Earn oodles of airline miles from shopping portals
Next to credit card signup bonuses, the best way to earn points and miles quickly is through online shopping portals. Last year, when I...
Fly free with a companion for two years and get a free seven night...
UPDATE 1/14/2016: The Ritz credit card signup bonuses now offer free nights rather than points, so this post is no longer relevant.
UPDATE 9/26/2014: Unfortunately,...
How to increase credit card signup bonuses
Many credit cards offer fantastic bonuses simply for signing up for the cards and meeting minimum spend requirements. And, often, after holding the card...
More Citi fun; How to repair a broken phone for free; IHG awesome free...
Random thoughts today… Citi refuses to take my money This is the ongoing saga of my attempt to signup for a Citigold checking account...
Citigold, Citi Prestige. From $400 to 200K. What does $200 + $250 equal? And,...
In yesterday’s post (Pondering Prestige. When 30K beats 60K) I described my plan to signup for both Citigold checking and the Citi Prestige card...
Pondering Prestige. When 30K beats 60K.
Rapid Travel Chai recently spent a fun filled day in New Jersey signing up for credit cards in-branch (read his post here). His prime...
See you in San Diego?
UPDATE: The San Diego event described below is now sold out, but please see the last section of this post for details about a...
Into the Nights, or not?
I’ve been slow to write about IHG’s Into the Night promotion because I haven’t yet decided exactly how good it is or whether it’s...
The Spectrum Rewards offer–what is it worth?
Most credit card signup bonuses follow a simple pattern: Spend $X in Y months and get bonus Z. For example, quite a few offers...
Amex gift cards double or nothing, bye bye Amazon Payments, and a sign of...
Hoopla Doopla says “no way” Last week I published a Quick Deal about the cash back portal Hoopla Doopla: “An obvious portal price mistake:...
Searching for points and finding a Point Cascade (and a dead PPM)
Lately I’ve been receiving emails from Virgin America telling me that my 1,500 Elevate points are about to expire. First I had 90 days...
Exercising the Amex Campus Edition card
It’s been almost two years since I first wrote about the American Express Campus Edition card. At the time, I found the card interesting,...
The many flavors of Amex Prepaid cards
I’ve been getting a lot of questions lately about Amex prepaid cards: Bluebird, Serve, Amex for Target, etc. If you’re wondering how to use...
The Mint returns, eh?
Back in the day, the US Mint was the manufactured spend technique. The Mint used to sell dollar coins for $1 each with free...
