Walmart: EMV Signatures Are Worthless by PYMNTS. Completely agree, I don’t understand why card issuers and merchants in the US are dragging their feet so much on this change. EMV + PIN drastically reduces fraud rates, that’s... Read More →
Category - Recaps
Cheap Hotel Awards, Gift Cards on eBay, Reselling DO & Serve Credit Card Loads
Unbelievably Cheap Hotel Award Redemptions by Travel is Free. Don’t agree with all of the hotels on this list , but if you take Drew’s advice and focus on the destination rather than the hotel you’ll find some hidden... Read More →
BA Hack, Chime Card No More Offers, Red Roof Credit Card & A Miles Earning Debit Card
Chime Card Evolves and Removes Offers for Certain Users by Travel With Grant. Miles to Memories also covered this as well. I’m hoping this is just temporary, but I imagine that Chime want to see regular spending as well as... Read More →
Citibank Credit Cards Worth Applying For, AirBnB Numbers, AmeriDeals & Revenge
A list of Citibank rewards credit cards: which ones are worth applying for? by PFdigest. Nice little recap on each of the cards Citibank offers and which ones are worth applying for (as well as which ones are worth keeping long term). I... Read More →
Free Flight For Youngsters, 25,000 United Miles, Fair Trading Prices, RIP TBB & More
Free flight for those between 8-17 as part of the young eagles program. Seems like a great (and free) introduction to aviation for those kids that are interested in it. Register, fly and earn up to 25,000 bonus award miles with United... Read More →
Chase Payments, Marketing Fine Print, HUCA, Mistake Fares & Free Tickets
This One Mileage Offer Is Everything People Hate About Marketing, and Fine Print by View From The Wing. I almost feel like this is a mistake and it was actually meant to be $10,000 in spend rather than $1,000 – would certainly... Read More →
Stockpiling Ultimate Rewards, Gift Card Churning Basics, Cancelling AAA Memberships & Chase Pay
Gift Card Churning Circles And Arrows Edition by Chasing The Points. If you’re new to gift card reselling, read that post first and then read our more in depth post here. After you’ve done that, read all of the other posts... Read More →
BMO Harris Shutting Down Diners Club Accounts, Having More Than One Card, The Psychology Of Bargaining & More
Why is BMO Harris shuttering Diners Club accounts? by We Fly Free. Disappointing for those who are having their accounts shut down, but hopefully this means BMO Harris are planning on opening applications again at some stage in the near... Read More →
BBVA Compass Points, Unlimited Flights For A Fixed Price, Etihad Award Discounts & More On Killing Deals
Credit card rewards analysis: how much are BBVA CompassPoints worth? by PFdigest. I’m not entirely sure the new NBA credit card earns these points, it looks like they earn DoubleTriple points which might have a different... Read More →
Charity Arcade, Killing A $25k MS Deal, Mail In Rebates, “Front Of Phone” & More
Charity Arcade by Swedavia – Swedish Airports. Incredibly awesome idea, waiting for bags sucks and playing games is awesome. I wish they’d put these into more airports and also into terminals so I can play there as well... Read More →
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... Read More →
Oddly Priced Miles, Pitfalls To Gift Cards, Silk Road Auction, The Secret Sauce
Oddly Priced Routes With Miles (in a good way) by Travel is Free. There is a reason why Drew is the best blogger when it comes to talking about redeeming miles and points and it’s these sorts of articles that cement this position... Read More →
Pricing Risk, Open Letter to Uber, Free $100 Rental Gift Card & Credit Card Fraud/Data Breaches
Rent.com $100 Reward Card for Leasing Apartment by Maximizing Money. Seems like a lot of work for a $100 gift card, but if you’re in the market for a new lease then this might be worth looking into. I’m more of a RadPad guy... Read More →
Freezing ARS & IDA The Easy Way, Improvements To The Office Depot/Max Deal, $200 Gift Cards & More
Freeze ARS and IDA credit reports the easy way! by Miles 4 More. I never realized that faxing was an option, mine are already frozen but I’d recommend this method if yours aren’t. Moneymaking Office Depot/Officemax Visa Gift... Read More →
Redcard Shutdowns, Cheapest Ways To Get To India/Middle East, Evolve Money Updates & More
Redcard Shutdowns, my gut feeling is that these aren’t legit e-mails but who knows: Real or hoax? Your Target Prepaid REDcard Account has Been Closed by Frequent Miler American Express Shutting Down Target Redbird Accounts by View... Read More →