While reading Big Habitat’s quest to earn the companion pass without signing up for any credit cards, I took another look into Southwest’s Rapid Rewards program. I knew from my previous homework that Southwest’s Rapid Rewards were kind of poor unless you redeemed for Southwest flights, and knew Hyatt gift checks were available for redeeming Read More
Collection Of A Few Noteworthy Items
Saw this on PF Digest – The Deal Mommy on First2Board has posted the schedule for Family Travel For Real Life #FT4RL The schedule: Confirmed Speakers and Schedule: 9:00-9:45: Registration and meet your fellow travelers 9:45-10:00: Welcome from The Deal Mommy 10:00-10:55: Shawn Coomer, Dad, from Miles to Memories on the topic of extended travel with your kids (with an assist Read More
10% Off British Airways Flights Using Your Chase BA Card
Chase and British Airways has partnered again for a 10% discount on flights when you use your Chase British Airways card on British Airways operated flights if you book via ba.com/Chase10 Any occasion. Any adventure. Any excuse. We’re pleased to offer this exclusive 10% discount to our loyal British Airways Visa Signature cardholders*. Receive a Read More
Actually Learned Something From A Credit Card Pimping Blogger
Three weeks later since returning and still going through a few things and wanted to debrief on this one point. Before I took a break from blogging, I saw this post from Scott @ MileValue and I locked it into my memory for when I took my flights in economy. Even though MileValue quality has eroded in recent Read More
Shutdown For Being Efficient!
Like The Miles Professor, I like to be as efficient as possible. I have a route that I follow. It looks complicated like the Tokyo subway map, but once you get into the groove it’s quite efficient. I make my bill payments as easy as possible for the clerks. I bring in the credit card to Read More
Three Reasons Why You Are A Loser
Now that I have your attention, I want to describe three observations I made while waiting in line to purchase our favorite prepaid product. This turd lambasted the customer service rep for not knowing how to process his prepaid product. Strike One CSR said it was cash only. He goes on his tirade of saying Read More
Vcom ATM Updates
I’ve written a little bit about the Vcom ATM in the past with the help of some great readers leaving some comments!: VCom ATM & Visa Buxx Update Success With Vcom ATM! Generate points @ $.0049/pt Interesting ATMs The other day, someone posted that OneVanillas now work on the Vcom ATM’s. Pier11 and I tested Read More
Jumping Into Debt To Manufacture Spend And Invest
EDIT: This is a stupid idea, please refer to Matt’s post here on why it’s terribly dumb The other day, Matt shared a little history about his past debt and cautioning you to be careful of your finances and cognizant of your credit card spend. You must absolutely be on top of your game and Read More
Step By Step: How To Spot A Bill Paying Center
I have been searching the city for Bill Pay centers capable of what Walmart does. You can read more about my favorite and least favorite place (it’s actually the same place). Here’s my step by step guide of spotting one from my observations, so it’s a bit generalized: “Industrialized” areas will have bill pay locations Working Read More
Blending MBA Coursework with Manufactured Spending
I am a mercurial person. I often cannot make up my mind and when I do I am prone to changing the decision. I’m not sure if it’s being in a fast paced environment or everything being instant satisfaction. This causes me to be rushy and pushy. I keep working at not being like that Read More