My latest for One Mile at a Time

• Paying Taxes With Credit Cards
  Ah, tax season. As many Americans are starting to finalize their tax returns, questions about earning points for making those payments always come up. I pay all my estimated quarterly and annual taxes by credit card, so figured it would be helpful to go through the details of that for people who haven’t done it […]
• Learn About Travel Blogging (Plus Save $50) At TravelCon 2019
  We get messages every day from folks asking for more details about how Ben got started as a travel blogger, or from people who have already started some kind of blog or content site and have questions for me about the practical details of everything that goes into dealing with an online business. Obviously there […]
• Credit Card Review: The Marriott Bonvoy Amex Canada Cards
  As part of the rebranding of the combined Marriott and SPG rewards programs, the refreshed “Marriott Bonvoy” cards launched in the Canadian market last week. Historically the SPG Amex cards were two of the most popular cards for Canadian travelers, but as with their American counterparts the earnings options and benefits are very different under […]
• You’ve Been Bonvoyed: How To Fix Incorrect Marriott Points Advance Reservations
  In an update that will surprise absolutely no one (unless you work for Marriott, in which case I imagine every day lately is a fresh wave of surprise and horror), Bonvoy is not displaying the correct prices for Points Advance reservations made prior to the March 5th category updates. Here's how Marriott Points Advance reservations […]
• Canada: Winners And Losers With The New Amex Platinum Earning Structure
  The Canadian version of The Platinum Card announced some significant changes last week (and some less-significant ones, like the card now coming in a metal-ish version). We've been receiving quite a few questions from readers and clients as to whether these are in fact positive changes, so I thought it might be helpful to go through everything […]
• How To Use Miles For The World’s Best First Class Airlines
  Recently Ben shared his ranking of what he considers to be The World’s Best First Class Airlines, based on his experiences flying pretty much every commercial first class out there. Unlike the fancy rankings you see elsewhere, with questionable methodologies that seem directly correlated to airline sponsorship, we pay for all our own flights, and do […]