How to increase the Ink Bold bonus by 27K
Just two days ago I was approved for the Ink Bold credit card. I already have an old Ink Bold (which I refer to as an Ink Old), but I’ll get another signup bonus...
Bad news for gift card churning
I’ve reported before that it is possible to increase credit card spend by buying and selling discount gift cards. You can see more in the post “Gift cards: buy low, sell high, get cash...
Dropbox increases free space to 16GB!
I love the FREE Dropbox service. When you install it on your laptop it creates a folder called “Dropbox”. When you save files to that folder they are automatically synched to “the cloud”...
Almost too good to be true
Last week, a reader who goes by Stealph on FlyerTalk (and Bringer on MilePoint) alerted me to a new discovery. He had found $500 Visa cards for sale at Office Depot, each with...
Why Chase cancels accounts (and how to protect yourself)
For people interested in earning miles and points, Chase credit cards are awesome. Chase has many of the best signup bonuses available, and with their Ultimate Rewards they have the best flexible points program...
Yes, up to 2450 more free points from Staples!
This deal is good until April 14. This tip is thanks to a FlyerTalk reader who contacted me. File this under “unbelievable, but true”. The same exact product that has been available for “Free...
Big Marriott Savings
You probably already know about the upcoming Daily Getaways sponsored by American Express and the US Travel Association. The idea is that every day from April 9 through May 11, a new travel deal...
The best way to Ink money (revised)
I’ve reported in the past that those with Chase Ink cards (the ones that give 5 points per dollar for office supplies) can profit from buying Visa gift cards at office supply stores. Recently...
How to ensure your portal points
Since I started blogging last September I’ve been a heavy user of online shopping portals that give points or cash back when shopping online at certain merchants. In all of that time, I can...
Staples ups the ante (targeted)
Staples has been giving us so much lately (see “Is Staples the perfect PPM?”) that it’s hard to believe they’ll give more. However, it appears that they want to do just that. Unless this...
Staples keeps on giving
This deal is good until April 7. Eventually I hope to write a post or two that is not about Staples, but as long as they keep giving us freebies I might as well...
Detailed Ultimate Rewards Mall changes
This morning I posted some of the changes I saw in the Ultimate Rewards Mall. In the comments of that post reader HikerT posted a very helpful complete list of changes. Unfortunately, Wordpress cut...
Big (and mostly bad) changes to the Ultimate Rewards Mall
April 1st kicks off with a cruel joke from Chase. Many of the big bonus point offers in the Ultimate Rewards Mall have dropped precipitously. Below are some of my findings this morning when...
Is the Home Depot double dip alive?
Yesterday I declared that I was pulling the plug on the Home Depot double dip experiment. In that post I wrote that a few people who tried buying Home Depot gift cards through the...
