Thursday 2/27 is the final day for new players to join the Manufactured Spending Tournament, I’ll actually be traveling for part of the day, but feel free to shoot me an email to matt@saverocity.com or tweet me @saverocity and I will make sure you make it on the list, for those following along on twitter […]
Archives for February 2014
DYKWIA- Comping Bloggers
I am trying to be impartial about this post, but as one of the top 500 most famous C list bloggers out there, I do find myself leaning towards ‘bloggers should gets lots of free stuff’. However, the general trend I see from readers is that when a blogger is comped a trip, they are […]
Manufactured Spend Tournament FAQ Post and Thread
Based on feedback via emails and comments I have collated the most frequently asked questions about the Tournament. Please see them below, and feel free to use the comments section to add more questions you might have if you are a player, or prospective player. Please start by reading the initial post that outlines the […]
The Manufactured Spending Tournament
Announcing the Manufactured Spending Tournament – who will be crowned the champion?With so many players, and so many games, the realm of manufactured spending has expanded massively over recent years. From simple, well known tactics like Amazon Payments, to complex purchase and resale deals the ways to generate points and profit are plentiful.It is time […]
Bluebird vs Serve Calculations
I actually have one Serve and one Bluebird Card (more accurately, my wife owns the Serve) the rules of these cards dictate that you can only hold one or the other, and one person cannot have both. For some time it seemed that the Serve was inferior to the Bluebird, but with recent changes allowing […]
Is it taboo to say Flight Attendants don’t care about customer service?
I’ll start out with a ‘not all’, but far too many for my liking. The reason I would come up with such a claim is clearly down to my own understanding and expectation of a Flight Attendant’s role within the travel experience. It seems to me that they have a difference of opinion from the […]
Using (or abusing) $700 of Amex Platinum Statement Credits
I am wondering today if I have crossed a line, perhaps you can let me know from your perspective. I have a decent ability to achieve things when talking with customer service. I find that I go into conversations with right attitude, understand what I could get from it, and then have this horrible trait […]
Exploring Credit Card Spend Requirements
Update – the spend requirement for the Arrival card has now officially increased to $3,000 in 90 days. You are all doomed… This should be news to you, because as a loyal reader of my Travel blog in Saverocity I expect you to shun all other blogs, other than the ones in our network. The Barclay’s […]
Selling Lemonade – lessons learned from Reselling
I had a great reminder today of the power of Murphy’s Law. Which, to paraphrase, states that whenever you think all is well with your cunning plan, The Devil himself will ride across your path and plaster it with cowpats from his own Satanic herd.I’m nowhere near the reseller sophistication of Big Habitat, but I […]
The $99.99 Wacom Tablet that I paid $8.49 for, and how to deduct that for taxes
I sat through a great demo last week explaining time value of money for college savings calculations, it was done on a ‘smartboard’ which is like a whiteboard but computer based. After seeing what a great medium for conveying sometimes complex mathematical calculations I decided that I want to do the same with Saverocity and […]