Delta: two one-way awards for 12,500 miles
Just when I thought I had mastered Delta award bookings, I stumbled upon something new. Please accept my apologies in advance for the massive headache you are about to get for trying to understand...
Pursuing the Other Vanilla Reload card
Did you know that there is a second type of Vanilla Reload card? They all look something like this from the front (although the particular logos car vary): On the back, most have...
Million Mile Madness: Strategy
Early this month, I introduced the idea of challenging myself (and anyone foolish enough to join me) to earn a million points in one month (see "A crazy million mile idea. Should I do...
Free money and points from American Express and Sony
A reader named Colin passed this one along to me. Until Feb 26, 2013, American Express is offering a $25 statement credit when you use a synced American Express card to spend $100 or...
The sky is falling! Or, is it?
Last week was an incredible one considering how much bad news points & miles enthusiasts had to bear. Here is a sampling of what happened and my take on each… Airlines Delta Confirms...
Cash to miles
In the post "Giving Cash its Dukedom," I argued that getting cash back instead of points & miles can be a good thing even if you're points-obsessed. In that post, I argued that under...
Cash+ comes down to earth
U.S. Bank's Cash+ card was too good. Changes are coming. I've written before about U.S. Bank's excellent new Cash+ card. For example: The best cash back card? Cash+ Experiments in Progress Cash+...
Hilton Amex to drop drug stores & telecom bonus categories
Update: This post includes offers that were valid at the time of publication, but have since expired. Please click here to see the best offers currently available.
UPDATE: Gary reports that changes are coming, but not...
Free money from OfficeMax
UPDATE: DEAL IS DEAD. Sort of. Between 10:30 and 10:50 am EST today (Jan 17), OfficeMax updated their registers to correctly apply only one $10 discount to each purchase of two cards. Now, the...
Pay federal taxes by credit card, almost for free
Recently I detailed how to "pay federal taxes via credit card for free." The process works, but is fairly complicated: first buy Amex gift cards and get cash back, then use those Amex gift...
More cash back for Amex gift cards
TopCashBack now offers cash back for American Express Gift Cards. One convenient way to meet credit card spend requirements quickly is to buy gift cards. American Express gift cards, in particular, are convenient...
[EXPIRED OFFER] Leveraging your Platinum card benefits
Update: This offer is expired.
Early this week there was a brief opportunity to get in on a 100K signup offer for the American Express Platinum card. My wife was lucky enough to sign up...
My wife’s 305K application day
In November I described my latest credit card churn in which I focused not on getting hundreds of thousands of points and miles, but on getting credit cards that can be used as tools...
Million Mile Madness, it’s on
Last Friday I posted my crazy idea in which I would attempt to earn a million miles in a month (see "A crazy million mile idea. Should I do it?"). Reader response was highly...
