Press

Here is a list of my television appearances, articles, columns and mentions in the press for your reference.

Nomadic Matt, May 17, 2012, Breaking Down Credit Card Rewards with Brian Kelly

Huffington Post Parents, May 10, 2012, How Your Family Can Fly Around the World for (Almost) Free

MSNBC, May 8, 2012, Frequent Flyer Abuse?

Brides Magazine Online, April 2012, How to Score Free Plane Tickets to Australia

Lifehacker, March 27, 2012, Five Money-Saving Tips For Avoiding This Summer’s Spiking Airfares

Business Insider, March 26, 2012, Your Vacation’s Going to Cost Way More This Year

Business Insider, March 12, 2012, How To Find The Perfect Travel Rewards Card For My Lifestyle

DailyWorth.com, March 5, 2012, Get More Points in Your Favor

CreditCards.com, February 28, 2012, Poll: 2 out of 3 rewards card holders balk at taxing miles, points

The Washington Post, February 22, 2012, The Navigator: Frequent-Flier Programs’ Rules Spur Boom in ‘Mileage Consultants’

The New York Times, February 15, 2012, How To Attain Hotel Elite Status

The Willis Report, February 15, 2012, Your Credit Card Rewards Points Taxable?

NBC 6 Live Miami at 11, February 9, 2012, Citibank Taxes Frequent Flier Miles

Fox News, February 3, 2102, Are Frequent Flier Miles Taxable Income?

Yahoo Philippines, February 2, 2012, Starwood revamps points program for ‘mega travelers’

The New York Times, January 2, 2012, Making the Most of Hotel Points

Los Angeles Times, December 25, 2011, On the Spot: The Cost of Frequent Flier Miles

Martha Stewart Living Radio Show on Sirius, December 20, 2011, Interview

Los Angeles Times, December 18, 2011, On the Spot: Advice for the Holiday Traveler

The New York Times, December 15, 2011, Elites Eye the Finish Line

The New York Times, December 11, 2011, Your Ticket is Void (Unless You Pay More)

NBC NY New York Nightly News, November 29, 2011, The Points Guy Comments on American Airlines’ Bankruptcy

The New York Times, November 29, 2011, Q&A: It’s the Season to Earn, and Spend, Points

Gizmodo, November 7, 2011, How to Book the Cheapest Holiday Flights

WGN Chicago, October 28, 2011, Midday Fix: The Points Guy

US News and World Report, October 17, 2011, 5 Online Tools for Managing Airline Miles

Ladies’ Home Journal, November 2011, Money Matters – Travel Bargains

AskMen.com, October 2011, Five Tips For Collecting More Airline Miles

BNN Canada, September 21, 2011, Talking with The Points Guy

Fox 5 San Diego, September 19, 2011, Make the Most of Your Travel Points

Money Magazine, October 2011, “Rack Up More Airline Miles

JustLuxe, September 14, 2011, Credit Card Rewards Guru The Points Guy Gives Insider Travel Tips

NBC Miami Live, August 29, 2011, Talking Points With Nathalie

CNN International, Quest Means Business, August 19, 2011 “Quest Means Miles”

HotelChatter, August 17, 2011 Raiding the Hotel Minibar

Huffington Post Travel, August 10, 2011 Correcting Misconceptions About Frequent Flyer Miles

LifeHacker, August 2011 How To Fly First Class Without Paying For It

The Today Show on NBC, July 29, 2011 Credit Card Tips Every Traveler Should Know

Conde Nast Traveler, July 2011 The Informer: Card Tricks Every Traveler Should Know

Made Man, June 23, 2011 Maximize Your Airline Rewards

Los Angeles Times Brand X, May 31, 2011 Travel issue: How credit can get you where you want to go

Lodging Magazine, May 6, 2011 Selling the Future

New York Times Frugal Traveler, April 2011 Are Your Miles a Mess? Here’s How to Put Them To Use

Business Traveler Magazine, March 2011 Changes in the Cards

Mainstreet.com, March 5, 2011 The Death of Traveler’s Checks

The Independent, February 17, 2011 Hotel Loyalty Program Gets Revamp

Reuters, January 26, 2011 Airline miles out of reach? Think again

The Independent, January 12, 2011 Voila  vs Stash: Independent hotel loyalty programs set to battle it out

The Globe and Mail, January 11, 2011 Flying in Extreme Comfort

The Globe and Mail, January 4, 2011 The 10 Best Cities for Business Meetings – and Blowing Off Steam

Hotelchatter.com, December 13, 2010 10 Gifts for the Hotel Lover in Your Life

Vegaschatter.com, November 22, 2010 How to get to Vegas for Almost Free

Theshowt.com, October 18, 2010 Status is Everything

Hotelchatter.com, September 21, 2010 How Does the New Ritz-Carlton Rewards Program Stack Up? We Ask The Points Guy

Jaunted.com, May 24, 2010 ‘The Points Guy’ Shares His Secrets for Maximum Frequent Flyer Miles’

Conde Nast Traveler, Maximize Your Miles Finalist, May 14, 2010 ‘The Top 10 Ways To Maximize Your Miles: Finalist #6′

LowFares.com,  May 11, 2010 ‘The Points Guy Shares Secrets of Earning Elite Status’

HotelChatter.com, May 3, 2010 ‘The Points Guy’ Our Own Personal Ryan Bingham


Conde Nast Traveler “Maximize Your Miles” Finalist, May 2010