Good morning everyone, greetings from NYC.  Instead of staying at a fancy hotel downtown, I am staying with my best friend in the Upper East Side.  I was inspired by Frequent Miler’s post yesterday (The Most Popular Frequent Miler Posts of 2016) so I decided to dust off my Google Analytics and see what my top 10 best blog posts from 2016 and top 10 blog posts of all time.

Best blog posts from 2016 (total page views in 2016 and published date):

• 14,710 – Iceland & What I Wish I Had Known Before Going – Part 2 (12/20/16)
• 11,308 – Iceland & What I Wish I Had Known Before Going – Part 1 (12/16/16)
• 10,444 – Guest Post: 8 of the Best Road Trips in America (10/26/16)
• 7,873 – American Express Changes to Card Updates, Forex Fees & Annual Fee Refunds (06/04/16)
• 6,068 – PSA Reminder: Check Existing Southwest Airlines Reservations; I Rebooked & Saved $60 (06/04/16)
• 5,941 – Hyatt Anniversary Free Night Certificate Now Bookable Online (Category 1-4 Hotels) (03/27/16)
• 5,503 – Chase QuickPay Changes: Need Chase Checking or Liquid Prepaid Card Starting August 19, 2016 (07/20/16)
• 5,289 – My Retention Offers for Citi Forward, Premier, Prestige & AA Platinum Credit Cards (05/18/16)
• 5,146 – Forget Chase Sapphire Reserve! Apply for US Bank FlexPerks & Ameriprise AMEX Platinum before September 1 (08/24/16)
• 4,230 – Lowe’s $10 Off $50 AMEX Offer = $200 Amazon Gift Card for $160 (12/26/16)

Best blog posts of all time (total page views of all time and published date):

• 82,586 – Load PayPal My Cash Cards to your PayPal Account (02/10/14)
• 46,167 – Load Vanilla Reload Cards (07/22/13)
• 40,083 – Print USPS and UPS Shipping Labels from your PayPal Account (08/10/13)
  34,511 – Withdraw from Bluebird (09/23/13)
• 31,204 – No VRC? Try One Vanilla (02/10/14)
• 30,600 – Load Gift Cards at Walmart (05/03/14)
• 26,040 – My Unsuccessful Chase Sapphire Preferred Reconsideration Call, Visit, and Tweets (07/30/15)
• 25,319 – Add PIN to Gift Card (07/23/13)
• 24,302 – How to Activate $200 Visa Gift Cards from Staples.com *without* the Activation Codes (05/12/14)
• 24,266 – Get 8% Cash Back on every Ebay Item you Buy (11/17/13)

The top 10 best blog posts of all time list show how much staying power some blog posts have over the years.  I really appreciate all my readers and friends in the blogging community who link to my posts.  I also want to wish you all an early happy Near Year’s.  Safe travels everyone!