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 →
Category - Recaps
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 →
Disney “Hacks”, Free Spirit Miles, Purchasing Pizza With Your Car & Spending Bonuses
Hacking Walt Disney World by Frequent Miler. Walt Disney World isn’t for me, but if you have a family chances are you’re going to end up there at some point. Very useful actionable guide. 8,000 Spirit Miles for complaining... Read More →
Problems At American Express, Barclaycard Aviator Cards, Cheaper Car Rental Rates & The 5 Million Dollar Coin Toss
The $5 million coin toss by Wandering Aramean. Awesome little nugget. The liability shift and its impact on mobile payments by TechRepublic. Interesting look at how payment systems are changing rapidly. Problems at American Express are... Read More →
Marriott Devaluations, Personal Scent Credit Cards, Expedia Too Big To Care,
New Online Gift Card Vendors With Cash Back Opportunities by Chasing The Points. More useful gift card churning news. Marriott Rewards Whacks Members Again With Big Increase in Reward Prices by View From The Wing. I think Marriott got a... Read More →
Kurt Cobain Credit Card, DOT Ruling On United Fares, Manufactured Spending & More
My friends over at Saverocity have launched two new things of note: Their award booking service. I’ve never used an award booking service myself, because I like to work things out but those who are time poor might find this a good... Read More →
