First I want to start, with an introduction of my friend Noah’s blog called Money Metagame. He’s jumped into gift card churning and is on pace for numbers quicker than I ever did in one year. He and I discussed this privately in emails, but he wrote up a nice post. Bank of America’s BankAmeriDeals Read More
When we were in Charlotte for #FT4RL over dinner, a reader, Bret, asked me a great question. He asked me if there are any lessons that I’ve learned with the credit card points and miles if I applied it to other areas. The first thought I had was making any kind of purchase online that Read More
You already know that 5x earnings in miles is different than 5% in cash because 5x in miles that value depends on your needs and how your valuation. For instance, Big Crumbs, now rebranded as MainStreetSHARES you can earn shares and receive a cash pay out if they are bought out. How Do I Earn msSHARES Read More
I learned today from Doctor of Credit that Cashback Monitor added a history table of the data they’re scraping. This is awesome news! I’ve been wanting to set it up since early 2013 and even had a post about it. It came about because of a member of the community who goes by the username HikerT Read More
Trevor on Tagging Miles, Big Habitat, and I were in a discussion about this article that was featured in the Wall Street Journal: Retail Arbitrage. It’s something that Tim has done who writes on Traveltage. Industry insiders call the practice retail arbitrage. It’s more art than science, because prices are often lower online. Tricks of the Read More
Now that the news of Evolve has gotten around with all the fees and limitations, its use was less and less. Then they said they would allow a higher limit, but charge for certain debit cards. Then there were some that didn’t have a fee. In the forum, I kept writing why I was a Read More
Last week, Frequent Miler broke the news of Club Carlson devaluing when a reader noticed the small blurb at the end of the statement. I wouldn’t say I was ready to sign up for the Club Carlson card, but I was seriously considering it for my next round of credit cards. I had thoughts of it because Read More
Last week I wrote about using Kimono Labs and scoring an eBay gift card deal. If you were relying on it, you might have missed out on an awesome deal earlier in the week from SVMGiftCards where you buy a $100 ExxonMobil gift card for $90, an easy money maker, but it looks like it is Read More
If you liked my post quickly finding a deal on eBay, here are some ideas that I plan to use for Kimono Labs: Download my sales rates on Cardpool and Giftcard Zen – this will have to come in the future when Kimono “goes live” Download portal rates to specific vendors from Cashback Monitor – Read More
This post is a departure from my usual manufactured spend stump and I am not sure why it didn’t formulate in my mind until now. Maybe it was after listening to the Saverocity Observation Deck podcast and played in the role of this ruminated thought. What does #FT4RL and Biggie Smalls Have To Do With This Read More
