When category bonuses trump fees
Now that CVS has stopped allowing credit card purchases of reload cards, many have turned to buying Visa and MasterCard gift cards. These gift...
Locking in a flight, stress free
The website FiveThirtyEight (of Nate Silver fame) recently published “When to Hold Out For a Lower Airfare.” In that post, author Kaiser Fung reviewed...
April is Last Chance Amex month
This month seems to be our last chance to take advantage of lots of Amex goodies. Here are the top “last chance” opportunities on...
Preparing for Mother’s Day Miles
My wife recently Tweeted the following question: Points and Mile blogger wife’s dilemma: Do I get flowers because he loves me or because...
Pondering Reasonable Redemption Values
Figuring out the value of airline miles or hotel points is difficult. In fact, I’ve argued in the past that it is impossible (see...
The new true value of Southwest points
Recently, Southwest devalued their rewards program a bit by increasing the number of points required for “Wanna Get Away” fares. They used to charge...
How bad is Delta’s domestic award availability?
“Delta award availability sucks”. If you spend much time in the frequent flyer community, you’re bound to hear that, or something very similar. For...
Staples Gift Cards
This post is intended to be a resource for those looking to buy gift cards at Staples or Staples.com. The table below shows each...
Airline devaluations, convoluted awards, #milemadness, Serve on-again, and Staples gift cards
AA and US Airways begin their merger devaluations
The following bullet points are borrowed from One Mile at a Time:
American has eliminated distance based oneworld...
Create an Amex Sync Machine
Lately I’ve been raving about great opportunities to save money through Amex Sync Offers. For example, please see these recent posts: Buy gift...
Bluebird vs. Serve once again
Note: On January 8, 2016 American Express sent out a notice to a large number of Bluebird & Serve cardholders informing them that loading...
Ultimate guide to paying taxes by credit card, debit card, or gift card.
UPDATE: This post is out of date. .
If you have large estimated or year-end tax payments you’ve probably wondered if you could profit by...
The ultimate guide to paying taxes by credit card, debit card, or gift card....
UPDATE: This post is out of date. .
If you have large estimated or year-end tax payments you’ve probably wondered if you could profit by...
Reloadit cash-only memo
CVS isn’t the only major chain with reload card cash-only memos flying around. Safeway got in the game too, with respect to Reloadit cards. ...
