ESSENTIAL OFFICE SUPPLIES: Get while the getting’s good, but only if you know what you’re doing. That’s all I have to say. [Read more…]
Bank bonuses! Cheap car rentals! Insane Clown Posse!
BANK BONUSES, GATHERED FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE: If you’re into deposit account sign-up bonuses, there’s a FWF thread that has gathered a bunch of current bonuses which you may find worthwhile.
INK CLASSIC GOES TO THAT GREAT BIG WALLET IN THE SKY: Gary reports that the Chase Ink Classic is no more, though the Ink Cash is still available. The Ink Cash is one that never gets any airtime since its points can’t be transferred (unless you already have a Sapphire Preferred or Ink Bold), but I suppose that if you already had a CSP–or were already maxing out the spend bonus on an Ink Bold–the Ink Cash could give you a little extra juice.
CHEAP DRIVIN’: Ric Garrido had a good idea for a fun trip:
One-way car rentals in May 2014 are as low as $15 to $20 after tax, per day, from Jacksonville to Miami for any size car from economy to full size for travel from all the major companies like Hertz, National, and Enterprise car rentals.
I never gave much attention to the opportunity for Florida one-way car rentals to northern states, until today, when I thought about a road trip along US Route 17, the Coastal Highway from Florida to Virginia.
At $15 per day for a one-way car rental from Jacksonville or $19 per day from Miami, the opportunity to tour for two or three weeks in a car picked up in Miami, Florida and dropped off in New York is an incredibly inexpensive transportation option. $300 to $380 for 20 days of car travel can get you to a lot of places in the USA.
Note that those rates include taxes. A former coworker of mine and some pals of his once took advantage of a deal like this and racked up 12,000 miles in three weeks, if memory serves. If reports are to be believed, the look on the face of the guy at the car rental desk was priceless.
There are a lot of neat places to stop if you’re heading north from Florida: St. Augustine is worth a day, as is the Amelia Island / Little Talbot Island / Fernadina Beach region, then there’s the Golden Isles of Georgia, then Savannah, Beaufort, and Charleston, and we’re not even out of South Carolina yet. And you can always stay in the Walmart Parking Lot Bed & Breakfast if you want to be extra frugal.
Anyway, Rick has more details if you’re interested.
AND SPEAKING OF SLEEPING IN CARS: See if you can guess what part of the country wants to ban sleeping in one’s car. Hint: wealthy Californians.
EXCITING NEW CRYPTOCURRENCY: The AV Club reports on an exciting new monetary development:
Finally uniting devotees of cryptocurrency with devotees of rapping clowns who believe scientists are liars under one umbrella of guileless faith, Juggalos now have a Bitcoin to call their very own. JuggaloCoin has been dubbed by its proprietors “The Most Insane Coin In Crypto History”—a tall order for a currency where nearly half a billion dollars can be irretrievably lost, all thanks to an exchange founded by Magic: The Gathering fans. But like everything Insane Clown Posse, JuggaloCoin’s “insanity” is a form of totally wicked, carefully monetized brand loyalty.
I can’t top that description, so go read the whole thing at the AV Club, though if you’re at work I would think twice about clicking any of those links from the AV Club article, or for that matter about reading anything having to do with the Insane Clown Posse.
USAir credit card improves, a guide to stopovers, and Marathon Man speaks
USAIR CARD GETS A LITTLE BETTER:Via Hack My Trip, the Barclaycard USAir card is getting a little better. Starting April 30, cardholders will get 1 free checked bag for themselves and up to 4 companions.
ARCANE FREQUENT FLYER RULES–IN PICTURES!: Travel Is Free has another typically helpful post laying out the quirks of the major airlines’ routing rules. Check this out:
Why would you want to do a trip like this? As Drew points out, “A trip to Africa would normally be 80,000 miles in Economy, but by making it a stopover on the way to Japan the price is 70,000 miles. Save miles, see more.”
Incidentally, for those of you who have suddenly found new uses for your Avios, there’s a good TIF post about how to save your Avios by breaking up the trip.
ANOTHER WAY TO MAKE MONEY FROM BANKS: How about buying a cheap bank stock? Oddball Stocks reports on M&F bank, currently valued at 30% of book value.
MARATHON MAN SPEAKS: Food for thought from Marathon Man:
We all want to share ideas and help our fellow MSers, and we all have our own reasons for that. I say, go ahead, share and show… but let’s not be specific about things. If we say a certain card exists that says “debit” on it, we need not tell every little step on how to use it. By now most are in tune with this and those who are not should step up (like we had to) and test things, ask questions or go out and learn too. No room for lazy people. As well, if we discover a certain store or chain starts allowing something, let’s not list the darn details so prevalently! Let’s not put the Google Map address on there either. Let’s not even talk about the store itself, just that a certain type of thing can happen at certain types of places. Again, people can go out and test depending on where they live. The thinking here is that if we push push push and constantly tout all these ways to get something out of these retailers, they may see it as a scam even when it’s not, and the overzealous department heads who are smart enough to use Google and find our writings (and they do in fact show up so let’s not kid ourselves!) will change the rules and gone will be the next best MS thing.
We have to be good stewards or custodians of MS and try to do whatever we can to prolong deals, not let them die quickly because we think a new one will come along soon. We must not think that something new will replace something good. When Coins died, it took a long time for the next thing to happen and many readers may not have been around in those days or in the much darker times of the past to understand this, but it happened then and it can happen again.
CHASE’S MILITARY-SPECIFIC CREDIT CARDS: Just when I thought I was familiar with all of Chase’s credit cards, I learn something new. Military Finance has a rundown on Chase’s military credit card family. I have no idea what an MWR is, but you can get 2% there.
How much does a free night cost? Plus China’s answer to Vanilla Reloads
THE TRUE COST OF A FREE NIGHT: Hack My Trip has some extremely cool charts showing you just how much it costs to earn a free night at a hotel via hotel spend. Check this out: [Read more…]
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