The Tool: I can’t take any credit for finding this tool that I gave a quick glimpse. All credit goes to Andrew Wise founder of Life, Tailored. He and I met up for some coffee last year to discuss points and miles and he mentioned it to me. When I tried it, it was a little Read More
Since Twitter is really putting a cramp on things where I can’t send a link, here’s the gist of what I’m currently working on to make my life easier in finding a gift card deal on eBay. So if there’s ever a gift card deal + increased eBay Bucks, you can check the document and Read More
Bank of Hawaii offers a debit card whereby you will earn 1 Hawaiian Airline miles per $2 spent. Originally, you could only earn points via “credit” but come April 1, 2015, you will earn Hawaiian Airline miles as long as you use the card. Earn 1 HawaiianMile for every $2 spent on qualified purchases* that you Read More
On every forum that has any credit card points discussion, there’s plenty of talk on how to maximize your Chase Freedom for the second quarter. Everyone is questioning what category could they put their spend in? How are they going to maximize the spend, either real or manufactured? As a recap for 2015, Chase has Read More
Last time I wrote about checking your Bank of America card, it was for 10% off at Lowe’s up to an $800 purchase. Today, there’s a Sears offer: Sadly, it’s only 10% off up to $200 purchase. As of writing this, Alaska Airlines and Southwest is at 5x for a Sears purchase. Fortunately, the Read More
I learned in high school that in a true false question scenario where the question has “always” it usually is false. As an example, “True or False: Chasing The Points is always right.” That would be false. I am not always right. That being said, forecasting is the exception. It will always be imperfect. Forecasting demand Read More
A couple of weeks ago, I posted that I made a mistake and applied for the wrong credit card. Seems like I’m on a roll with stupid mistakes. On Friday, I mentioned I added Raise as part of my giftcard churning tool. I priced many of my gift cards at 1% off and the inventory wasn’t Read More
A couple weeks ago, I tweeted that I joined Raise’s bulk selling program. Guess who’s a bulk seller @RaiseMarket? This guy!! Super excited — Chasing The Points (@ChasingThePts) March 2, 2015 I am here to write my thoughts about Raise. Scratching The Surface Thoughts: Raise is an interesting business model, it’s like an eBay marketplace Read More
It’s not earth shattering news and this option has been there for as long as I can remember, I just never used it until now. Chase has a special slip that says “Payment” and you can pay any account with this slip. The way it’s designed, it looks like it was meant for loan Read More
Matt has written a bit about risk and float for a while now, you can follow his latest mostly on the Saverocity Forum. One of the sticking points in manufactured spending is float. From Matt: Your float number The float number should be the amount of money you can afford to lose for a considerable Read More
