A personal finance application cycle
Last night I applied for two new credit cards which have nothing to do with miles and points. It was a strictly personal finance application cycle.Citi Double CashWhen the Citi
GiftCard Zen Saves Me On Meeting The Minimum Spend With Discounted Gift Cards
I was targeted for a Citibank Gold AA card, where you spend $1,500 and you receive 40,000 American Airline AAdvantage miles. Then spend $5,000 an additional 10,000 miles will be
Is Cathay Pacific Selectively blocking American Airlines?
I have a few minutes of downtime this evening after my daily search for reselling products, and have been having travel withdrawal of late, so I pulled up my trusty
Man finds glitch in Choice Hotels rewards program, accumulates points, redeems for Applebee’s, gets sued
An interesting story out of Florida:
ST. PETERSBURG — It was the glitch that kept on giving.
That’s how Choice Hotels International, one of the world’s largest hotel chains, port..
Best Hotels for Hyatt Suite Upgrades
I wanted to make this a great post on Hyatt suite upgrades – whether it’s booking a suite with points, using a suite upgrade on a paid stay (or cash & points), or
What is your Estate Number?
It seems that there’s lots of focus on your ‘Retirement Number’ but recently my family has been thinking hard about estate planning, what happens in the unlikely event that both
6-3-15 Top 8 Miles and Points Campaigns Where Marketing Forget to Check with Finance; Discover It Double Cash; Free phone or $25;
I love marketing folks. They are fun and creative, and love making customers happy. And they love spending money. Finance folks (like myself) on the other hand, are a real
Downtown Deal Girl Fave PB & Co Under $3 a Jar (and $10 off 1st Subscribe and Save Order)
For Deal Girl’s Christmas Present this year the two of us spent a girl’s weekend in New York City. We decided to split up the visit between 2 hotels (she
My super-boring Sam's Club Amex offer strategy
I’ve now finished off the last of my American Express “Offers for You” at Sam’s Club, and it was nothing special: I bought a bunch of Sam’s Club gift cards,
Gift Card Denominations Matter
A while ago, I posted that Raise taught me to be a better businessman where I made an uneducated guess on buying gift cards and postulated about buying lower denomination
Banana Republic / Gap credit card changes: top-tier status easier to get
I recently heard from the lovely folks who issue my Banana Republic credit card. They wanted me to know that a new card and new benefits are on the way.
BBVA Compass NBA Amex Marketing Fail
The bad news–from a professional basketball standpoint anyway–is that I live in Charlotte. The good news is that the credit card industry has given me a reason to care about
I Will Be Attending ResellingDO And Also Presenting
It took me a little bit to figure out if I was attending the first ever ResellingDO because I was switching my job and I couldn’t figure out the best way to
Delta Airlines attempts to speed up boarding with Early Valet
Airlines have tried for ages to figure out the fastest way to board a plane. In fact, other heavyweights such as the Mythbusters have dissected the issue, testing out in
Do this now: Discover it double cash promotion
Via Doctor of Credit, Discover is currently offering a potentially lucrative promotion: for the 12 complete billing cycles after registering, they will double all the cash back y..
Gift Card Granny Adds An Awesome New Feature
Gift Card Granny added a new feature. Can you spot it?
If you saw the Flash Deals, you are correct!
I’m not sure when it went live, but I just saw it.
Club Carlson 25% Off Points Rates Latin America/Mexico/Caribbean for Everyone Through 12/31 (And a Glitch Creates Sweet Spot in Panama Today Only)
Casco Viejo, Panama City
If you have the Club Carlson Credit Card, I’m sure you know that today’s the day the last night free benefit goes away. However, there’s a silver
The Best (Miles/Points) Page On The Internet
The goal behind what I’m about to share is this: anyone who cares about miles and points at all needs to only bookmark this one page.
This page will be the
Did I make a mistake with Club Carlson Aruba?
In a flurry to book last minute reservations with Club Carlson I went for 4 nights (2×2) at the Club Carlson property in Aruba for February 2016. The theory was
[Temporary Post] Right Now Club Carlson BOGO Bookable /w New Rates
This is a temporary post since this is not a deal blog, but this is interesting. Yesterday I booked tons of hotels with the Club Carlson benefit of a free night
Cardpool Limits Online Redemptions Causes An Extra 30 Minutes To The Challenge
I wrote in my first update to the 20kChallenge that eBay saved me a piece of the second $10,000 that I need to spend. I purchased almost $5,000 worth of
Travel Withdrawal
@Jeanne23 sounds like a confession at church: “forgive me father, for I have sinned. It has been 20 days since my last flight.”
— Michael (@real_jetsetr) May 25, 2015
My nam..
Master Chart of Earning Miles & Points From Credit Cards
For my “Cheapest Miles To” series, I pick a region and make a chart of cheapest mileage options. Then I go over all the best options, discounted mileage options, maximizing stopo..