We just got back from a weekend trip to Atlantic City and I took my trusty Nexus 7 with me instead of a laptop. It has been some time since I packed a laptop with me for short weekend trips, but it has been harder to envision travel without one on a longer trip. However, […]
Adding an Authorized User to Increase Manufactured Spend
Adding an Authorized User to your card is a good way to get them access to the Spend and Category Bonuses of a Card without them taking a Credit Hit. The downside of this is that you don’t get the signup bonus, but you can always apply for card again in the future to get […]
Staples $75 off any Windows PC, Laptop or Tablet Manufactured Spend Opportunity
Valid until 3/7/2013 Staples Coupon for $75 off any Windows PC, Laptop or Tablet either online or in-store, the code for in-store is 67900 the code for online purchases is 70847. You can either print the coupon, or simply tell them the code at the register for your discount.I decided to look through the Staples […]
Buying Goods for Chase Ultimate Rewards and Selling them on eBay
Manufactured Spend on the Credit Card the term given to increasing your monthly spend for the purpose of earning Points, Miles and Cash Back whilst not actually spending the money involved. In a previous post I explored the concept where many people are leveraging 5x Chase Ultimate Rewards at Staples using the Chase Ink Bold […]
Transferring American Express Membership Rewards to Someone Else
American Express Membership Rewards are a great program that have many options to redeem, personally I enjoy their transfer Partner options and use the Membership Rewards to top up points balances as and when needed.Today I tried to transfer a small amount of points to Mrs Saverocity, to boost her balance ready to make a […]
Achieving Credit Card Spending Bonus
Our recent App-O-Rama’s have us with quite some spend to achieve, this post will outline how I plan to manage it so that we don’t miss out on any of the credit card spending bonus that come with new card signups.Hilton Cards in this post I highlighted a series of Hilton Card applications that I […]
Credit where Credit is Due
I want to give a shout out to the Frequent Miler, and suggest if you like his work please consider using his affiliate links to sign up for new cards. Bloggers use affiliate links to earn income; typically we blog about things that are passionate to us, and in my case that is Life Hacking, […]
Manufactured Spend at Staples with Free After Rebate Program
Staples is a great company for creating manufactured spend, primarily because you are able to use the Ink Bold Card from Chase to earn 5x Ultimate Rewards, these points transfer to United and Hyatt, along with some other partners at a 1:1 ratio – personally I store my Ultimate Rewards in their present form and […]
Understanding Manufactured Spend, and how to identify opportunities to maximize it for points and cash
The idea of Manufactured Spend is a cornerstone of Travel Hacking, without it garnering enough Frequent Flyer Miles, Hotel Points and Cash Back to travel in style is beyond most of us. Unless you are a business owner who is able to charge off 6 figure sums per year you’ll take far to long to […]
Playing the Transfer Partner Game
Playing the Transfer Partner Game Based on the upcoming changes to the Hilton Program that I outlined yesterday I am trying to see how I can best position myself to weather the storm. Simply what I want to do is burn through any Hilton Honors that I might have now before the devaluation date of March 28th… […]