idle musings

I am planning a trip to Australia sometime in the next year and a half. A girlfriend of mine got accepted to med school in Brisbane and that is giving me the opportunity I needed to travel down under. I have 100,000 points saved up on my Aeroplan Visa, which will fly me in the cattle car. It’s doable but not very nice to consider spending 18 hours cramped up with other people.

For 115,000 I can travel business class, and for 140,000 I can travel first class. My request is a shout-out to all my friends – if you are planning on buying anything worth a couple hundred dollars or more and you are paying cash, can I put it on my Visa and take your cash instead? I want to see if it’s possible to put through 40,000 points on my Visa in the next year before I book my ticket. (I get 1 point for every dollar; 1.5 points for dollars spent at grocery stores and gas stations.) So you know, any large appliances, trips, home renos, tuition … I dunno. Whatever you got, I’d love to be your middle (wo)man. And if you help me out, I’ll bring you something cool from my trip!