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Sometimes, collecting frequent flyer miles with a credit card pays off {Gadling}
Feb 22nd 2010 4:51PM Yes it depends greatly on where you're going and how flexible you are. I've scored coach tickets to Peru, and Ecuador pretty easily on two airlines, but it required taking what I could get in terms of dates. Getting to Mexico has been much tougher though, even when it's a brand new route. I feel like the only way to really make out with airline credit cards is to churn them. You make out great in year one, but after that it's hard to justify the annual fee. Some will let you scale back to a no-fee card, but you only get half a mile per dollar on non-airline purchases. Better to just use Amex and top off when needed.
The other problem with airline cards is most charge 3% on international transactions. With a Capital One card that has no transaction fee and gives you cash back (or their no hassles rewards), most people will be better off.
7 of the Craziest Luxury Vodkas {Luxist}
Sep 7th 2007 11:46PM 50 years from now MBA students will do studies on how marketing whizzes were able to get gullible consumers to buy hundreds of versions of the same products. It seems all you have to do is change the packaging, the image, or make slight flavoring additions and voila--a whole new product! All this from an intentionally flavorless, colorless alcohol that can be made in an industrial alcohol processing facility. Amazing.
Timothy S.
Luxury Latin America blog
