months for all my personal shopping, including the IHG PriorityClub Visa I currently use.

Thanks for your willingness to share your know-how from your vast travel armory. As a young professional, I’ve got many good travel years ahead (15 countries and counting!). For now, however, I’m off to Canada!

Cheers, Rick!
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