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Chase kills the Amtrak card. Why you might care…
I was never interested in the Chase Amtrak card. Sure, it can be used to earn Amtrak points, and those can be valuable, but there was always a better option for earning those points:...
Chasing Ultimate Rewards
I was bummed the other day when I logged into my Chase account and saw that my Ultimate Rewards point total had dropped to a meager 100,000 points. In the past, I’ve earned what...
Cancelling my favorite cards
Every time an annual fee comes due on a credit card, I make a decision as to whether to keep, cancel, or downgrade the card. Are the benefits that the card offers worth the...
Citi Prestige experiment failed, yet I’m way ahead. Here’s how…
In September, I started an experiment with the Citi Prestige card. I knew that its benefits were changing drastically as of October 19th and so I wanted to see if I could double up. ...
Interesting stuff that I wanted to write about, but didn’t get around to, until...
I frequently read posts or articles that make me think “gee, I should write up something about this.” But, more often than not, I don’t. Here’s a collection of posts and articles from the...
Going for $700, double rewards, free worldwide companion ticket and more
In the post “Pondering Prestige. When 30K beats 60K,” I described a short term opportunity to double up on card benefits by applying now for the Citi Prestige card. The card’s benefits change significantly...
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 left, then 60. I’ve vaguely noted to myself that I...
He was wrong, these cards don’t suck
Drew must have been having a bad day. On Sunday, Drew (author of Travel is Free) published “Please, Stop Listening to Bloggers and Getting Crappy Rewards Cards!” There were two major threads to this...
Quickest spend to real stays
Updated: 5/8/2015
In the past few days I analyzed options for manufacturing spend in order to earn top tier hotel stays (see this post), and bottom tier hotel stays (see this post). The former analysis...
Quickest spend to bottom tier
Updated 5/8/15
Yesterday, I published “Quickest spend to top tier stays.” There, I analyzed a number of options for buying gift cards as a way to earn hotel points. The goal was to see which...
Quickest spend to top tier stays
Updated 5/8/15
In my recent post, “Easy wins,” I showed, among other things, easy ways to get credit card signup bonuses for luxury hotel stays. Another option for luxury stays, is to use points earned...
Vanilla devalues, large denomination MasterCards, and Amex Gift Cards still a deal
Less useful Vanilla
Update: Many people have reported that Vanilla Visa gift cards do still work at Walmart when loading in denominations of $49.99 or less.
In the last day or two, reports have poured in from...
How to win the category bonus war, with no annual fees
I recently detailed how American Express hopes to win the category bonus war (see “Amex’s EveryDay weapons in the category bonus war”). Their goal is to incentivize consumers to use their cards for all...
Shopping portal fun!
Recently, I published a couple of unsubstantiated, wishful thinking posts: Predictions of big scores in 2014 Earning points while my better half waits In those posts I talked about the possibility of big...
