Category - Recaps

Argentina lifts controls on the peso by The Economist. No more dealing with the dolar blue rate and “illegal” currency exchanges. Now you’ll be able to get money out of an ATM and use your credit card for purchases... Read More →

Hilton, Starwood, and IHG are Out With New Promotions by View From The Wing. Nice round up of the current new year offers, IHG looks the best to me (depending on what offer you get) followed by Hilton. SPG looks pathetic, interested to... Read More →

Kiva loan duration and repayment schedules by Freequent Flyer. I’m not a big fan of Kiva in terms of doing good, but it has been useful to meet minimum spends when I haven’t been living in the U.S. Repayment schedules are... Read More →

Pro Tip – Award Wallet Goes Beyond Travel Loyalty: Add These Types of Accounts to the Service Too! by Miles to Memories. I didn’t know you could add all these account types in, I’ll be adding my shopping portals but probably... Read More →

Wow! Uber Lowers Rates by 30% in Vegas & Declares War on Lyft & Taxis by Miles to Memories. I think Vegas is one of the most interesting battlegrounds for ride sharing companies. There is a lot of demand due to exceptionally... Read More →

UMB Simply Rewards credit card: a surprisingly solid product by PFdigest. Really nice find, especially when you consider that it includes discount stores (a lot of Target’s/Walmarts code like this) Top Cashback Increased Referral... Read More →

100 Free Aeroplan Miles by Angelina Travels. Probably only worth doing if you have miles that will expire soon. Amazon App Referral Program – $5 Off $10 Purchase and $5 Coupons by Maximizing Money. Feel free to share your referral codes... Read More →

A gift card worth paying $200 for by Wandering Aramean. I don’t think it is worth paying for, but I’m not massively into aviation. For those that are, this might be worth the $200. Free Red Bull At 7-11 by Dans Deals. Free... Read More →

We reported on Chase making issues with financial aggregation sites from accessing data. Now Bank of America is joining the battle as well, as per this WSJ report (Google it to get past the paywall). My Chase and Bank of America... Read More →

Big Banks Lock Horns With Personal-Finance Web Portals by WSJ. Mint wasn’t able to access data from Chase for a few days. It’s working now, I believe, and I hope that continues. I don’t belittle the security issues... Read More →

$150 Off British Airways economy flights with promo code: BA4BUSINESS. Stacks with AARP. Sapphire Preferred 50K to 60K, and Freedom 15K offers coming soon by Frequentmiler. Offers should go live on November 16, hold off on these... Read More →

Citi is on a temporary hiatus for product changing credit cards as we’ve reported. Initially, they were saying it would be back on in November, now they’re telling people to wait until January 2016. Airbnb partners with... Read More →

Amazon Register is closing up shop on 2/1/16. I always find it interesting when big companies like Amazon can’t get traction for various ventures. Seems start-up is difficult for huge companies as well since they need to convince... Read More →

Some news and posts around the web that caught my eye: Via Reddit, you can actually use more than your credit limit on your Arrival Plus card. If you want to fund a Citigold account, for example, with more than your credit limit, you... Read More →