Manufactured Spend
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Introduction to Today’s Manufactured Spend: at Sea Edition
Trevor just gave us a quick state of the union on MS today. Since, we I’m heading off on a cruise next week, I thought to share the ‘At Sea’
When a dollar saved is not a dollar earned
You’ve likely heard the adage, that a dollar saved is a dollar earned, or indeed two dollars earned, but how does this amazing phenomenon occur really, and is it ‘magic’
Why is reselling so attractive to the MS world?
As I keep my finger on the pulse of the game, and MS in particular (by reading TBB) I’ve heard of this thing called ‘Reselling’. Apparently it is the future of
Can you handle getting detained?
Depending on which blogs you read, you might be committing crimes, or not, in the pursuit of points. But in either case does that actually matter if you get detained?
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Serve/BB Them birds are dead ducks
The birds are dead. Stick a fork in them. Best possible thing I could do at this point is list 5 ways to liquidate those gift cards you bought. It
Spending money. The struggle is real.
Yesterday we decided to change plans and cancel our trip to Aruba. I’d booked the trip speculatively and had got as far as 4 nights (2×2) at the Radisson, which
2016 Points and Miles Strategy Ideas
It’s interesting to hear other people talk about their points and miles woes… a discerning eye can learn a lot about the volume earned, and sophistication of the earner from
Blasting out Min Spends in Min Time
Due to a rare medical condition, I am unable to MS more than 1hr per week. Any longer and my left eyelid starts to twitch uncontrollably. This makes post App-O-Rama times
5x what, Bro?
Back in the day, and no longer relevant at all.. there was a gig where you could earn 5x URs via prepaids. It was Vanilla Reloads. The gig was super,
Got a bunch of points and no time to travel?
What a horrible situation, and what can be done? I heard this complaint last night while chatting on twitter about the 5x gig, sorry for not pumping out a post
Clean vs Dirty Spend
I’m in a bit of a pickle, and wanted to share some of my thoughts on spend with you today. The challenge is to accept clean, or dirty spend, and
Tech Solutions to Estate Planning for Manufactured Spenders
Estate Planning seems to be a terribly boring subject, however, it really comes down to being something that many people either don’t understand, or don’t want to understand and ..
Reselling is Horse…. or is it?
Buying and then reselling consumer goods as a means to manufacture increased credit card spending is something I have been taking a closer look at in the past couple of
Staples at 16% Cashback from Ebates, today 5/13/15 Only
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I am sure this is not the first place you will read about this but this one just has to be worth a mention. I had
5-3-2015 Jet.com Preview Part 1: Pricing Vs. Amazon; Could Jet.com be the Ultimate Tool for Meeting Minimum Spend
Now some of you may remember a dark time in the blog for about 10 days when content was shall we say overly focused on Jet.com and their free six-month
OfficeDepot $20 off $300 Visa Gift Cards 5/3/15 through 5/16/15
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OfficeDepot’s latest weekly ad is offering $20 off $300 in Visa Gift card purchases. Time to dust off those Ink ca..
Forward Shifting Spend
Forward Shifting is a concept that allows us to prepay for certain items now, in order to reap present day benefits. A good example of this in personal finance is
How much MS do you need for 5 years of fancypants travel?
I asked this question last night on twitter, and got a couple of responses, and I’d like to dive into it further in this post. Let’s say you are starting
Check your RedBird accounts for unusual activity
This is one of those things that I don’t want to blow out of proportion, but I’ve heard enough weirdness in a day to suggest you go out and take
The Hamster wheel of Manufactured Spend
I’ve said on many occasions that I’m not a fan of Manufactured Spend (MS). It is a means to an end. Certainly, there is some fun in cracking a system
Thoughts on Killing a $25K MS Deal
I raised this question in the forum recently when a deal came across my table from a very nice member of the MS community. He had just found something that
Episode 4 (3/10/15): Reflecting on the State of MS
Manufactured spending according to Kenny’s son (image from Miles4More)
Episode Description
Wherein we discuss our thoughts on the current state of the MS game (discretely, we hop..
The Squeeze
Having finally watched Interstellar I can call myself something of an expert on the space time continuum. Today i’d like to share some of this high brow stuff with you