Update: Just received an e-mail from SSFCU: ” it is limited only to those members who financed a car through SSFCU at a dealership during the promotional period and have met certain eligibility criteria; it is not open to general... Read More →
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Must Read Giftcard Reselling Series
If you do any gift card reselling, or want to start doing gift card reselling then there is a series of posts that I’d strongly recommend you read before starting (or to get some additional tips if you already resell). Gift card... Read More →
RentPayment.com – Pay Your Rent & HOA Fees Using A Credit or Debit Card
RentPayment.com is an online service that allows you to pay your rent and home owners association fees, it’s powered by Yapstone which is a payments platform that has received $50 million+ in funding. Unlike competitors like... Read More →
Paypal Shuts Me Down
I have two Paypal accounts, one personal and one business. I just received an email from Paypal on both of my accounts saying that my account is “permanently limited”. We recently noticed an issue with your account... Read More →
Highest Cash Back Guarantee for Online Shopping Portals
[Update: Shopathome no longer offers their cashback guarantee program.] The Guarantee Most of you are probably familiar with the idea of using a shopping portal to get extra cash back or points when shopping online. There are lots of... Read More →
Security Service Power Travel Rewards World MasterCard – 3.3x on Gas, Travel & Dining
This post is part of our series called “Weird Wednesdays” where every Wednesday we look at unknown or little known credit cards that might be useful. You can view more posts in the series here. We’ve looked at the... Read More →
Annual Free Night Certificates: List, Rules & Best Uses
There are a lot of hotel credit cards that come with an annual free night certificate, it can be worth paying the annual fees on these cards purely for this certificate. Below is a list of the credit cards that offer free night... Read More →
Freeze & Unfreeze Your Credit Report Instantly, $3,000 AmEx Gift Cards No More, Swyp Card & More
Up to 100,000 free hilton points for diamond members + other bonuses by Doubles Fly Wide. If you just want to check what offer you received, you can go here. $3,000 American Express Gift Cards No Longer Eligible for Cashback from... Read More →
American Express Backdates Your Account Age To Your Oldest Card Internationally
Update: Unfortunately American Express no longer backdates any of their credit cards, regardless of whether you’re trying to backdate from an international card or not. Read more about this here. One of my favorite things about... Read More →
Topcashback Now Offering 2.25% Cash Back On American Express Giftcards
The Offer Direct link to offer Topcashback is offering 2.25% cash back on all American Express gift card purchases. The Fine Print Valid until 11:59pm PST Our Verdict If you don’t already have a topcashback account, you can use... Read More →
Positive Change to Amazon Free Shipping Policy
Amazon offers free shipping for orders of $35 or more. Prime members get free shipping on any amount, but non-Prime members pay for shipping on orders less than $35. One catch has always been that to trigger the $35 free shipping you... Read More →
TD Ameritrade IRA and Brokerage Account Bonus: Free Trades and Up To $600 In Cash
The Offer TD Ameritrade is offering a tiered deposit bonus in the form of free trades and/or cash for new customers who open an Individual, Joint, or IRA TD Ameritrade account and fund it with qualifying deposits. Free trades are... Read More →
Kaligo Vs PointsHound Vs Rocketmiles – Which Hotel Booking Site That Offers Airline Miles Is The Best?
At the moment there are three websites which will award you with airline miles when you make a hotel booking: Kaligo, PointsHound & Rocketmiles. I recently finished my individual reviews of each of these sites, but thought... Read More →
Churning News: Giftcards.com Branches Off to Saveya.com
Giftcards.com is a gift card reseller and they’ll be opening another branch to buy and sell gift cards under a new name: SaveYa.com. (See The Complete Guide to Selling your Unwanted Gift Cards.) Background I was first tipped... Read More →
Digit.co Review: Automated Savings Account
Digit.co has been getting a lot of buzz recently, mostly in the personal finance blogging circles. I’m a big fan of anything that encourages or helps consumers to save, so I thought I’d give this new site a thorough review... Read More →