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Playing 5X everywhere Whack a Mole
A long time ago, in the post "One card to rule them all," I wrote up a guide for earning 5X everywhere. The trick, at the time, was to sign up for an American...
MyVanilla releases my money
A couple of weeks ago, my Mio card changed to a MyVanilla card and my account was promptly frozen. I reported my predicament in the post "MyVanilla grabs my money and won’t let go." ...
MyVanilla grabs my money and won’t let go
Wow. That didn't take long. In September I reported that my Mio card was being converted to a MyVanilla card and I was afraid that the changeover would lead to my account getting shut...
Year-end mileage running, from home
With only two months and a week left in the calendar year, many of us are examining our progress towards airline elite status. Are we going to make the level of elite status that...
Buying miles and points from the IRS with Amex gift cards
UPDATE: This post is out of date. .
This is the fourth post in a series dedicated to analyzing options for earning points and other rewards when paying federal taxes. If you haven't already, please...
10% off Amazon & Lowes, how to get Citi Forward, more…
A number of interesting tidbits have been piling up lately, so rather than covering a single topic I'm simply going to give a rundown today of things on my mind... Amex Financial Review Gary,...
American Express Gift Cards 2.5% cash back. Today only
Today only (Monday, April 22 2013), the cash back portal, TopCashBack, is offering 2.5% cash back when buy gift cards after clicking through to "American Express Prepaid and Gift Cards". TopCashBack usually offers 1.5%...
Better than free credit card spend
There are various techniques for "Manufacturing spend." The idea is to spend money on credit cards and get most or all of your money back. These techniques are useful regardless of whether your goal...
Gift card PINs
The miles and points community is abuzz with talk about the fact that some Visa and MasterCard gift cards now allow you to setup PINs so that they can be used as debit cards. ...
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 post was focused primarily on the types of everyday buying...
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 to earn a million points in one month. Throughout March,...
Million Mile Madness Begins!
Background: Early in January, I introduced the idea of challenging myself (and anyone foolish enough to join me) to earn a million points in one month. So, starting March 1 (tomorrow!), I’ll do everything...
Amex Gift Cards, this and that
I've reported before that it is possible to get 1.5% cash back via TopCashBack or 1.4% cash back via BigCrumbs when buying Amex gift cards online. Here are some miscellaneous updates on that topic…...
5X dangers and headaches
A couple of weeks ago, at Frequent Traveler University, I showed multiple ways of earning 5 points per dollar for all credit card spend. Soon, I'll post an outline of these techniques, but first...
