Archives for November 2013

A good way to meet minimum spend on credit cards is to prepay certain monthly bills and carry a credit balance with them.  This is touted as a good way to generate spend, but there is some cost to spending that should be considered, and this post will consider both some ideas to help you […]

When two airlines merge it is never a good thing for the consumer.  It reduces competition, reinforces the power of the ever shrinking oligopoly and makes puppies cry.  There is a lot of chatter out there about this merger, and I’d like to give some thoughts on how you can get the best out of […]

This post title seems to come up frequently, I think that blogs have a set format of fill in the blanks something like this, and just swap around the cards that they recommend based upon some loose fitting criteria.  Those of you that know Saverocity will know that we don’t like that sort of fluff […]

I have decided to pull down the previous post due to the reactions that I received from the community.  Frankly I am surprised that I did this as several people did some very nasty things in the interim, such as clickbomb this site and other negative things, both in the comments and elsewhere such as […]

Bluebird, from American Express is a powerful tool in your manufactured spend strategy.  You simply apply for the card and purchase Vanilla Reloads from local stores and earn points in the process.The only fees are on the loading side, as the Vanilla Reload cards come with a purchase fee of $3.95 per card, and each […]

I hear in the babbling internet that the The Game, as we know it is changing.  For those of you who have been playing for a long time you have already experienced many changes for the worse, and perhaps each change is a little harder to swallow, to the newer players they are less upset […]

I’ve got some bad news folks.  I heard today on the radio that it is very likely everyone who is involved in the points and miles game is going to die one day, and there isn’t a lot we can do to prevent it.The unfortunate problem with dying is that the people who survive you […]

I had a wonderful lesson last week with my NYU Finance Professor, he is a great guy with wonderful stories and anecdotes, but brings up some of the most politically incorrect stuff you could hope to hear.  Last weeks story was how when Oil went above $200 a barrel a great and wonderful thing happened […]

This month of November has been a challenging one for loyal Chase credit card holders.  They have seen their two big players, United and Hyatt both devalue their programs, after all of this hard work to build up those Ultimate Reward points they are throwing your dedicated loyalty in your face, as if you mean […]

When starting out in the Credit Card Travel AKA Travel Hacking game many people want to know ‘what is the best card for beginners’ well, if you think like that you are going about the whole thing in entirely the wrong way.Before reading on – leveraging credit card rewards is a high risk game, and […]