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More Easy Rewards: Fee-free Visa Gift Cards at Staples (now live)
On the heels of this week’s fee-free Mastercard gift cards, Staples is offering fee-free fixed $200 Visa Gift Cards through July 27, 2024. The limit is again eight per customer per day (although some...
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Best Uses of Capital One Miles
Capital One Miles have become a premier transferable currency system over the past several years. In addition to being able to use them to cover travel charges with points, Capital One allows 1:1...
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Open Vietnam Airlines business class award space to/ from San Francisco
View from the Wing reports on excellent Vietnam Airlines award availability flagged by Instagram account @findflightsforme. I actually stumbled on a bunch of this a couple of months ago when plotting...
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Delta SkyMiles Shopping Portal Promo: Earn up to 2K bonus miles
The Delta SkyMiles Shopping portal is out with a new promotion through 8/9/24 to earn up to 2,000 bonus miles with qualifying purchases. The Deal The Delta SkyMiles Shopping portal is offering the...
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Register to earn 10K bonus Marriott points after $7K spend [Targeted]
There is a targeted offer out for some existing Marriott credit card holders to register their cards and then earn 10,000 bonus Marriott points after $7,000 in purchases by September 21, 2024. You get...
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Hilton Honors is winning me over, but I’d like one more enhancement…
Before I dove into the points & miles game (circa 2011), I was a bit of a Hilton fan. At some point they had given me free Gold status through some kind of promo with Delta Airlines. And I found...
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Marriott promo: Earn 3,500 bonus points for every 2+ night stay with promo...
Marriott is currently running a promotion giving 3,500 bonus points on stays of 2+ nights. There is a catch though – you have to use promo code M41 which means that it’s not necessarily going to be...
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IHG Chase Offers: Get 5%-10% back at several IHG brands
There are new Chase Offers for several different IHG brands that are giving 5% or 10% back as statement credits when spending $100+. Even better, I found several of these on one of my IHG cards which...
View ArticlePodcast: Rumored Amex Gold Card Changes: Good or Bad? | Coffee Break Ep19 |...
The Amex Gold Card is about to change. In this episode we’ll review the current details for this card, the changes we predict to see, and whether those changes are good or bad. Watch the full episode...
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IRS planning on taking tax payments directly – hopefully great news
George at Travel Blogger Buzz had an interesting scoop today, sharing the news that the IRS is hoping to start taking tax payments by credit and debit cards directly, rather than people having to use...
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Earn double points on Virgin Atlantic flights to UK (book by 7/25 for flights...
Virgin Atlantic is currently running a promotion that’s awarding double points on flights to the UK through the end of the year, but you only have until July 25 to book your flight. The Deal Earn...
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Saving big on a cruise by stacking an agent with discounted gift cards
Over the past couple of years, I’ve written pretty extensively about casino status matching for “free” or deeply discounted cruises (See: How to get free cruises by gaming casino status matches). That...
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Hy-Vee: Get $10 off when buying $150+ Visa & Mastercard gift cards
A couple of times per year, Hy-Vee – a decently-sized grocery chain in the Midwest – runs a deal on Visa and Mastercard gift cards. In years gone by the deal was extremely lucrative, providing an...
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Grand Hotel Victoria Lake Como has wide open award availability
Hilton’s recent incorporation of hundreds of new SLH (Small Luxury Hotels of the World) properties got us excited. One of the most attractive options is Grand Hotel Victoria next to Lake Como in Italy...
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Hilton Honors Complete Guide
Hilton Honors is the loyalty program for Hilton hotels & resorts and their many brands worldwide. While Hilton has gotten a bit of a bad rap in the frequent traveler community over the past few...
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Vacations by Marriott Bonvoy promo: Earn 25k bonus points on 4+ night packages
Vacations by Marriott Bonvoy is running a generous promotion at the moment which is awarding 25,000 bonus points on packages including a stay of four nights or more. While it’s not worth a mattress...
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Peacock TV increasing subscription price (affects Amex Platinum Digital...
Peacock TV announced the other day that it’ll be increasing subscription fees for existing users next month. While the increase isn’t a huge amount on a monthly basis, it might mean that you’ll now be...
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How I pay for groceries now that Curve is dead
In the post What’s in Greg’s Wallet? 2024 Edition, I explained that I have three Custom Cash cards which I use exclusively for grocery purchases. Since these cards earn 5x on the category you spend the...
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Target: $50 off $50 spend with new Target Circle Debit or Reloadable Card
Target is currently offering a coupon good for $50 off of $50 or more when you open a new Target Circle debit card, credit card or reloadable card. It probably isn’t worth doing this deal for the...
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Best uses for Delta miles
The way to “win” the points & miles game is to acquire points cheaply (or for free) and to then use them towards outsized value. For example, you may be able to earn 60,000 points or more from a...
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