Category - Recaps

Staples – $30 Off $150 Purchase With Visa Checkout Until 4/28/2015 by Oren’s Money Saver. I got excited until I saw that gift cards were excluded, so is anything that is already discounted or has an instant rebate on it. At... Read More →

Money Meta Game is a new blog I’ve been enjoying which I think you should give a read. In particular these posts are great: My Latest Get Rich Slow Scheme: Gift Card Arbitrage More Troubles: A Rogue Cash Advance Fee on My Barclay... Read More →

The Opportunity Cost of Being a Miles and Points Blogger by Miles For Family. MFF is closing up shop, I think it’s worth reading her reasons as to why – especially if you’re thinking about getting into this blogging... Read More →

Freedom 2nd Quarter 5x for those that don’t eat out much by Tagging Miles. Nice tip, didn’t realize that retailer sold Visa gift cards. Dealing with $200 gift cards is kind of a pain for some, but I really don’t mind them... Read More →

Case Study: How to Find Manufactured Spending Opportunities By Yourself by Miles to Memories. Great post and we’re going to be doing a lot more of this sort of stuff in the future ourselves (how to find deals). The best deals are... Read More →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 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 →