Free Car Rental Status, Stacking Staples, Applying For The Wrong Cards & Mile Matrix

Roomorama Short-Term Home Rentals $20 Off First Booking and Referral Program by Maximizing Money
3-10-15 Stacking Staples 10x points/miles + 16% off + 5% Rewards = 31%+ Discount; Buy Kaos Trap for only $5.99 by Big Habitat
Getting top rental car status (for free!) by Points With A Crew. Nice round up of some free car rental statuses that you’ll be able to get. Note, you’ll need a World Elite Mastercard to get these.
Don’t Do My Stupid Mistake – Applied For The Wrong Darn Credit Card by Chasing The Points. He also talks about what cards he recently applied for and why, I’ll start being more transparent about when and why I apply for cards in the future. I was hesistant to do this when I had affiliate links, as I didn’t want it to be perceived that I was recommending cards just because they paid me a commission.
Mile Matrix: FAQs on how to use the app to check the mile price between any countries on any airline by Points With A Crew. Looks like a pretty solid app, I haven’t given it a go myself yet but will do so in the future.
US Airways Elites to Get Free 500 Mile Upgrade Certificates on American by View From The Wing. Honestly I’ve pretty much stopped paying attention to UA/AA merger news because I’m a bit sick of it, but this seems like useful info for elites.