With the annual fee soon coming up on my American Express Platinum card, I decided to apply for the Amex Blue Business card (which I was instantly approved for). The signup bonus isn’t huge but it buys me some time to decide what to do with my Membership Rewards points.

Planning for our summer trip wasn’t looking good but then I started finding award availability for various flights around the region we’ll be visiting. It’s been frustrating using American Airlines miles over the past year or so but for this trip, they seem to be coming up big!

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It finally feels like summer here in NYC. Over the weekend we were quite busy heading to some parks and checking out some new (to us) restaurants. We found a new place to go for an awesome burger as well as another great place to go for pizza. Win win…

Otherwise, I’m considering getting the Marriott Business credit card since I received a direct mailer. I’m not sure if the card falls under Chase’s 5/24 rule. Do you know?

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It’s been a slow week here when it comes to miles, points and travel. (I might still be coming down from the high of booking our flights to the South Pacific with AA miles for this summer.)

I finished the minimum spend on my newest credit card and am working on finishing the spend on a bonus for another card. Once this is done, I’ll be on the hunt for a new card. What will it be? Who knows! Continue reading Four Seasons Spikes Actor’s Pancakes, Elvis’s Plane Auctioned for Big $, Free Castles & Homes in Italy, Compensation for Broken IFE, Teen Kills Uber Driver, Visit to Northern Ireland- The Rehash! →

I was close to giving up on the idea I had for our summer trip due to a lack of American Airlines award availability. (Maybe it wasn’t really their fault this time…)

However, I kept checking and was able to get award flights for us to the South Pacific! We need to do a lot of planning for our trip, which will be a little over a month long but we’re definitely excited!  Continue reading Delta Dumps Fuel, Virgin Takes Double My Points, United Passengers Use Slides To Exit Plane, Virgin America Compensates Me, Woman Raped At BOS, McDonald’s Korea & More- The Rehash! →