Over the past three winters, Annalisa and I have had the good fortune to be able to ditch the Iowa winter and spend four to eight weeks on the Big Island of Hawaii. Thanks to my ability to work online and a great house-sitting situation, we’ve had a chance to experience practically the entire island; […]
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Chase Ultimate Rewards – My favorite program for earning and redeeming points
Anna-Lisa and I have been having a great time so far on our trip! We’ve had some great experiences we’ve written about recently which you may have missed, such as our magical evening at the Chiang Mai Lantern Festival. If you want to make sure you don’t miss any of our posts, you can […]
Seattle Underground Tour
Seattle happened to be the city which Aurelien booked for us to fly out of the USA to kick off our world trip. We only scheduled a couple days to vist, so when Aurelien told me he wanted to do the Bill Speidel’s Underground tour, I will admit I was a little hesitant. First off, […]
Our Trip Around the World – One Month Update
Hello from hot Chiang Mai everyone! After a month of constant movement from location to location around the world, Anna-Lisa and I have finally settled down for the next month or so in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Its been quite a busy and exciting month; we didn’t spend more then one week in any of the […]
First Stop- Portland, Oregon
As I (Annalisa) write this we are on a train from PDX to SEA. We are riding through misty forests, full of the colorful fall foliage and on bridges over rivers with houseboats. I am very happy we were able to experience some fall before flying off to hot Dubai. Portland was full of bright […]
Our Trip Around the World: Des Moines to Portland on Southwest
Hello everyone! We have finally embarked on our trip around the world! Its very exciting to finally get going after spending a couple months planning, and a rather hectic last couple weeks working at my full time job, along with my additional side jobs. Anna-Lisa and I are looking forward to sharing our trip on […]
Credit Card Basics – How to choose which cards to apply for and when
(In case you missed them, I had a couple more posts besides my introduction last week about beginning your own points/miles journey and how to start creating your own ideal points earning strategy) I know I promised my next post would be regarding the Southwest Companion Pass, but before I get to that one I want to […]
How to begin your own Points/Miles journey
With my boring introductory post out-of-the-way, it’s time to start explaining how you too can start collecting your own set of points/miles and redeem them for experiences of your own! Over the next few posts I will lay out my thoughts on how almost anyone can implement a strategy to collect hundreds of thousands of points, […]