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Amex gift cards double or nothing, bye bye Amazon Payments, and a sign of...
Hoopla Doopla says “no way” Last week I published a Quick Deal about the cash back portal Hoopla Doopla: “An obvious portal price mistake: 40% cash back for Amex gift cards. Who's in?” Their...
Amex gift card SNAFU, Premium Shipping Plan cancellations, and some hope for what’s next
I’ve been spilling a lot of electronic ink writing about Amex gift cards in the past year or so. Amex gift cards have been special because they’ve been available for purchase through online portals...
A point hoarder’s approach to booking domestic flights
In the post “Opportunistic hoarding vs. earning and burning,” I described my approach to earning points, miles, and cash back. I earn opportunistically based on the best available deals at the time. I wrote:...
If spend were no object…
Suppose you could manufacture an unlimited amount of spend on your credit cards… What would you do? That is, suppose you could charge things to your credit card, earn rewards, and get all of...
Reasonable Redemption Values. A work in progress
Last week I suggested an approach for estimating “reasonable redemption values” of points and miles (please see “Pondering Reasonable Redemption Values”). The idea is to estimate how much value one might reasonably expect to...
Pondering Reasonable Redemption Values
Figuring out the value of airline miles or hotel points is difficult. In fact, I’ve argued in the past that it is impossible (see “Impossible point valuations and the joy of free”). And, so,...
Kiva: loans, points, and miles
Making Kiva loans is one of my favorite ways to increase credit card spend. Kiva loans help me reach minimum spend requirements for new credit cards; they help me reach credit card big spend...
Best small business cards with annual fees
Update: Many of the benefits and bonuses listed below have expired and/or changed since 2013. Please see our Best Offers page for current best offers.
In June, I wrote "Best no-fee small business cards." My...
Questioning Delta loyalty
Over the past two years, Delta has been killing off its loyal following one paper cut at a time: No award changes within 72 hours of your flight. Goodbye awesome same day change...
Bye bye Plastic Jungle
Today, Plastic Jungle shut down their shop. They sent an email to all of their customers announcing that they would no longer buy and sell discount gift cards directly from and to consumers. Instead...
Million Mile Madness, Credit card planning: US Bank and others
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, I’ll do everything I...
Cash+ Update
In my recent post "Cash+ Experiments in Progress," I described some experiments I had launched with my new US Bank Cash+ credit card. In the comments of that post, readers pointed me to...
Cash+ Experiments in Progress
I recently signed up for the US Bank Cash+ credit card. The card is free, and it is very likely the best cash back card there is (see "The best cash back card?"). ...
Fair Trading Prices
“Fair trading prices” are the prices by which it is relatively easy or common to acquire points and miles. More specifically, Fair Trading Prices are estimates of the amount of cash given up by...
