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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
You DON’T have to pay with your Prestige card for 4th Night Free (but...
UPDATE 6/15/2016: Recent evidence suggests that people do, at least sometimes, check to make sure that charges are placed on your Prestige card before...
You DO have to pay with your Prestige card for 4th Night Free. Here’s...
UPDATE 6/26/2015 3PM EST: Please see my new results here: You DON’T have to pay with your Prestige card for 4th Night Free.
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Discover Double Cash Promo registration no longer available for existing accounts
I’ve written a lot lately about Discover’s fantastic Double Cash promotion in which all cash back will be doubled after 12 billing cycles:
Maximizing the...
Chasing Ultimate Rewards: My revised strategy
In the March 2015 post “Chasing Ultimate Rewards,” I detailed plans to earn approximately 210,000 Ultimate Rewards points per year without paying credit card...
Best credit card combos: Cash Back
This is part 5 of a multi-part series of “best credit card combos”. The goal is to find the combination of 2, 3, or...
Maximizing the Discover Double Cash promo: Huge rewards via online shopping!
This is the third of a series of posts describing how to make the most of Discover’s Double Cash Back promotion. Discover is offering...
Maximizing the Discover Double Cash promo: 5X Rotating categories
This is the second of a series of posts describing how to make the most of Discover’s Double Cash Back promotion. Discover is offering...
