TaggingMiles Weekly Travel News Roundup: April 24, 2015
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
Fandango B1G1 Free Movie Fridays with Visa Signature is Back!
One of my faves is back all summer long:
Get 2 for 1 movie tickets on Fridays at Fandango when you use your Visa Signature card.
The fine print: Chase Visa
Turks and Caicos: Getting to Paradise
We just got back from a family trip to Turks and Caicos. Rather than do a full trip report (for reasons that should quickly become apparent), I thought I’d just
Have you used your credit card Roadside Assistance benefit?
We recently returned from another trip to Jamaica. Because Southwest flies direct from Baltimore to Montego Bay (and because we have 2 Southwest Companion Passes), we chose to d..
Family Travel for Real Life 3: Meet the Speakers
I’m thrilled to announce that the speakers for FT4RL are in place! (Drum Roll please)
Trevor from Tagging Miles and Kenny from Miles4More on Creative Ways to Earn Miles and Poin..
4-23-15 Staples Upcoming Ad – MOARC Alert – 25% Rewards – Deals and Stacking to 45%+
Incoming!!! The MOARC is back!! Coming 4/26/15
The MOARC is, of course, the acronym for Mother Of All Rewards Coupons – the 25% back in rewards coupon which pretty much decimates
Perfect Timing To A Gift Card Promo
Today, I saw Chuck posted on Doctor of Credit about a $20 Staples promo and this is perfect timing as I was ready to write a quick blurb about CashStar. The
Three Lessons Learned from Deal Girl’s Passport Fiasco
Image via state.gov
Just wanted to give a quick follow up and thanks for your help. To recap, Deal Girl’s passport expired and I waited too long to easily get a
4-22-15 Staples $100 off Computer Coupon; Staples $20 epromo on $100, Whatever happened to Jet.com?
My Ink card has been overheating this week.
First, Staples runs a gift card promotion with $20 off $300 on Visa/Mastercard gift cards. Then a 5x portal bonus through United Mile..
Pro tip: Did Uber turn off "Gifts" in your account? Ask them to turn it back on!
Back in November I wrote about a trick I like to use now that the Barclaycard Arrival+ card allows Arrival+ miles to be redeemed against taxi purchases: buying Uber credit in
Selling On Raise Has Taught Me To Be A Smarter Businessman
My Philosophy Of Buying And Selling Cards
I’ve always bought gift cards that are convenient for me. If I don’t feel like typing a lot of gift card numbers, I buy
Want to get rich quick? Start a blog!
In the wake of the closing of the Miles for Family blog, a few other bloggers such as Doc and TBB offered their thoughts about blogging. To hear them tell
The difference between Business and First Class is not the seat
Zodiac Aerospace‘s Fusio seat,
Earlier this week, Skift reported on a seat from Zodiac Aerospace that “erases the line between business and first class.” I couldn’t disagree more..
Should you use super-premium cards to pay for airfare through manufactured spend?
A few months back I wrote a breakdown of three cards which earn bonused flexible points currencies at gas stations: the Chase Ink Plus (and Bold), Citi ThankYou Premier (as of Ap..
Sam’s Club Deal Back on Groupon for 2015: $45 for Membership, $20 Gift Card, and $35 in Food
Groupon has one of my favorite deals back for 2015: Sam’s Club Membership for $45 that include a $20 gift card and a bunch of other freebies making them over
Staples Gap Brand Gift Cards Discount Now Applicable Online
Chuck wrote about the Staples gift card deal where you could buy $300 in prepaid cards and you will receive a $20 Staples gift card as the rebate and covered
Interesting Citi AAdvantage Executive Retention Experience
So, I happened to call Citi to cancel my most recent AAdvantage Executive Card, and was met with retention offers I hadn’t really expected. Historically the only retention offer..
Foiled by Amex!
I got one of those marketing survey emails from Amex, the one where they ask you about some new product features they’re considering for their credit cards. I was thrilled to
United Rolls Out Free Streaming Video, But Only if You’re Prepared
Only if you are prepared! Image via United.com
This weekend I flew Southwest to Orlando and United back. On the flight out I enjoyed Southwest’s free video streaming just by logg..
Kindle Fire HD 7 $79 (And Why It’s Not THAT Big of a Deal)
You may have seen Kindle Fire HD 7, 8 GB is down to $79 today only. And that’s a good deal.
But not amazing. Here’s why: over on CowBoom (Best Buy’s
Forward Shifting Spend
Forward Shifting is a concept that allows us to prepay for certain items now, in order to reap present day benefits. A good example of this in personal finance is
Using Flexibility to Find Premium Award Space to Australia and New Zealand
Kenny has written extensively about how Virgin Australia is a bit of a gold mine for travel to Australia/Oceania using Delta or Virgin America miles. Virgin Australia remains the..
4-20-15 Staples Portal Mega Bonus Alert! 8x miles bonus through Alaska means 13x with Ink!
Now here is something you don’t see everyday… an 8x portal bonus at Staples
Combine that with your Chase Ink card to get another 5x.
You also should be able to combine