Archives for January 2013

The Haul for last week was a little lame, I was busy getting ready for our long weekend from Friday and therefore ran out of time to manufacture much spend.  Two items that I did get some decent points on are below.$5000 of Travelers Checks yielded 7509 Virgin Atlantic Miles; which I transfer to Hilton […]

I’m excited to be heading out to Nashville tomorrow on a last minute jaunt for a long weekend.  For those of you in New York right now you know how bad the weather is getting, and I felt like my ears were going to fall off on the way home from the Subway tonight!For my […]

I just booked a long weekend away to Nashville Tennessee! Tonight we were feeling the misery of a NYC winter coming down on us and decided to book a trip to get away for the weekend.  Our criteria for the trip was that the flight should be less than 3hrs from New York and a Direct […]

Here is the haul from last week for freebies, I recently decided to buy Ink from eBay and picked up 300 empties for $62 (with free shipping) and in an effort to unload them decided to use Office Max also.  However reading the fine print with these guys makes them less attractive than Staples it […]

Tip 1 Comp Dollars and Slot DollarsComps earned are typically Comp Dollars AKA Casino Cash from Tables, to be used at the restaurants and spas etc, typically at a 1:1 ratio, and Slot Dollars which are free spins on the slot machine, you have to play it all, but you keep what you win.Depending on […]

I love British Airways Avios miles, so when I received an email from them today asking if I wanted 4000 free ones I jumped at the chance, here is the email  – they made it kinda weird with the blacking out of the bonus, but in the text below it stated the terms and how […]

In this post, I mentioned how I bought $200 in gift cards, and donated another $20 to Komen for the cure, and whilst I was rather proud of myself I was feeling a little concerned that I had been too aggressive in my Gift Card purchases, as people have mentioned they only received reimbursements for […]

Here is my current Haul, I’ll post one on a monthly basis so we can track progress on earning Frequent Flyer Miles, Hotel Points and Cash Back, and during the month I’ll update with some of the things I am doing to earn these monthly points.  This first one has a lot of higher growths […]

I am growing to be a huge fan of Zidisha, I love the concept of helping people out with loans to kickstart their business and keeping costs low.  The biggest market I see for new customers to come to Zidisha will be in the people who currently give to Kiva, since the concepts are very […]

What better way to promote financial independence, controlling your budget and being able to retire early and responsibly that a post on going to a casino and gambling your money away?Well, whilst I do have some reservations about promoting this activity, at the same time we have benefited so much from playing the Comp system […]