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I recently came across this article on AirfareWatchDog.com which made the fairly logical argument that if travel points are often valued at around 1.5 cents or less, why wouldn’t people just get one of those cash-back cards that gives you 2% on all purchases? In reality,…

Earlier this year I wrote about how I used 867,100 points and $5,000 to travel around for 6 months on my sabbatical. The overwhelming response that I got was “That’s great for you but I don’t spend that much money. I could never get that…

Since I’ve started blogging about how credit cards and loyalty programs have helped me pay for the vast majority of my 6-month sabbatical, I’ve had a lot of people ask me what credit cards I think are best. The answer to this depends completely on…

Last week, I made the decision to cancel my trip to Cape Town in March. The water crisis that the city is facing is so bad that I just didn’t feel right using water for leisure travel. Plus, my trip was fairly easy to cancel…

I started my sabbatical travel a little over a week ago and was admittedly slightly disappointed that I wasn’t in Philadelphia to see the city celebrate the Eagles advancing to their first Super Bowl in over a decade. Even in Costa Rica, I saw coverage…

Earlier, I shared how I used almost 900,000 credit card, airline, and hotel points to save over $20,000 on travel expenses during my six-month sabbatical. The obvious next question that many of my friends have been asking me is: How did you get so many…