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10 Tricks to Increase Your Credit Score (And Fly for Almost Free) – MileMethod

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10 Tricks to Increase Your Credit Score (And Fly for Almost Free). That Day The World Changed, Flight Deals & Phlebotomy. It was my first semester of college. Months later that tradegy affected me directly. In a good way. Airlines began deeply discounting their seats in a post-9/11 world. Whereas others were too scared to fly, I—along with my brother and a few friends—immediately clicked buy when a US$300 round-trip to Dublin blipped onto Expedia. No money? For half of my best airfare find. By using an e...

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How I Upgraded Economy Seats to $14,512 First and Business Class Beds – MileMethod

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How I Upgraded Economy Seats to $14,512 First and Business Class Beds. Hanging up, I felt like the guy from The Wolf of Wall Street. The guy who creates money out of thin air. The guy who makes magic happen over the phone. One call increased the value of my parents’ return flight almost five-fold. Using an extra 65K American Airlines AAdvantage miles, I upgraded their original $3,295.60 Economy seats. To $14,512.57 First and Business Class beds. From Hong Kong to Denver, with a long layover in Osaka.

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Friend Visits Asia for $292, Flies $16,807 First Class Without Knowing It – MileMethod

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Friend Visits Asia for $292, Flies $16,807 First Class Without Knowing It. Email subject line: Life Change. 8220;No, I’m not gay. Or Christian. Or Republican. But I am unemployed….”. In a sober yet serene tone my childhood friend Eric explained that he had unexpectedly lost his job. With his newfound free time he was open to “an international trip if I can keep expenses down.”. After adventures together in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Brazil, and Canada I knew he was serious. Immediately, I invited him to Asia.

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A Few Photos from Texas and Colorado – MileMethod

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A Few Photos from Texas and Colorado. With busy 12-hour shifts I’m finding it difficult to maintain this blog, upkeep correspondence, and work on building a business. But I don’t want this blog to die either, as I do and will have many travel- and business-related topics to share with you. As a compromise, I’m trading my original once-a-week post promise for a write-when-inspired schedule. Here are photos from inspring times in Austin and Denver. Orange yerba mate in front, intense ping pong in back.

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Tweaking Parents' $48K Trip: How 1 Hotel Cancellation Will Become 2 Roundtrips to Europe – MileMethod

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Tweaking Parents’ $48K Trip: How 1 Hotel Cancellation Will Become 2 Roundtrips to Europe. My parents are sitting in this First Class Emirates cabin right now. Earlier I wrote about how I booked $48,000 Worth of Luxury Travel for 654K Miles/Points and $2.5K in Fees. For their trip to Dallas, Dubai, Kuala Lumpur, Phnom Penh, Angkor Wat, Hanoi, Saigon, and Hong Kong. This blog post is an update on hotel changes I made and why I made them. In short, by spending an extra $805 on hotels I was able to:. To earn...

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6 Lessons Learned From Booking My $72 Trip to Japan, China, and Myanmar – MileMethod

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6 Lessons Learned From Booking My $72 Trip to Japan, China, and Myanmar. In the next 4 months I’ll visit 18 countries. It’s a bit overkill, I admit. But you never know when an astroid will destroy the human race, right? Go before the ice caps melt. Or worse: before banks stop handing out frequent flyer miles like candy. After my $83 trip to 6 island countries. I’ll fly the above route to Japan, China, and Myanmar. And then Malayasia again, and then, and then, and then…. Hint: credit card sign-up bonuses.

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6 Island Countries in 1 Month: My 'Once-In-A-Lifetime' Dream Trip – MileMethod

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6 Island Countries in 1 Month: My ‘Once-In-A-Lifetime’ Dream Trip. Map created at gcmap.com. I don’t like the phrase, ‘once-in-a-lifetime.’. It masks the fact that you can do anything, at anytime. Multiple times, if you like. With that said, today I begin a trip that is truly ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ because I have no good reason to return to these remote destinations. Having completed my my Japan / China / Myanmar trip. I’ll soon visit:. East Indonesia (West Papua). Papua New Guinea (PNG). Was great for $10...

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The 12 Best Cards and Documents for Luxury Travel, on a Budget

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The 12 Best Cards and Documents for Luxury Travel, on a Budget. These are some of the best credit, ATM, and perk cards for traveling. There are others—which I also own for their frequent flyer mile benefits—, but generally I travel with only four sources of money: a main credit card, a main ATM card, a backup credit card, and a backup ATM card. This article discusses how to create your own card set-up to:. Avoid international ATM fees. Avoid credit card foreign transaction fees. American Express Blue Bird.

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Moments in Travel: June 19th – June 25th, 2013 – MileMethod

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Moments in Travel: June 19th – June 25th, 2013. Dickinson, North Dakota. 8221; His eyes scanned mine, looking for the joke. “You cannot not believe, you say yes always. The only other option is jail.”. Cows defending those who milk them dry. You may also find the following articles mildly amusing:. June 2013 Flights: 6 countries on 2 continents for US$155. June 2013 Flights: Egypt and South Africa for US$251 (CANCELLED). Comments powered by Disqus. Next post: A Few Photos from Canada. 72,000 Worth of Lux...

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For a Limited-Time: How to Buy 1 International or 2 Domestic Flights for $89 – MileMethod

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For a Limited-Time: How to Buy 1 International or 2 Domestic Flights for $89. The DoubleTree by Hilton Kuala Lumpur room from which I’m writing now. This week I booked 5 flights to 4 countries for a total of $81. Three of the flights were to islands, one of which I’ve dreamed of visiting since childhood. Right now I’m writing from my room in a downtown five-star hotel for which I paid nothing. I just finished eating a free buffet breakfast in the 34th floor Executive Club. This merger has both good and b...