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It’s Business Time

When it comes to credit card applications, there’s tremendous upside to making some of your applications Business card applications. You may not think that you have a business, but I would bet that you do. When I say “Job Creators,” I’m talking about you. Within the realm of credit card applications, owning a business doesn’t […]

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Birds Eye View

Before we get into the weeds about all of the particulars of playing the miles game (and we will get into the weeds,) it would be useful to look at the whole endeavor from a distance. We should answer some basic questions. Q: Why play the miles game? A: The reason to play the miles […]

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What’s the score?

As we discussed in The Miles Game one of the prerequisites for getting into the game at all is tracking and maintaining a good credit score. But how does one go about doing this? Well, the first thing to do is to get a free copy of your FAKO scores. Credit Sesame and Credit Karma give […]

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The Miles Game

The best decision I ever made was asking my wife to marry me. At the time I was a poor medical student in New Orleans and she was a beautiful Japanese woman who had recently graduated college in Tokyo. When she said yes I was very happy. But I was also aware that I was […]

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Dammit Jim, I’m only a doctor, not a….

I’m not a life coach. I’m not a financial planner. I’m not a travel agent. So why write a blog about, of all things, early retirement and traveling for free? I suppose that the answer is, because these subjects are interesting. And one of my personality traits is that when I get interested in something, […]

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