So I have some good news from my end. Citibank kept its end of the bargain and finally gave me the 60,000 points I was owed for reaching the spend limit on my Citi Premier Card. I just checked my latest points balance after my last statement and there it …
This post has been pending for too long on my blog. I never could get this done with all the craziness that was happening last year with work, my grandfather’s cancer, and all the travel. Hopefully it’s not too late to write about what I regard as perhaps one of …
I hope everyone is enjoying the return of tennis with the US Open and the Western and Southern Open in New York. I can’t tell you how elated I am now that tennis is finally back (we are finally going to have a new slam champion on the men’s side!). …
I’m sure many of you by now are aware of Rakuten, the shopping portal which allows you to get American Express Membership Rewards Points or cashback on purchases made at various online vendors. Well Rakuten is now or has been offering a $30 new member referral bonus for those that …
After freezing out in the snow for the greater part of the morning to capture the image of the year (in my mind), I began to wish for some hot chocolate and the warmth of a fireplace. Nevertheless we (my cousin and I) waited out in the cold for a …
If you follow this blog regularly you probably know that the only trip I have taken in 2020 was a weekend trip to Switzerland back at the end of January before COVID-19 started dominating our lives. I have been wanting to finish writing about it for quite some time, but …
There’s no denying the large hit the airline industry has suffered from this pandemic. Today Virgin Atlantic has filed for Chapter 15 bankruptcy in New York and many other airlines are feeling the same pinch going along. One of the emerging tragedies of this ailing industry is the retirement of …
So there is something everyone needs to do right now other than to wear a mask. Through the end of this month, the comet known as Neowise is making an appearance in the skies of the Northern Hemisphere and it is putting on a spectacular show, which can be seen …
Airlines across the world are having to come up with new and innovative ways to instill confidence in travelers as the industry continues to face near-apocalyptic demand. We’ve seen airlines expedite the process of shrinking their fleets, staff, and services to conserve cash, but we’ve seem some significant cash outlay …
There’s no doubt that countries are going to need to reinvent themselves to attract tourism after and during this pandemic. Many countries such as Italy, Iceland, Greece, and Spain owe much of their economic strength to a now crippled sector. Some countries are trying mollify the damage to this industry …
