Financial Alterations

A semi-daily blog where I ramble about my financial situation. And talk about what stuff I've found out through reading blogs, other websites, and books.

Monday, September 19, 2005

Take Advantage

I just got back from a business trip in Atlanta. Before I left I signed up for American Airlines reward program. Why didn't I do this before? A couple of business trips and I'll be able to get free tickets to anywhere. That's pretty cool. That means the big vacation trip that I've been trying to plan for my wife and I will be significantly cheaper since I won't have to pay for plane tickets. This has made me start looking into other areas where rewards programs will help me out. Who knows what other free stuff is just waiting for me out there? :)

Sunday, September 04, 2005

Katrina

So my wife and I donated $50 to the Red Cross for Katrina victims. It's all we could really spare right now but hopefully we'll be able to give more next month and the month after. I'm just going to budget it in. I put off buying a new car for a little while because of possible huge gas price increases. Until I see massive increases I'll just donate that money that I would've been using for a new car payment. I'm going to Atlanta this week on business. I hear gas got up to 6 dollars a gallon there. I'm just numb. This whole thing is just mind blowingly sad. Please give what you can.

Donate to the Red Cross here