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Should you borrow money to get up to 35,000 United miles from Prosper?

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Yesterday morning, I received an offer to get up to 35,000 United miles with a personal loan from Prosper.  The offer is for 1 mile for each dollar borrowed.  Is that a good deal? ...
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Quick Tip: iConsumer Double Cash Back rates “already shown”

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There has been considerable interest lately in a new portal called iConsumer due to it having significantly better cash back rates than most rivals for many merchants.  For example, for Visa gift cards purchased...
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My winter 2016 approach to credit card spend

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I write frequently about techniques for manufacturing spend.  And, occasionally, I write about my own personal approach.  Inevitably, though, my approach changes soon after I write about it.  The latest big change, of course,...
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Bet You Didn’t Know: A New and Improved Staples Rebate Option?

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By Julian, author of Devil’s Advocate...  Despite the recent untimely death of Bluebird and Serve for many Frequent Miler readers, it can sometimes still be useful to purchase Visa or MasterCard gift cards at Staples. For...
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Credit card junkies: it’s time to apply for Chase Ink.

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Doctor of Credit reports that Chase’s dreaded 5/24 rule will be applied to Ink business cards in March 2016. What is the 5/24 rule? In the past year or so, Chase has frequently denied applications for...
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Low fee $500 Visa gift cards online after rebate (now 1.6% back)

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UPDATE 2: A new portal named iConsumer is currently offering 1.6% cash back at GiftCards.com. I tested and received email confirmation the next day. UPDATE: The cash back rate for GiftCards.com at Simply Best Coupons...
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How to get approved for the Chase Ink 60K offer

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One of the best credit card signup offers around also happens to be one of the best point earning cards around: the Chase Ink Plus.  The current signup offer for this card is 60,000...
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Chase Private Client and Sapphire Preferred 65K

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In 2012, after setting up an LLC for my blog, I opened a business checking account at a local Chase branch.  Since then, Chase has been my primary bank for both business and personal...

Backcountry 18 miles per dollar

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Through tomorrow night (1/18/2016), the AAdvantage eShopping portal is offering 18 miles per dollar at Backcountry.com. *Extra miles available through 1/18/2016 11:59 PM ET. Note that recent Frequent Miler Laboratory reports of...
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Fidelity FlexPerks? Is the Fidelity Visa Signature 2% card better than we thought?

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A couple of weeks ago, I announced that Fidelity’s new no-annual-fee 2% cash back Visa Signature card is now available.  Cards offering 2% cash back with no fee are rare enough, but could the...
Crystal Visa Infinite

Crystal Visa Infinite: The best card you can’t get

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I signed up for the Crystal Visa Infinite card late last year because of its 100,000 point signup bonus and waived first year fee (no longer available).  The signup process turned out to be...
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Coin Digital Wallet Card Review

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My wife and I have 30 active credit card accounts.  Give or take.  If you include authorized user cards, the total is closer to 70.  We regularly open new cards for the signup bonuses. ...
5 Year Retrospective

Your Serve or Bluebird is still alive. Now what?

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Late last week, Amex delivered bad news to huge numbers of Bluebird and Serve account holders.  They shut down accounts due to “unusual usage patterns.”  I reported the news here:  Amex kills Bluebird and...

Sears 100% back in points wireless headphones, iPhone cables, more

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Via Sears’ Weekly Member Deals page, many products are listed at 100% back in points.  To see why you might be interested in this, please see: Roll gift cards into points for triple rewards. ...

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