Uber Has Officially Relaunched in Vegas as of Today – Sample Fares, Safety & What You Need to Know by Miles to Memories. As a general rule, I hate taxi drivers and the tricks they use against tourists to earn more money. Vegas is... Read More →
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Cashback On $2,000 AmEx GCs, Best Use Of Fairmont Certs, Free Doughnuts & More
You CAN Still Earn Cash Back on $2,000 American Express Gift Cards by Point Chaser. It worries me that only one (or a small few) portals are still listing that $2,000 gift cards are OK. Not going to personally take the risk (especially... Read More →
Free iPhone 6 For One Month, EVR 30% Discount, $50 In Bitcoins For Free & Delta/American Parting Ways
30% Off at Deal Mommy Fave Endless Vacation Rentals: Condos from $56/night by The Deal Mommy. We’ll do a dedicated post on EVR at some stage, but some really good deals to be had, especially with this discount can be found. 9-11... Read More →
Google Wallet & Paypal Announce New Services, Receipt Class Action, Sell Your Phone And Get $100 eBay Credit & New Global Entry Benefit
PayPal Launches PayPal.me, a New Digital Payment Service by LowCards. I don’t really see how this is much more convient that normal Paypal/any of the other competitors, but each to their own I guess. Google Wallet relaunches as a... Read More →
Chase’s Advantages, US Bank Spending Reporter, Inferior IHG Link, PayAnywhere & Much More
Introduction to US Bank ScoreBoard Reporting to Analyze Spending Activity by Travel With Grant. Nice new feature by US Bank, I just wish they’d also show data before a statement closes as well. Peddling An Inferior Affiliate IHG... Read More →
Free $1,000 In MS, Amazon Chat For Resellers, Amazon Packaging Process & More
Extract Extra Value When You Manage Through Exceptions by Chasing The Points. I always enjoy these types of posts from CTP. Turnover Tuesdays – Using Amazon Chat and the Importance of Organization by Oren’s Money Saver. If... Read More →
New Blogs Worth Reading, American + Expedia Partnership, Ninja Tricks, AA Platinum Challenge, AmEx Offers App + More
New blogs worth reading? by PFdigest. Totally agree with Oren’s Money Saver & Money Metagame making the list, I’d probably include Miles Per Day as well. If you think any are missing comment on PFDigest’s post... Read More →
RIP US Buxx, Who Is OneJet? Best Rate Guarantees & Lufthansa Premium Economy Bookable With Points
Who the F*&@ is OneJet? by Cranky Flier. Interesting read and business model. There are lots of profitable business routes that don’t have direct routing currently and businesses are willing to pay a premium to ensure that... Read More →
Amtrak New Program Worse Than We Thought, Wasting Free Night Certificates, Lufthansa Heist & More
OUCH: Amtrak’s New Revenue-Based Program Will Be Much Worse Than We First Thought by View From The Wing. The fact that saver fares aren’t included isn’t great news at all, although from my understanding those are only... Read More →
Chase UR To Amtrak?, Compare Hotels With AirBnB & VRBO, Weekend Deals & New FoundersCard Benefits
Compare Hotels With Alternatives Like Airbnb in your search by Canadian Travel Hacking. Nice that it includes AirBnB & VRBO, but don’t really think it should be including couch surfing as well. Will Chase and Starwood Points... Read More →
Portals Not Paying On Sears, 70k Points, Club Carlson Free Night Cert, Cartwheel Primer & $2,000 Stolen
Warning: Portals No Longer Paying for the Purchase of Sears Gift Cards by Frequent Miler. This deal was too good to last with the Discover Double cash back promotion, but still disappointing to see it gone. My wife scored another 70,000... Read More →
5% Cash Back On All Amazon Purchases, Taxable Points & Miles, Ultimate Rewards Is Dying & Amtrak’s New Revenue Based Model
5% Cashback on All Your Amazon Purchases Through Giving Assistant Shopping Portal! by Oren’s Money Saver. Don’t have a lot of experience with this portal, but will do a review of them soon. Are Miles, Points, and Cashback... Read More →
Accelerate Promo, Vegas Ridesharing, Banishing Jet Lag, AmEx Spin Off, 470k Points,
New IHG Members Earn 2 Free Nights, Everyone Else Can Earn at Least 50,000 Bonus Points by View From The Wing. A lot of the offers are quite complicated to complete, but some really good value for new members. IHG Fall “Accelerate”... Read More →
Free National Park Entrance, Credit Card Life Cycles, Free Starbucks Everyday (Fraud) & Citi’s New Bonus Tracker
Citi AAdvantage, Apple Wallet and a Foreshadowing Screenshot: How the Credit Card Game Will Unfold by Jeff Setter. Interesting analysis and something I agree with, although I think the market drives a lot of this as well (growth is... Read More →
New American Express Gift ard Terms, Bloomingdale Glitch, Gyft Problems & Plastc Launching
Bloomingdale’s Computer Glitch Issues $25,000 Gift Card by Danny Deal Guru. I wouldn’t have the guts to make all of those in store purchases, but everybody has different ethics I guess. American Express Business Cards – 2... Read More →