5X everywhere rises again! Thanks professor.
Exactly two weeks ago, I declared "5X everywhere dies again." There had been a secret application link for the Citi ThankYou Preferred card that...
Million Mile Madness: What I bought and sold
Background: Million Mile Madness was the mad quest to earn a million points in one month. Throughout March, I did everything I could to...
Google challenges PayPal, Amazon Payments, and others with innovative new version of Google Wallet
Google is in the process of rolling out new features to Google Wallet that will bring them in direct competition with PayPal, Amazon Payments...
GiftCardMall returns to cash back sites
A couple of days ago, GiftCardMall suddenly disappeared from cash back portals. I had listed GiftCardMall as one of the best ways to buy...
40.5% off everything at Kohl’s
UPDATE: Code BLOSSOM15 is no longer working. Kohl's charge card holders can still get 30% off with code SAVE30, but it is no longer...
Is the new Club Carlson 10,000 point promo mattress-run worthy?
Club Carlson recently announced their new summer promotion: stay two nights and get 10,000 bonus points. There's no doubt that this is a nice...
Million Mile Headaches: Lowes, Round 2
Background: Million Mile Madness was the mad quest to earn a million points in one month. Throughout March, I did everything I could to...
Best options for buying $500 Visa gift cards
Recently, Visa and MasterCard gift cards became great tools for earning points and miles thanks to the new ability to assign PINs (see "Gift...
Bye bye Plastic Jungle
Today, Plastic Jungle shut down their shop. They sent an email to all of their customers announcing that they would no longer buy and...
Hilton Horrors!
An incomplete reservation. Bottom tier elite status. No free breakfast. No free internet. Would I survive? A few weekends ago, I was scheduled...
Million Mile Headaches: SunTrust
Background: Million Mile Madness was the mad quest to earn a million points in one month. Throughout March, I did everything I could to...
5X everywhere dies again
The pace of change in the miles & point world is staggering. The most recent big change is with the latest and greatest way...
5X everywhere without gift cards, part 3: Everything Else
This is the third of a three part series showing how you can earn 5X everywhere without gift cards. In the previous posts I...
10% off Amazon & Lowes, how to get Citi Forward, more…
A number of interesting tidbits have been piling up lately, so rather than covering a single topic I'm simply going to give a rundown...
