What’s a post on Forever Stamps doing in the Travel section? Sadly it’s not a new trick to make points, nor is it relevant because you might need one for your post cards. This is one of those, psuedointellectual posts that I pride myself on… bear with me, or, if that is asking too much […]
Archives for December 2014
Paying your Mortgage with a Credit Card
I received a message on the Forum from a reader asking me how to pay regular expenses, such as his mortgage, insurance, etc on a Credit Card, and while I gave him a specific answer there, I’d also like to expound on this concept here. As you guys might know, I’m trying to not write […]
Join me at #TravelConOC 2015
TravelCon is a new points and miles conference that is being put together by some of the top points and miles guys on the West Coast, who have informed me that PHX isn’t on the West Coast. The brains behind this one are Tahsir, AKA Bengali Miles Guru and Omar, AKA Travel Summary. I believe […]
GreenDot Scam Alert
One of my readers approached me via the Forum to tell me that one of their relatives has just been the victim of a scam involving GreenDot cards, since we in this hobby frequently discuss such tools, and perhaps have cards lying around the house it may be that we are normalizing their usage. Please […]
Cheat Day – just pay cash…
This weekend we had Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, and today Cyber Monday. They really drive home the ‘sales’and the feeling that I am going through right now – overload. Yesterday I pulled the trigger on the appliances purchase for my new home, as an example of the savings I bought a Refrigerator that was […]