Hotel offers free upgrade to air passengers stuck in the middle seat by The Telegraph. “…battling for the armrests”, if you get the middle seat you get exclusive use of both armrests (unless it’s four across, in that case you have to share with the other person in the middle seat). Anybody that doesn’t follow that rule is dead to me. Cool idea and great way to generate some buzz.
Cool New TripIt Feature & 20% Discount for TripIt Pro by Running With Miles. Problem with TripIt is that Google has most of the same features and doesn’t charge anything. I swear I’ve gotten alerts from Google before letting me know I need to leave now to reach the airport on time.
According to reader Audrey F eBay now has something called eBay concierge. It’s available for their ‘top buyers’ (no idea how they determine this). Audrey reports the following:
all US-based attendants
No wait
Super helpful
Gave an extra coupon
If you still have a Netspend account, it might be worth logging in. Reader Heather O reports that they are now allowed a maximum balance of $2,000 (instead of $1,000) to earn 5% APY on. NOTE THIS IS A TARGETED OFFER, if it was for everybody I would have done a full post on this.
Just seems strange that it is not reflected anywhere else. Even from within the app there is conflicting information – If you click Menu icon > Move Money, then scroll down to the bottom of the page past all the links, in the grey, it says 2K. But if you click the “Terms & Conditions” link on that same page it says 1K. I have a bunch of liquid funds tied up elsewhere right now, but hopefully it is cleared up by then if they are actually paying out on 2K.
Any updates on this? i also see the 2k offer when i click savings it says as of aug 1 2017 the interest is limited to 2,000 6% apy, but when i click terms and conditions it says as of april 2016 the limit is 1,000.
I think everyone is afraid to try. I am not bothering with it and assuming it is 1K. Everything except the app says 1K 5%, and only on that one screen.
Be the DP you want to see. 🙂
tbradnc (@guest_367733)
March 9, 2017 23:04
#367733
So was this targeted to a single person – I haven’t seen where anyone else has gotten the offer of 5% on $2,000 and also with mention of 5.87% and 6% too….
Wow. How many times does the guy have to say “it’s a targeted offer” and yet people keep attacking him when they find they weren’t targeted. We all know what that means, right???? We are not all targeted every time. Win some, lose some.
I don’t recall a single person attacking Will. Besides, even if we did “attack” him it was before he wrote that it was a targeted offer so your comment is completely inaccurate.
Stephen (@guest_367668)
March 9, 2017 20:49
#367668
Wow, usually people here are pretty good at reading.
I thought the author made it extremely obvious this 6% was targeted to “high-end” eBay purchasers.
Sorry should have made it clearer that it was targeted, thought that was obvious by the fact it was in a recap post rather than it’s own post.
Eric (@guest_367470)
March 9, 2017 15:52
#367470
Heather O,
It appears you have wasted a lot of people’s time. Please advise how you came across this. Did do try to pull a fast one on us?
Like others I definitely noticed that the math made no sense which implied that it was fake. I logged into my account but wasn’t sure where to check for the current terms.
Sorry for my earlier comment. I wasn’t aware that it was a targeted offer at the time. Are you now earning 5% or 6%? It’s very odd and embarrassing that Netspend would make typos like that.
Checked two NetSpends, a Western Union, an AceElite, and a Brinks. Nada.
All mine say: “•If the Average Daily Balance is $1,000.00 or less, the interest rate paid on the entire balance will be 4.91% with an Annual Percentage Yield (APY) of 5.00%.”
Checked secure messages too.
The math for their supposed offer doesn’t make sense. B/S flag raised! April Fool’s comes early this year!
tbradnc (@guest_367428)
March 9, 2017 14:34
#367428
Filed under “made you look”
Ken (@guest_367391)
March 9, 2017 13:10
#367391
same for me $1k
KP (@guest_367377)
March 9, 2017 12:47
#367377
Still showing $1000 for new member (before login) or existing member (after login) for me.
Just seems strange that it is not reflected anywhere else. Even from within the app there is conflicting information – If you click Menu icon > Move Money, then scroll down to the bottom of the page past all the links, in the grey, it says 2K. But if you click the “Terms & Conditions” link on that same page it says 1K. I have a bunch of liquid funds tied up elsewhere right now, but hopefully it is cleared up by then if they are actually paying out on 2K.
Any updates on this? i also see the 2k offer when i click savings it says as of aug 1 2017 the interest is limited to 2,000 6% apy, but when i click terms and conditions it says as of april 2016 the limit is 1,000.
I think everyone is afraid to try. I am not bothering with it and assuming it is 1K. Everything except the app says 1K 5%, and only on that one screen.
Be the DP you want to see. 🙂
So was this targeted to a single person – I haven’t seen where anyone else has gotten the offer of 5% on $2,000 and also with mention of 5.87% and 6% too….
Seems a bit odd
I have to eat my words. It shows up shown above on my Android Netspend app… but not on the web login. I really have to wonder if it is an app typo.
Possibly?
Wow. How many times does the guy have to say “it’s a targeted offer” and yet people keep attacking him when they find they weren’t targeted. We all know what that means, right???? We are not all targeted every time. Win some, lose some.
I don’t recall a single person attacking Will. Besides, even if we did “attack” him it was before he wrote that it was a targeted offer so your comment is completely inaccurate.
Wow, usually people here are pretty good at reading.
I thought the author made it extremely obvious this 6% was targeted to “high-end” eBay purchasers.
It looks like you are the one that isn’t good at reading. You mixed up the Ebay and Netspend blurbs.
Yeah.. clickbait really. No due diligence at all.
Not sure how you can call that clickbait considering there is nothing to click…lol
That term refers to a headline that entices people to click on the article to read it. You’re already on the article page because you clicked on it.
If you get email updates for this blog you’d have gotten one with just the heading “Netspend $2k….blah blah”.
Sorry should have made it clearer that it was targeted, thought that was obvious by the fact it was in a recap post rather than it’s own post.
Heather O,
It appears you have wasted a lot of people’s time. Please advise how you came across this. Did do try to pull a fast one on us?
Like others I definitely noticed that the math made no sense which implied that it was fake. I logged into my account but wasn’t sure where to check for the current terms.
It’s a targeted offer
When I logged in to my account it popped up. It also showed up under the notification tab.
Sorry for my earlier comment. I wasn’t aware that it was a targeted offer at the time. Are you now earning 5% or 6%? It’s very odd and embarrassing that Netspend would make typos like that.
Don’t be such a whiner.
Checked two NetSpends, a Western Union, an AceElite, and a Brinks. Nada.
All mine say: “•If the Average Daily Balance is $1,000.00 or less, the interest rate paid on the entire balance will be 4.91% with an Annual Percentage Yield (APY) of 5.00%.”
Checked secure messages too.
The math for their supposed offer doesn’t make sense. B/S flag raised! April Fool’s comes early this year!
Filed under “made you look”
same for me $1k
Still showing $1000 for new member (before login) or existing member (after login) for me.