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Speculatively Pick Up Hyatt Gift Card Before Open Savings End
Earlier this year, I had outed the method I did $10,000 spend for $25 because the deal was dying. Shortly after the original post and responding to many messages on how to
Say No Whenever You Can And You’ll Be Surprised
Saying “no” is very powerful. Not a fan of a dish? Telling someone no, I don’t like it, and it stops coming. Not sure about a topic? No, I don’t
Despite What Everyone Thinks: Plenti Pays Off
During the summer, I wrote that you shouldn’t discount Plenti just yet. Prior to Plenti, I rarely set foot into a Rite Aid. Now I go regularly for a gift card Plenti
Buy Kmart Gift Cards 10% Off In Store Only Until December 31
Earlier today, I tweeted about an in store at Kmart for 10% off on their gift cards, but I couldn’t provide any additional details at the time.
For all my #reselling
My Recommendation Where You Should Sell Gift Cards
As I look into my posts, I thought I wrote a review on Giftcard Zen, but apparently I never did. I will have a quick introduction to how I found
Selling My Soul For Apple iPhone Pay And Discover
In late October, I purchased my first Apple iPhone to take advantage of the Discover Apple Pay promotion. I have been a long time Android user. When I explained my
Rocking Q4 With All The Quarterly Cards
As a recap, here are my cards that have a rotating quarterly bonus:
4 Chase Freedom
1 US Bank Cash+
1 Citi Dividend
2 Discover It
For Q4, both the Freedom and Discover overlap on
Review of Selling Gift Cards On CardCash
In my love hate relationship post about CardPool I mentioned CardCash. It’s been a couple of months with selling on CardCash in the five figures almost six, I feel like
Black Friday Deals, More Devaluations, SWOTs and alternative Manufactured Spending strategies
The Weekly News Roundup is a collection of headlines from around the internet that caught the attention of the Tagging Miles team. Content on these blogs do not necessarily reflect
Anyone Notice The Awesome New Addition On CashBackMonitor?
When I can, I visit CashBack Monitor and check my various portal pay outs to see if there are any good gift card purchases. On one of the visits, I noticed
Design A SWOT And Find Your Core Competencies
In the last few months, you may have noticed I have been writing more about myself because I have been on a road of self discovery. Let’s take a look
Quick Roundup of Holiday Shopping Portal Bonuses
My friends, we are entering a wonderful time of year. For those in the Northern Hemisphere, leaves are turning a variety of colors, the weather is becoming a bit brisk,
Barclay’s UPromise Credit Card Is Finally Useful
A few weeks ago, I wrote about how using the Barclay’s UPromise credit card wasn’t clear on what and when I made extra UPromise portal pay out using their cobranded credit
Do You Even Remember Evolve Money? Here’s Some Of Their Bull
The team on Doctor Of Credit does a great job at keeping the bank bonuses up to date. I recently took up the offer for 50,000 American Airline miles offer as
I Hate Making Some New Discoveries
I love making new discoveries that play into earning a ton of points. It’s like hearing that it’s a snow day from school and now from work. They just never get
New credit report data mean manufactured spending will now appear slightly less risky to lenders
Good news for all you big spenders out there! Here’s Reuters:
Credit reports now show if you regularly pay your credit cards in full every month – making you a low-risk “transact..
You have only 168 hours a week, how do you use them?
Matt wrote a great post yesterday that reminded me of a post I had half written, after attending a company offsite back in August at the Hyatt Regency Chesapeake. I
Redbird is dead, so what now? Back to Basics
There are a ton of moving pieces in the miles and points world on any given day, any given week. Earlier this week, news started popping up about a rather
Running An Experiment For Most Of This Year And It’s Baffling
The other week, I read a post from Freequent Flyer where he wrote “the long con” and it reminded me of one of my favorite TV Shows, White Collar. One
All Serve Loads Appear To Be Working At Walmart Now
In early August, with the help from @MissDSchnei I wrote about Serve and how some versions were unloadable at Walmart, namely the Silver and Blue versions.
Sometime from then and..
Outing Another Secret Sauce Because The Deal Is Dying
This past May, a few bloggers and myself participated in challenge towards spending $20,000 on the AMEX Platinum card with the best efficiency and effectiveness. There was some h..
Some great retention bonuses, and how to time yours better than mine
For a while now, Citi has been our favorite bank for credit card rewards. What they lack in marquee programs, they have made up for in number of offers, generous
Capital One Venture Vs Citi Double Cash Vs Fidelity Visa
I recently came across this thread on FlyerTalk and thought it was apropos because I was working on the math on some of the 2% cash back cards. As of