Marriott Triple Dip
While planning upcoming trips, a couple of Marriott properties have caught my eye. They both received great reviews and are in perfect locations for where I want to be. The downside is that neither...
Staples delivers points, rebates, and answers
A month ago, I started posting ways to earn free points and increase credit card spend by taking advantage of Staples’ free after rebate promotions on downloadable software. My first rebate has arrived, so...
Why tease me Aadvantage eShopping Mall?
In February, I tried to double-dip at DrugStore.com by buying gift cards through Beauty.com and then using them at DrugStore.com. My hope was to earn portal points or cash back with each transaction. Well,...
Navigating Frequent Miler
Just a few quick notes about the Frequent Miler website: If you’re looking for this web site, you can simply type thefrequentmiler.com into your browser’s address bar. I tried to register the name...
Pump up Ink Spend
Yesterday, I showed how to increase credit card spend by buying EBay gift cards, using them to buy Walmart gift cards, and then selling the cards. That approach can work well to increase spend...
Add an extra $10K spend to your Amex or Ink
If you’re looking to meet minimum spend on a new credit card, or increase spend on a card with bonuses for high spenders, here’s a neat little trick. For this to work, you need...
Pie at 3.14X for Pi day 3/14
I don’t know how I missed it, but I just found out that today is Pi day! March 14 = 3.14. It’s too late in the day for me to get the free pie...
Evening News
Hurry, only a few hours left to do good for free Dan’s Deals has a post about how to donate $5 to an Austin Children’s Shelter and get $10 back from Amex. I just...
Buy books for 40X
I’ve written quite a bit in the past about Magazines.com offering 40 points per dollar through the Ultimate Rewards Mall. Most of these posts were reports of attempts to double dip by buying...
Weekend in Chicago: stuff to do
This is the final entry of my four part Chicago trip report: 1) getting there; 2) lodging; 3) eating; and 4) stuff to do. This photo of Chicago is courtesy of TripAdvisor ...
Triple dip anywhere
I’ve written before about how you can use the Chase Ink card to get 9 points per dollar when buying gift cards. The idea is to “double dip” by starting in the Ultimate Rewards...
Join the DO, get $25 free!
I’m posting now from the KivaDO in San Francisco. The Milepoint Lending team is here to meet with Kiva staff, learn more about Kiva and the good we do as Kiva lenders, and to...
Can I really buy 10?
Reminder: thousands of free points are still available until March 24. See this post for details. Don’t do it again, though, if you’ve already maxed out your rebate for this product. Several weeks...
