Today only: churn gift cards towards a Southwest Companion Pass for less than 1...
Today only, the Southwest Rapid Rewards portal is offering 15 points per dollar at Saks: And, via the Frequent Miler Laboratory, we see...
Club Carlson’s 30,000 point bonus may be easier to get than expected
As a reminder, Club Carlson is dumping the Bonus Award Nights feature of their credit cards as of June 1, 2015. Shortly after I...
Mint survey suggests new card similar to Bluebird, REDbird, and Serve. MintBird?
A reader reports being asked to fill out a survey by the online money tracking service Mint. In the survey, he was asked his...
Amex business gift cards 2.25% via TopCashBack today only
Today only: TopCashBack is offering Business Amex gift cards for 2.25% cash back.
If you don’t already have a TopCashBack account, you can find a...
Prestige 4th night free benefit, take 2
The last time I wrote about the Citi Prestige card’s 4th night free benefit, my review was lukewarm. I complained a bit about the...
Great deal on one Thule backpack at Staples, and terrible deal on another
Through 4/24/2015: Staples is offering a Thule backpack for only $32.99 (the same backpack sells on Amazon for $79.95. Info on how to save...
Staples 8X Alaska miles today! Pay with Ink for 13X rewards
Today’s Portal Alerts shows a large number of high portal payout rates, but the one I find most interesting is this one: 8X via...
Discover It Miles not as lucrative as I had hoped
When the Discover It Miles card was first introduced, I was excited about the potential (see: Discover introduces a new card and a potentially...
420,000 miles closer to Necker Island
Today I applied for four identical Virgin Atlantic credit cards. The cards are advertised as if they have a 90,000 mile signup bonus, but...
Misleading portal deal details: how to make sense of them
You would think that email promotional advertisements would be pretty straightforward, right? You would think that the vendor would want you to know if...
Tying loose ends: Prestige 4th night, 5X everywhere, retrieving points, Necker Island
Today I have a grab bag of follow-ups from previous posts… Citi Prestige 4th Night Fee Hotel Benefit One nice perk of the Citi...
My 90,000 point Ultimate Rewards mistake
You know that sinking knot in the pit of your stomach feeling when you realize you just made a big mistake? Yeah, that was...
CashBackMonitor adds an awesome new feature. Here’s why you should care.
Over the weekend, CashBackMonitor unveiled a new feature called “Best Rate History”. Here’s why that’s awesome… Background Online shopping portals are a great way...
Simply Best Coupons to offer 2% cash back for Amex gift cards on Thursday
I received an email this morning from the cash back portal, Simply Best Coupons, stating that the cash back rate for Amex gift cards...
