Trip Report: Weekend in San Antonio, Part One – the Hyatt Regency
As I wrote about a couple months back, getting loyalty status with various travel brands can certainly make frequent travel a lot easier. Sometimes, it also makes it a lot more luxurious! Seeing as how I recently acquired Hyatt Diamond status for free, I figured it was high-time to take advantage of it. And since our […]
Read More
The Cash + Points Booking Trick You Need To Know About
The hubby is away this week at a work conference in Minneapolis, a city that neither of us had previously ever been to. And while his work was picking up the tab for his hotel room starting this past Saturday, I suggested we tack on a night to the front end of his trip so […]
Read MoreThe Real Value of Miles & Points
We had something of a minor family emergency this week at Unintended Domesticity HQ. (Don’t worry, we’re all fine.) But as a result, we needed to quickly fly in a relative that lives hundreds of miles away. The relative didn’t have the money to buy the outrageously expensive last minute tickets, which were running upwards […]
Read MoreTravel Credit Cards to Pay Attention To Right Now: Summer 2015 Edition
Over here at Unintended Domesticity HQ, we’re in the middle of a new round of credit card churning – the goal being three cards in about as many months, and quite the haul of benefits as a result. We started with the Citi Prestige Mastercard. The Prestige card comes with a hefty fee – $450 […]
Read More
Travel Credit Cards to Pay Attention To Right Now: Spring 2015 Edition
A lot of people know me as a fan of airline/hotel loyalty programs, and some have even gone so far as nicknaming me “Points”. And while it’s easy to tease someone with this sort of obsessive hobby, I estimate we’ve done roughly $15,000 in travel completely free over the past 2.5 years because of this hobby, with another […]
Read More
How we booked a 5-star luxury trip to Hawaii for over 50% off
This April will be the hubby and my 2nd anniversary, and since we celebrated our 0-anniversary and 1-year anniversary with trips to tropical places, it seemed only appropriate to do it again this year as well. Having already done Mexico, the Virgin Islands, the Bahamas, and Belize, we figured maybe we’d give Hawaii a whirl. […]
Read More