Our ski destination out west in March, 2013 was to Snowmass, Colorado. I vividly remember booking our DIRECT flights to Aspen over July 4th weekend, 2012. Maybe it was early enough or maybe I got lucky, but I was able to redeem only 37,500 United MileagePlus miles per ticket. […]
Category: Chase Ultimate Rewards
About Chase Freedom
THIS CARD IS NO LONGER OFFERED TO NEW APPLICANTS Card Highlights Chase Freedom is a Credit Card With a credit card, you can carry a balance and accrue interest if necessary. Note this is not advised by me. The points game does not work well, if you are carrying a balance and […]
How I Use My Chase Freedom Card
I use my Chase Freedom card A LOT!!!! (My mother has one too thanks to me! ) I definitely use this card if I am making a purchase in a bonus category (see explanation below). I also take this card out of my wallet for the type of purchase that I would use my Starwood […]
About Chase Sapphire Preferred
Card Highlights Chase Sapphire Preferred is a Credit Card With a credit card, you can carry a balance and accrue interest if necessary. Note this is not advised by me. The points game does not work well, if you are carrying a balance and accruing interest. See #4 in Let’s Get Started To Earning Free […]
About Chase Ultimate Rewards
You gain access to the Chase Ultimate Rewards program by being a card member of certain Chase credit cards such as the Chase Sapphire Preferred card, Chase Sapphire Reserve card, Chase Freedom, Chase Freedom Unlimited and the Chase Ink Business Preferred card. In the program, you can EARN Chase Ultimate Rewards points. You can then USE these Ultimate Rewards points […]
I am going to Shop Online For The Holidays and Earn Lots of Chase Ultimate Rewards Points!
When the time comes for me to start holiday shopping, I plan to do most of my shopping online. There are a few reasons I will do this. First, I hate going into stores. I hate the crowds and the waiting on line to pay. I want my purchases to be instantaneous with me sitting […]
Rob’s Weekend Stay In Puerto Rico
Rob just came home from a guys 50th birthday weekend away in Puerto Rico. He stayed 2 nights at the El San Juan Resort & Casino, which is a Hilton hotel. At the time that I booked his reservation, we had no Hilton HHonors points to book the room. Although I could have transfered American […]
Earning and Accumulating Chase Ultimate Rewards
Below, I outline the main ways in which to earn and accumulate Chase Ultimate Rewards points. 1. Points can be earned by using one of a variety of Chase credit cards that earn Ultimate Rewards Chase Sapphire Preferred-You get 2X Chase Ultimate Rewards points on travel such as airfare and hotels and 3x on dining. You also […]
Chase Sapphire Preferred Used For The Garden City Hotel
I had to take my daughter, Jessie, to a 2 day swim meet a few weekends ago in East Meadow, NY. Because the swim meet started so early in the morning (what I told Rob), and because I thought it would be nice to have a 2 day getaway with my daughter (the […]