Many credit cards offer opportunities to earn miles and points from signups and putting spend on your credit card. So you put your regular—or organic—purchases on your miles and points earning credit card, but if you’re like me, you find that the miles just don’t add up quickly enough for that next planned trip! So…
I realize that I may be a bit late to the party, but I’ve only recently dipped my toes into Gift Card Reselling. I only do a little at the moment, and I am very opportunistic. I don’t work with any of the more popular portals, only one that a friend of mine runs –…
A couple of days ago I had an interesting conversation that turned toward manufactured spending, with my friend, who runs the Facebook Group Travel Hacking 101.He had shared the news about the AAdvantage program changes and asked the group whether that would lead to loyalty changes. He then followed up to say that he’ll continue…
This year we had a number of great quarterly bonuses for credit card spend. Discover Quarterly Department Store, Amazon, or Clothing stores, and Apply PayFor starters, we had the Discover Apple Pay promotion, where you get a 10% bonus when you pay with your Discover via Apple Pay. This can be even better if you…
My friends, we are entering a wonderful time of year. For those in the Northern Hemisphere, leaves are turning a variety of colors, the weather is becoming a bit brisk, and, most importantly, shopping portals bonuses are becoming more widespread as we approach the holidays!It goes without saying, that I’m a huge believer in the…
Matt wrote a great post yesterday that reminded me of a post I had half written, after attending a company offsite back in August at the Hyatt Regency Chesapeake. I won’t go into too much detail, but we had a guest speaker who talked about how one can apply project management principles and processes in…
There are a ton of moving pieces in the miles and points world on any given day, any given week. Earlier this week, news started popping up about a rather large flapping moving piece (aka RedBird) which may no longer being able to be loaded with debit cards (let alone pin enabled Visa Gift Cards).This…
Note: I am not a tax professional.I was recently reading a post on the Tax Implications of Reselling and MS by Noah at Money Metagame, and at first, felt the need to comment, but as I found myself writing…and writing….and writing, I figured it may be better to just write a post.Let’s take down the…
This is perhaps a rhetorical question. After all, miles and points are currencies, but they are very finicky currencies. Meaning, their value can change at the whim of an airline or bank. In fact, some currencies, such as the transferable Ultimate Rewards Points, Membership Rewards, Thank-You Points, and even Starwood Preferred Guest, are all at risk…
Yesterday, I read Noah, who write’s Money Metagame’s 2015 Mid-Year Financial Independence Report Card, and it got me thinking about my own financial planning strategy, and what influences that strategy. In a nut shell, this is the strategy that my wife and I tend to live by, including some of the folks that have influenced…