December 18, 2019 Washington Dulles Airport to Downtown Baltimore via Public Transport: $16 one way The Penny Pinching Doc Tags: Airports, Baltimore, Public Transport, Travel, Washington D.C 1 One of the great things about living on the East Coast is the easy connections between cities by car, bus and train. Being a British expat has also meant trying to coordinate which airport family should fly into in terms of affordability and whether it makes sense to get to an airport with cheaper prices […] Read more
November 13, 2019 How to maximize points and cash back with Lyft The Penny Pinching Doc Tags: Cash back, Lyft, Miles, Points 0 Following up with one of the earlier articles, we discussed how you can maximize Uber if you were to forego buying a car. What about its main competitor Lyft though? We’ll discuss how Lyft works and how we can maximize our purchases with them by getting cash back and miles/points. Signing Up Like Uber, Lyft […] Read more
November 11, 2019 How to maximize value from Uber rides The Penny Pinching Doc Tags: Apps, Credit cards, Offers, Public Transport, Rewards Program, Uber 0 In the last post we talked about whether we could get by with public transportation alone, and Uber was one of the companies that we concluded with as being of great help. Uber is a ride sharing app, the purpose of it initially was that it allowed you to hitch a ride with somebody in […] Read more
November 11, 2019 Do I need a car when I first move to USA? The Penny Pinching Doc Tags: Cars, Greyhound, NJ Transit, Public Transport, RTA 0 Cars, the impression you get from the American dream is you can’t live without them. To some degree you are right. The USA is a vast country and to get to certain cities you will most likely need it. But if you were like me and moved to a congested part of the city with […] Read more