- The New Old 5x Method For Buying Gift Cards by Chasing The Points. Nice little tip, I’m sure there are some other ways to get discounts on your Verizon bill as well.
- Frink App – Get a Free Drink Every Day at Your Favorite Bars – New Jersey by Maximizing Money. Couple this with some bar hopping and you’ve got a free night out. How useful it is really depends on the bars it includes.
- An Even Better Deal To Use With The Amex Carrabbas Offer by Running With Miles. The $10 bonus credit on $50 makes this a killer deal if you ever eat at Carrabbas, couple it with another 20% off and even better.
- Hyatt, IHG, and Hilton May All Be in the Merger Market Now by View From The Wing. Consolidation like this is usually not a good thing when it comes to competitive markets, but I think AirBnB and other sharing networks are a much bigger threat and should help keep this other hotel chains in line.
- Booking.com is the Big Cuba Hotel News, Not Starwood by Rapid Travel Chai. Hopefully this means that Hotels.com will also be entering the market soon (can’t remember if they use Booking.com or Expedia for their backend).
- Why I’ve stopped stockpiling gift cards from 3rd party sites by Miles Per Day. I don’t think stocking up from these third party sites has ever been a good idea, I generally only stock up on cards from eBay that I know I’ll use in the next six months or so.
- Discover It — 2% on groceries through September by myFICO forums. Really good deal if you have the double cash back offer, not clear if this is an additional 2% cash back (3% total) or just a flat 2% cash back. Either way 4% cash back at grocery stores if you have double cash back is still a pretty good offer.
Didn’t get the Discover bonus, but between OBC, Freedom, and Surpass cat bonuses, I don’t really care. I can’t liquidate that much ms.
The 2% cash back from Discover on Groceries is not great ($10/month) but it is enough to cover the fees for $1000 worth of VGC at my grocery store. That in turn earns me $60/month in gas rewards. Expiring in September earns me $360 in gas. Free money. Some months VGC purchases earn double gas rewards; even more money.
I’ll have what she’s having