Tim Steinke
My wife Erin and my first big journey together went around the world in 100 days for
our honeymoon, a trip in which I had one car accident and got one speeding ticket in every country that we visited (I think that I may still have an arrest warrant in New Zealand for an unpaid ticket, but we’ll keep that between us). We currently
live in Washington State; we own a winery, ski after work and hike as much as our elderly knees will let us.
Marriott Bonvoy Bold Card Best-Ever Offer: 60K points + 50K Free Night Cert (now...
Update 7/14/24: This best-ever offer on the Bonvoy Bold card is now available via referral. So, if you already have a Chase Marriott card in the house (or have a friend with one), you can...
Costco raises membership cost, Amazon removes gift cards in New York and free kayak...
Costco is raising the cost of its yearly memberships, Amazon appears to be experimenting with removing gift cards from retail stores in New York, and Copenhagen is offering free lunches and kayak tours. All...
(EXPIRED) $900 bonus with a new Chase checking and savings account
Chase's best-ever bonus for opening a new checking and savings account is back again. Until 10/16/24, you can earn $900 when you open a new Chase Total Checking Account and a new Chase Savings...
Choice Privileges Mastercards: Increased 70K and 100K offers
Choice Privileges has two credit cards issued by Wells Fargo, both of currently have vastly improved welcome offers: 70,000 points for the no-annual fee Choice Mastercard and 100,000 points for the Choice Select Mastercard....
Delta Credit Cards: Limited-time welcome offers good for up to 110K SkyMiles (last call)
Update 7/12/24: This will be the last week for these improved Delta card offers, so smoke 'em if you want 'em.
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Amex is out with new, limited-time welcome offers that allow you to earn between...
(EXPIRED) Marriott Homes & Villas: Double points on 3+ night stays
Marriott Homes & Villas seems to have some kind of bonus points promotion running perpetually. Its latest is offering double points on all stays of three or more nights through the end of of...
How to maximize value with Amex multi-card referrals
Many people don't realize that Amex allows cardholders to earn Membership Rewards points by referring friends from one card to multiple different Amex cards. With most credit cards, you can refer friends only to...
(EXPIRED) Easy $300+ Checking Account Bonus With Chime
Chime is an app with a debit card tied to an online checking account without any particularly noteworthy spending bonuses. It does have some terrific new account and referral bonuses, however.
This month, Chime has...
(EXPIRED) Chase Sapphire Reserve adds Marriott Gold fast track
Marriott Gold is the second lowest of Marriott's elite tiers and offers a modest set of benefits including 2pm late check-out, 25% bonus points on stays, free premium wifi and upgrades to non-suite rooms.
Complimentary...
(EXPIRED) Buy Air Canada Aeroplan points with up to a 125% bonus (1.14c each)
Air Canada Aeroplan is out a great points sale as part of its 40th anniversary celebration. The best deal will be buying points from today (7/8/24) through Thursday (7/11/24) with a 125% bonus, which...
10 best hotels in the Maldives, AA loses more bags than any other airline...
AA loses more luggage than any other airline, Amex officially excludes Google Fi from its wireless credit and the ten best luxury hotels in the Maldives. All that and more in this week's Saturday...
Best-ever $750 offer available on US Bank Triple Cash Rewards Card
US Bank is offering an increased welcome bonus on the Business Triple Cash Rewards card that gives $750 back after $6,000 in purchases within the first 180 days. That's a nice, long spending window...
(EXPIRED) Waldorf Astoria, Conrad & LXR Amex Offer – Save $180 on $750...
There's a new Amex Offer for Waldorf Astoria, Conrad and LXR properties that gets you $180 back when spending $750 or more. The offer is targeted, but I found it on about 75% of...
Enhanced Amex Delta Card Offers with $400-500 in credit available via Dummy Bookings
Update 7/5/24: We've now seen at least one report of the dummy booking offer on a Delta Gold Card coming with a statement credit of $500, $100 better than we've seen before. (h/t: EW)
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