Bluebird soars higher
While Bluebird continues to be one of the best tools available for collecting points and miles (see "Bluebird takes flight and changes the game"),...
Tips for selling on Amazon
When shopping portals run big promotions, it sometimes pays to buy things just for the shopping portal points. For example, early last year, the...
Million Mile Madness: Bumps in the road
860,000 points earned. 140,000 left to go. Background: Million Mile Madness is the fun painful and foolish quest to earn a million points in...
What is the best tool for tracking points and miles?
How do you keep track of all of your points and miles? For the past few years I've happily used AwardWallet, which is available...
Buying points intentionally through credit card spend
Yesterday I detailed how people (usually unknowingly) buy points whenever they choose to earn points instead of saving money (see "Buying points, unwittingly"). That...
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...
