Buying points, unwittingly
When you earn miles & points from credit cards, shopping portals, and the like, the points seem to be free, but they're not. In...
$200 Visa cards. Are they worth it?
Now that Office Depot no longer sells $500 loadable Visa or Amex cards (at least, for now), a number of people have asked me...
Million Mile Madness: Pending Success
772,000 points earned. 228,000 left to go. Background: Million Mile Madness is the fun and foolish quest to earn a million points in one...
Million Mile Madness: A setback from Sears
746,000 points earned. 254,000 left to go. Background: Million Mile Madness is the fun and foolish quest to earn a million points in one...
Pi Day! Pie for 3.14% cash or 3.14X
Today is March 14th! In the United States, we refer to this as Pi Day because of the way we write dates. Most people...
Million Mile Madness: Banking on Lowe’s
706,000 points earned. 294,000 left to go. Background: Million Mile Madness is the fun and foolish quest to earn a million points in one...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
