A few days ago, my wife and I earned our first ever Southwest Companion Pass. We’d set out to earn this perk last year when a deal came up that gave us the opportunity to earn the Companion Pass in the first few weeks of January. By timing it just right, we now have essentially free […]
Travel Hacking
How I’ve Received Thousands Of Dollars Worth Of Free Stuff From Refinancing My Student Loans With SoFi
About a month ago, I was checking out the SoFi events page when I came across a SoFi event that I couldn’t miss – free tickets to the Big Ten Championship in Indianapolis. These weren’t just regular tickets either. They were in the SoFi suite, with free food and drinks and access to the pre-game VIP hospitality […]
A Weekend In New York City, Compliments of Hyatt and SoFi
Last month, my wife and I flew to New York for a wedding up in the Hudson River Valley. Neither of us had been to New York in quite some time. The last time I was in New York was for callback interviews in the summer between my first and second year of law school […]
Southwest Companion Pass – How To Fly For Free For Two Years
Ever since I started travel hacking earlier this year, I’ve kept hearing about the Southwest Companion Pass. Many people consider it one of the best – if not the best – travel hacking perks you can earn. If Southwest flies out of your primary airport and you plan to travel domestically with two people, there’s […]
What You Need To Know About The Chase One Sapphire Card Per Person Rule
It’s been a while since I wrote about credit cards, but I thought now would be a good time to talk about them because of a recent rule change that Chase made that’ll likely change up your travel hacking strategy. For sure, it’ll change up the Chase 5/24 Strategy that I laid out in a […]
7 Of My Favorite Personal Finance Related YouTube Channels
There’s a lot of great content out there that can help you improve your finances – way more than anyone can discover by themselves. For the past few years, almost all of the content I’ve consumed has come in the form of blogs and podcasts. I recapped 9 of my favorite podcasts in a post I wrote a few months ago.
For some reason, the idea of consuming content by video didn’t really seem to appeal to me. Video, after all, is like TV. It’s for vegging out – not for learning.
I’ve since changed my tune as I’ve discovered the power of YouTube. I think YouTube is an interesting medium for sharing information. For some reason, I’d always just thought of it as a source for stupid stuff – cat videos, dumb pranks, music videos. Things like that.