- Should you avoid pooling ThankYou accounts? by Frequentmiler. It might not be a good idea to pool your ThankYou points, especially if you constantly vary which ThankYou cards you hold. I just pooled myself a few weeks ago, maybe that was a mistake.
- Interesting study done on gift card usage. 73% are used for gifting and 18% are bought due to promotions. If you buy 9 or more gift cards per year the study considers you an “engaged gift card purchaser.” 😎
- Get 1,000 bonus Krisflyer miles by spending $120 through their shopping portal. (Hat tip to reader Audrey and to Pointscentric)
- Grant reminds us to check our existing Southwest flights to see if the price went down. You can rebook and get a travel credit for the difference.
- eBay is sending out an offer to some people to get up to $50 eBay coupon for selling. Qualifying categories only. Get 10% back in the form of a coupon. Must list by July 25.
- $25 off $200 at Newegg.com when checking out with Paypal and using promo code: PP2016BTS (Slickdeals).
- $25 off $75 at Rakuten with Masterpass with promo code: SUMMER20 (Fatwallet).
- Some people are having success with getting a free $5 Amazon credit when doing $100 gift card reload. Check this link to see if you qualify. (No luck for me.)
- Via Slickdeals, get $25 off $100 on Expedia by using their app if you never used it before. (You will lose out on portals by using the app, so keep that in mind.)


