Travel Hacking Dictionary — CPM

Today I am launching a new series called Travel Hacking Dictionary where I will provide clarity around some of the common phrases and acronyms that are thrown around in the community so you can get better acquainted with the what everyone is talking about.

Review — Aspire Lounge — Calgary

I recently got to visit the new International Terminal of the Calgary International Airport (YYC) and…

Review — Aspire Lounge — Calgary

I recently got to visit the new International Terminal of the Calgary International Airport (YYC) and since it opened on October 31st, I’ve been dying to see what the new lounge is like. For those of you that aren’t as nerdy as I am, you won’t know that there is no Air…

Negotiating Your Credit Card Annual Fee — Scotiabank Gold American Express

As promised, here is a recording of the negotiation I just went through with Scotiabank.

Analysis

Calgary’s New International Terminal

Apologies for the short hiatus from writing but I was on a short Boys Trip vacation with some friends but fret not, I managed to visit a couple of lounges on the trip and will provide a couple of comprehensive reviews. Today, I will be focusing on my impressions of…

How I Travel — Luggage

I’m a pretty efficiency driven person and that is really prevalent when I travel. Whether it be for work or pleasure, a day or a month, I never, and I mean NEVER check bags. The only exception to this rule for the past 10 years was when I am forced to check my daughter’s car seat.

Finding Award Availability — Part 4 — Value of Your Award and Tips and Tricks

In the past 3 days we have gone through all the steps you need to take in order to find and book your award travel. In this particular example, Lisa wants to travel from Ottawa or Montreal to Milan…

Travel Hacking Dictionary — Fifth Freedom

I’ll admit that I hadn’t heard about Fifth Freedom Flights before I attended the first PointU in Vancouver so I imagine a lot of my readers might be in the same boat.

Introducing a New Feature — Series by PointsNerd

Hey guys,

I’ve been trying to keep everything in order on the site as best I can and for those that read this site often, you may have noticed that some posts have been shared in a series. For example, my latest series…