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Rebuttal – Travel is Not Free and the “Bonnie” Rule

Kyle Stewart Posted onAugust 10, 2015September 16, 2021 13 Comments

If you are considering booking travel or signing up for a new credit card please click here. Both support LiveAndLetsFly.com. If you haven’t followed us on Facebook or Instagram, add us today. The Deal Mommy at Saverocity posted something with which I categorically disagree.  She writes about...

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Reader Question: Airline Loyalty – Which to Choose

Kyle Stewart Posted onAugust 4, 2015September 16, 2021 2 Comments

If you are considering booking travel or signing up for a new credit card please click here. Both support LiveAndLetsFly.com. If you haven’t followed us on Facebook or Instagram, add us today. Here at UPGRD.com we get emails from readers and from time to time we...

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Mileage Bonuses For Debit Cards Are Better Than Ever For Some

Kyle Stewart Posted onJuly 23, 2015September 16, 2021 2 Comments

If you are considering booking travel or signing up for a new credit card please click here. Both support LiveAndLetsFly.com. If you haven’t followed us on Facebook or Instagram, add us today. In case you haven’t heard, there have been some recent setbacks in the world...

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My Return to Peru

Kyle Stewart Posted onJuly 17, 2015September 16, 2021 4 Comments

If you are considering booking travel or signing up for a new credit card please click here. Both support LiveAndLetsFly.com. If you haven’t followed us on Facebook or Instagram, add us today. If you haven’t read the other previous posts, you can read about my mistakes...

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Choosing Your Own Hotel Room? This Must Be Life in the Emerald World

Kyle Stewart Posted onJuly 13, 2015September 16, 2021 Leave a Comment

It’s no secret that I have had a great experience with National Car Rental, so when National challenged UPGRD to think about what life would be like living in the Emerald World, hotels immediately came to mind… If you...

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Mistakes and Mishaps of a Travel Pro – The Struggle is Real and Never Ending

Kyle Stewart Posted onJuly 8, 2015September 16, 2021 Leave a Comment

If you are considering booking travel or signing up for a new credit card please click here. Both support LiveAndLetsFly.com. If you haven’t followed us on Facebook or Instagram, add us today. If you have not read the previous two-parter of my completely asinine approach to...

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The True Value of Elite Status – A Chance at Redemption

Kyle Stewart Posted onJuly 1, 2015September 16, 2021 Leave a Comment

If you are considering booking travel or signing up for a new credit card please click here. Both support LiveAndLetsFly.com. If you haven’t followed us on Facebook or Instagram, add us today. Being Stuck in a Bad Situation If you have followed the previous posts (start...

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Mistakes and Mishaps of a Travel Pro – Continued

Kyle Stewart Posted onJune 30, 2015September 16, 2021 3 Comments

  If you are considering booking travel or signing up for a new credit card please click here. Both support LiveAndLetsFly.com. If you haven’t followed us on Facebook or Instagram, add us today. To catch up on this story please first read this post.  Still Stuck...

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Baha Mar Resort Group Files Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, Future of Grand Hyatt Baha Mar?

Kyle Stewart Posted onJune 29, 2015September 16, 2021 Leave a Comment

If you are considering booking travel or signing up for a new credit card please click here. Both support LiveAndLetsFly.com. If you haven’t followed us on Facebook or Instagram, add us today. It’s a sad, sad, day. It looks like the much delayed Baha Mar construction...

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PSA – Get 30,000 American Aadvantage Miles or 40,000 Thank You Points Free Today

Kyle Stewart Posted onJune 29, 2015September 16, 2021 7 Comments

If you are considering booking travel or signing up for a new credit card please click here. Both support LiveAndLetsFly.com. If you haven’t followed us on Facebook or Instagram, add us today. The title is only a partial stretch.  You need to sign up today, you...

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Mistakes and Mishaps of a Travel Pro

Kyle Stewart Posted onJune 26, 2015September 16, 2021 5 Comments

If you are considering booking travel or signing up for a new credit card please click here. Both support LiveAndLetsFly.com. If you haven’t followed us on Facebook or Instagram, add us today. When discussing my travel planning faults it only seems appropriate to wax biblical like...

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The Great Wall: Turning a Mileage Run into a Family Holiday

Carly Stewart Posted onJune 15, 2015September 27, 2017 5 Comments

On a recent mileage run (our first as a family) we took advantage of some $450 mistake fares in Business Class from Washington DC to Beijing, China. This mileage run was stretched out just slightly longer than a typical...

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Transparency of Airfare Pricing

Kyle Stewart Posted onJune 4, 2015September 16, 2021 3 Comments

If you are considering booking travel or signing up for a new credit card please click here. Both support LiveAndLetsFly.com. If you haven’t followed us on Facebook or Instagram, add us today. I recently commented on the government’s website for USA Today regarding changes to CFR...

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Getting What You Pay For…

Kyle Stewart Posted onApril 28, 2015September 16, 2021 3 Comments

If you are considering booking travel or signing up for a new credit card please click here. Both support LiveAndLetsFly.com. If you haven’t followed us on Facebook or Instagram, add us today. This is loosely about travel, but mostly it’s not. A friend of mine, we will...

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Maserati and National Partnership Continues After the Rental

Kyle Stewart Posted onApril 8, 2015September 16, 2021 Leave a Comment

If you are considering booking travel or signing up for a new credit card please click here. Both support LiveAndLetsFly.com. If you haven’t followed us on Facebook or Instagram, add us today. I opened my mail recently and saw a letter from Maserati to me.  Though...

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URGENT! Chairman’s Upgrade Certificates Premature Expiration

Kyle Stewart Posted onMarch 26, 2015September 16, 2021 7 Comments

If you are considering booking travel or signing up for a new credit card please click here. Both support LiveAndLetsFly.com. If you haven’t followed us on Facebook or Instagram, add us today. Chairman’s Preferred status holder with US Airways (there are many from the challenges offered...

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The Value of Points – Even Hotel Employees Don’t Know What They Are Worth

Kyle Stewart Posted onMarch 23, 2015September 16, 2021 2 Comments

If you are considering booking travel or signing up for a new credit card please click here. Both support LiveAndLetsFly.com. If you haven’t followed us on Facebook or Instagram, add us today. Scenario Let me just give you a little glimpse into an interaction I had...

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Merged Already? Did American Airlines Match My US Airways Status?

Kyle Stewart Posted onMarch 4, 2015September 16, 2021 6 Comments

If you are considering booking travel or signing up for a new credit card please click here. Both support LiveAndLetsFly.com. If you haven’t followed us on Facebook or Instagram, add us today. The most dreaded day of the year for most status chasing frequent flyers has...

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Great Drone Tour of Hong Kong outskirts

Kyle Stewart Posted onJanuary 30, 2015September 16, 2021 Leave a Comment

If you are considering booking travel or signing up for a new credit card please click here. Both support LiveAndLetsFly.com. If you haven’t followed us on Facebook or Instagram, add us today. I came across this today courtesy of Gizmodo.  The context is unnecessary (transferring chocolate...

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Gett – An Uber Alternative

Kyle Stewart Posted onJanuary 27, 2015September 16, 2021 Leave a Comment

If you are considering booking travel or signing up for a new credit card please click here. Both support LiveAndLetsFly.com. If you haven’t followed us on Facebook or Instagram, add us today. While in New York for the New York Times Travel Show we thought we...

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