Discover appears to have dropped their cash back portal. UPDATE: It’s back
Update 2:55 pm EST: The portal is already back
Not only has Discover recently announced a disappointing selection of 5% categories for the 4th quarter (“online shopping” isn’t there this year), but they seem to...
IHG signup bonus no longer counting towards status
A few weeks ago, after publishing “How to find the best IHG signup offer: 80K points plus $50,” a number of readers contacted me to let me know that the points they had earned...
How to prevent your brain from exploding
Lately, thanks to Rolling Stone magazine, our hobby has become “The Hobby”. I prefer to think of it as The Game. Regardless, while this game/hobby/whatever is awesome for those who master it, it is...
IHG Spire: Ideas for nabbing the new 25K Choice benefit without staying in hotels.
UPDATE: It appears that points from credit card signup bonuses no longer count as elite qualifying. As a result, a number of items in this post are no longer relevant.
IHG finally named their new...
Bet You Didn’t Know: Amex Business Card Apps Without a 12 Month Wait
By Julian, author of Devil’s Advocate...
Update: This post includes offers that were valid at the time of publication, but have since expired. Please click here to see the best offers currently available.
Amex business cards are still a bountiful source...
How to increase credit card spend. Announcing a new resource page.
Whether your goal is to meet minimum spend requirements for new credit cards, or to earn credit card big spend bonuses, you can find techniques for increasing credit card spend in a new resource...
How to see which purchases qualify for Chase Ink and Freedom bonus categories
I feel like a dummy. I’ve struggled with this for years. Chase Ink cards are great because the earn valuable Ultimate Rewards points and they offer a number of 2X and 5X bonus categories. ...
How to find the best IHG signup offer: 80K points plus $50
Chase’s IHG credit card is probably my favorite card to have, but not to use. Most cards are good for some people, but not for others. The IHG card, in my opinion, is a...
New BOA approval process and a stumble on my way to Necker Island
In my crazy quest to get 1.2 million Virgin Atlantic miles for a trip to Richard Branson’s private Necker Island, I previously signed up for four Virgin Atlantic credit cards at once. Thanks mostly...
My job? I blog. Here’s the answer to your next question…
When people ask what I do for a living, my answer is usually some variation of this:
I write a blog about how to get frequent flyer miles for free.
While a few people follow that...
The best 4th Night Free finds
Last week I challenged readers to beat my best 4th Night finds. The idea was to find hotels and dates in which the 4th night of a stay was astronomically more expensive than the...
Double dipping Discover’s 3rd quarter categories
Thanks to Discover’s offer to double all cash back for a year, their quarterly 5% categories are more interesting than ever. Now, instead of earning 5% for those categories, cardholders enrolled in the Double...
Crazy 4th Night Free deals, and the $100 e-gift card challenge
The Citi Prestige card’s 4th Night Free hotel benefit always struck me as kind of crazy. When you use this benefit to book a four night stay, you get reimbursed for the entire price...
Should you keep, upgrade, or downgrade your AAdvantage Aviator card? Do you have...
My wife and I have four AAdvantage Aviator Red MasterCards. Yep, we have two each. Before American Airlines and US Airways merged their loyalty programs, the Barclaycard US Airways MasterCard offered a terrific signup...
