Amex gift card 2% rebate not today
Quick update: In the recent post "Gift Card Churning Deals" I said that TopCashBack would offer 2% back for American Express Gift Cards bought today (March 12th). It turns out that they are experiencing...
The new king of the Ultimate Rewards Mall
In order to maximize my point earnings this month for Million Mile Madness, I downgraded my Chase Sapphire Preferred card to the Chase Freedom card. This way, I could take advantage of the Freedom...
Million Mile Madness: buying, selling Kohl’s
Background: Million Mile Madness is the fun and foolish quest to earn a million points in one month. Throughout March, I’m doing everything I can to earn as many points as I can while...
Million Mile Madness: My life as a point grabber
576,000 points earned. 424,000 left to go.
Background: Million Mile Madness is the fun and foolish quest to earn a million points in one month. Throughout March, I’m doing everything I can to earn as...
Million Mile Madness: 68000 miles per hour, decelerating rapidly
547,000 points earned. 453,000 left to go. Background: Million Mile Madness is the fun and foolish quest to earn a million points in one month. Throughout March, I’m doing everything I can to earn...
Gift Card Churning Deals
Lately I've written quite a bit about credit card churning (see, for example, "Million Mile Madness: The big churn story"). Now that I have 10 new credit cards coming my way, its time to...
Million Mile Madness: The big churn story
Update: Club Carlson business card was approved!
438,000 525,000 points earned. 562,000 475,000 left to go.
Background: Million Mile Madness is the fun and foolish quest to earn a million points in one month. Throughout March,...
TODAY ONLY: Free spend & points from Staples
This deal is good today only 3/3/2013 Staples has two new FAR (Free after Rebate) software downloads today only thanks to two overlapping rebates! These are a great way to make progress toward...
Million Mile Madness, Day 1 results
340,000 points earned. 660,000 left to go.
Background: Million Mile Madness is the fun and foolish quest to earn a million points in one month. Throughout March, I’ll do everything I can to earn as...
Million Mile Madness Day 1: Application day!
Background: Million Mile Madness is the fun and foolish quest to earn a million points in one month. Throughout March, I’ll do everything I can to earn as many points as I can while...
Million Mile Madness Begins!
Background: Early in January, I introduced the idea of challenging myself (and anyone foolish enough to join me) to earn a million points in one month. So, starting March 1 (tomorrow!), I’ll do everything...
More goodies from Staples
Starting March 3rd, Staples will be offering a $15 prepaid card via easy rebate when you purchase $150 or more in Visa prepaid cards. I'll cover this in full next week! Click here to...
Staples introduces 5% back in rewards on everything
This just appeared in my email: Last April I reported that Staples was testing this program in select markets (see "Staples ups the ante (targeted)"). I assume that this new email means that...
Why I no longer like the Marriott credit card
A number of hotel loyalty programs have recently suffered major devaluations. Here is a summary borrowed from One Mile at a Time:
Hilton has literally destroyed their award chart for high end redemptions by adding...
