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Redeeming Barclaycard arrival points for past travel

August 11, 2014 by unroadwarrior 3 Comments

Barclaycard’s Arrival+ card is one of the most flexible when it comes to redeeming points for travel one has already spent money on. The redeeming process is fairly straightforward. When one logs into the Barclaycards account and goes to the rewards page, one sees as one of the options – ‘Travel statement credits’. This option allows…

20 Years of flying United!

August 7, 2014 by unroadwarrior 7 Comments

I got a pleasant surprise on my last flight. I got a card from the Gate Agent. Apparently I have been flying United as a MileagePlus member for 20 years. Now I was ‘pleasantly’ surprised because I had no idea. Once I boarded the flight and looked at the card, I went – that’s it? A…

Redeeming Barclaycard rewards

March 1, 2014 by unroadwarrior 1 Comment

One of my favorite cards that I started using last year is the Barclaycard Arrivalô World MasterCard®. It earns 2x points on ALL purchases – travel related or otherwise. Most there cards give 2x only on travel related purchases or on their own websites/portals. There is also an ongoing promotion to earn 40,000 points after…

Lifetime Miles

March 23, 2013 by unroadwarrior 10 Comments

I logged into United.com this morning and saw my lifetimes miles total – 500,024. I am half-way to become a Million Miler! For United MileagePlus, One Million Miles is a significant milestone (no pun intended). It gives you and a significant other Gold Status for life! No matter how many miles you fly in a…

Cash v. Points – Your Choice

January 29, 2013 by unroadwarrior 9 Comments

For all of us who are mileage junkies, getting the best value for the hard earned miles/points is of premium importance. I am of that camp too. But, when it comes to spending money, I work much harder to make a living than I do to earn miles. So, when I posted my recent article…

Chase revises its Ink offers – no sign up bonus, lower spending requirements

November 13, 2012 by unroadwarrior 6 Comments

Just as I posted my last post comparing Chase Ink offers, Chase has changed the offers and eliminated the offers that gave half the points after the first purchase and half when you hit the higher spending requirements. Now all links available have the lower spending requirements of $5,000 in three months to get the…

All the Chase Ink offers compared

November 11, 2012 by unroadwarrior 1 Comment

** Chase are announced new links and the older offers in this post are now obsolete. Please visit my updated post on Chase Ink Offers ** There have been multiple offers for the Chase Ink cards floating around. Some thru affiliate links and some directly from Chase. (I wish these credit card companies would keep…

Last day of the Hyatt Gold Passport 44,000 point giveaway

March 4, 2012 by unroadwarrior 18 Comments

Today is the last day of the Hyatt Gold Passport 44,000 point giveaway. The contest ends Midnight EST, tonight, Sunday, March 4th. As I described in the original, you can enter as many times as you want. You just need to make sure the comment you leave is a real Hyatt property, and no two…

Coming soon: Unroadwarrior 2.0

January 5, 2012 by unroadwarrior 3 Comments

Here at UnRoadWarrior we are always looking for ways to better serve our readers. Our mission is to provide the best information and expertise on Airline Miles and Hotel Points to the un-roadwarriors. Travellers, who are not experts, don’t have the knowledge and certainly don’t have the time to search thru hundreds of forum threads,…

Planning your Airline Miles for 2012

December 22, 2011 by unroadwarrior 6 Comments

That gives me some great benefits, such as free unlimited domestic upgrades, Exit row seats when I do not get upgraded, automatic Economy+ for when I don’t get the exit row, free checked bags and most importantly, Star Gold level on Star Alliance, for all my non-United travel. … My Balance: 50,970 – 5,000 = 45,970 Make a list of all other sources that earn you miles and see how many will come in for sure.