The Magic of Christmas
As many of you long time readers know, we’re a frugal family (for the most part). While we do splurge on lots of things in life, our day to day perspective is to watch every dollar carefully to make...
View ArticleA Random Tuesday…
Today I find myself pondering several different topics so instead of delving into any of them, I’ve decided to summarize all of them… Hyatt Diamond Status Match Last Thursday night, Hyatt reached out...
View ArticleTending To Your Award Reservations…
I write this post post-turkey day and am so glad that I took the week off to spend time with family and friends. I hope that you spent time with loved ones and paused to think about what you’re...
View ArticleTravel with Young Kids – Top 5 Things to Pack!
We’re full swing in packing mode preparing for our epic adventure down under. With many Christmas activities coming up in the next few weeks, time is going to fly and I hate it when a departure date...
View ArticleOur Conscious Effort to Reduce Grocery Spending
As you may recall, during our October spending challenge, we went over our budget on groceries and I was determined to get to the bottom of it. I had no idea we were spending as much as we were on…...
View ArticleTargeted Delta 50,000 Mile Offer
Generally speaking, I’ve been really down on acquiring Delta miles. They tend to have horrible domestic availability and their award chart can be out of this world if you aren’t redeeming miles at the...
View ArticleHow To Get Lots of Hilton Honors Points for a Dream Vacation!
There is no doubt about it. If you’re looking to stay at a premium Hilton property, it’s gonna cost you a lot of Hilton Honors points. They have one of the most inflated reward charts out there....
View ArticleWelcome Million Mile Secrets Readers!
Thanks for making your way to Our Frugal Life! It’s always great to have new readers! I’d like to thank Daraius and Emily for featuring me at Million Mile Secrets today! What fun! As mentioned in the...
View ArticleThe Park Hyatt Sydney for Families
Our family is currently on our Australian adventure and having a truly amazing time. As such, my posting schedule is highly irregular and for that, I apologize. Thanks to Million Mile Secrets, my award...
View ArticleSydney with Kids!
There are so many things to do with kids in Australia and in Sydney, in particular. It was hard for us to decide what the best choices were for our group that included four kids. As I’ve mentioned...
View ArticleTuesday Ramblings…
So, we are finally back in the good old US of A. And it feels so wonderful to be home. Wonderful, but chaotic. One quarter of our quartet is still struggling mightily with jet lag. So much so that the…...
View ArticleThe Australian Outback and Uluru
After taking advantage of our last amazing breakfast at the Park Hyatt, we were off to the airport for our three(ish) hour ride to the Australian outback. We debated whether or not to include Uluru in...
View ArticleMy Latest Credit Card Applications
According to my trusty miles and points spreadsheet, it has been about four months since my last credit card application round. As loyal readers know, we apply fairly consistently for anywhere from two...
View ArticleWhy I Love Miles and Points!
Generally speaking, using miles or points for things other than travel will likely garner a lower return than using them for flights or hotels or car rentals. While we have NEVER used our miles or...
View ArticleStellar Deal to South Africa!
As you may recall our family, extended members included, are in the early planning stages for a late 2016 trip to South Africa. South Africa has always resided on the top of our bucket list, but we’ve...
View ArticleEarly Details of the New JetBlue MasterCard!
In February of last year, JetBlue announced that they were cutting ties with American Express and that Barclaycard would be the new issuer and that MasterCard would be the brand of choice. While that...
View ArticleSafaris, Maps, and the Citi Prestige MasterCard
I’ve had travel on the brain non-stop over the past several weeks! We’re in the midst of planning our South African adventure and that’s been a challenge, to say the least! Who knew that safaris fill...
View ArticleBudgeting For Travel!
Budgets… We all love budgets, right? Well, maybe not all of us… Anyway, I’ve been giving a lot of thought to our different budgets over the past few days and wanted to share my thoughts on budgeting...
View ArticleAdventures in Cairns!
While tardy, here’s another in the series on our trip to Australia. For those of you who may have missed earlier installments, you can find them here: A Holiday Award Booking Tale: Flights to Australia...
View ArticleA Long Weekend in London…
As you may recall, a couple of months ago I was alerted to an amazing opportunity to redeem 25,000 Starwood Preferred Guest points for 2 tickets to see Adele in concert at the O2 in London. In a suite....
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