Lap Child Diaries

This autumn will be my paternal grandmother's 65th birthday. My father's already got some pretty ambitious plans for her, flying h...

Some of my classmates at pre-school have been asking me lately how many points and miles we have. I generally just say "this much...

So it looks like my family is starting an annual tradition with our best family friends in Chicago. Last winter, we all met at the Wiscons...

Well, to be completely fair, we didn't actually go into downtown Chicago. We spent 4 days (3 nights) in the Northwest suburbs for my f...

Flight #94 – American Airlines 315 New York (LGA) – Chicago (ORD) Thursday, September 11, 2014 Depart: 7:29AM / Arrive: 8:59AM Seat: E...

So it's always a good idea to take stock in your points/mile balances to see where you're at with your travel goals. Sometimes you...

This past Thursday (January 2, 2014), my father stumbled across a blog post on Personal Finance Digest that discussed a 5% cash back credi...

Yesterday, my parents cancelled each of their American Express Platinum charge cards. You may recall that they applied for the card last J...

Well, it's the last day of 2013, and wow, I've had an amazing year. Since my father's an Asian math nerd, according to his exc...