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Dealing with sticky Staples gift card problems; Matching SPG 30K; status...
Welcome to the Frequent Miler Week In Review series. Every Saturday we bring you some of the best posts from around the web. Enjoy! This Week Around the Web Doctor of Credit: Applied For The SPG Cards...
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Pay Utilities by credit card for free
Plastiq is a card-based payment service that allows consumers to use credit cards to pay bills where credit cards are not normally accepted. Common examples include rent, mortgage, tuition, etc....
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Chase Ink 5X? Send check to self? Pay credit card bill? Combine payments? Is...
This morning, via Frequent Miler’s Quick Deals, I posted a new Plastiq credit card bill payment offer: Pay Utilities by credit card for free. To get this deal, you must sign up with a promo link...
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Bet You Didn’t Know: Citibank’s New Online Bonus Spend Tracker
By Julian, author of Devil’s Advocate… It feels a little weird to say this, but Citibank’s been crushing it lately. Not only have they made enormous strides with their flexible ThankYou points...
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470,000 points after $48K spend
In the post, “319,000 points after $33K spend” I wrote about my wife’s latest round of credit card aplications. Unbeknownst to her, she applied for 8 cards in total and was approved (at that time) for...
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Yes, shared ThankYou points can be transferred to miles
One of the best features of Citi’s ThankYou Rewards program is that anyone can share points with anyone else. Most other major programs have much less lenient about sharing (you can find info about...
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My wife scored another 70,000 points. I got a rock.
For the past 6 months I’ve been happily earning two extra points per dollar on all purchases with my Citi Forward card. Those two points per dollar were in addition to the 1 to 5 points per dollar the...
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Amtrak Guest Rewards 2016 — Better than expected. My take and recommendations.
Last week, I travelled with family and friends to a number of national parks: Arches, Bryce, Grand Canyon, and Zion. We used Amtrak points (transferred from Chase Ultimate Rewards) to make the journey...
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Necker Island: 557,000 miles in the bag, 180,000 miles on the way, and my...
My Virgin Atlantic account currently shows a balance of over 557,000 miles. With most programs, I’d be pretty happy about that. In this case, though, the total is less than half needed for a single...
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Re-dipping my toes into reselling
One of my earliest experiments with reselling came in 2012 when the British Airways shopping portal offered 36 points per dollar for first time users shopping at Nordstrom. I knew I wanted to take...
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The promo of the year lives on
This year’s best promotion has little to do with airline miles or hotel points. Instead, it comes from Discover. In particular, Discover promises to double all cashback earned for 12 months by new...
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Should I bet on Choice?
In March, I wrote that the Chase Amtrak card was no longer being offered to new customers. This was disappointing because the credit card is key to unlocking a special redemption option: Once you’ve...
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The NEW Deal of the Year: Preparing for Discover Apple Pay and $2,000
Discover’s top execs have gone completely crazy. Either that or their bonuses are dependent upon customer acquisition and retention and not on profit. Either way, it means free money for us. A lot...
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Plastiq promos end Monday. Last chance for no fee utility payments, and 1.99%...
Plastiq, a bill payment service that makes it possible to pay almost all bills by credit card (mortgage, rent, professional fees, etc.) has been running a couple of ongoing promotions (click each link...
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Can I really buy $500 gift cards with Apple Pay? How can I get an iPhone for...
Last week, Discover announced that support for Apple Pay would begin on September 16th (Wednesday). To encourage its use, they further announced that, through December 31 2015, customers who pay with...
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Amtrak Guest Rewards credit card review
Bank of America has recently unveiled their new Amtrak branded credit cards: Amtrak Guest Rewards World MasterCard and Amtrak Guest Rewards Platinum MasterCard. Are they worth applying for? Are they...
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How to convert Discover Cashback into airline miles
Soon, I have no doubt, many readers will be flush with Discover Cashback (see: The NEW Deal of the Year: Preparing for Discover Apple Pay and $2,000). That’s great, but some readers prefer earning...
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Limited time: 1.5% credit card bill payment fee (MasterCard only)
Through September 30th 2015, the Plastiq bill payment service is offering a discounted rate for paying new bills with your MasterCard credit card or gift card. Plastiq’s usual fee is 2.5%, but during...
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Bet You Didn’t Know: Online Credit Card Application Status For All Banks
By Julian, author of Devil’s Advocate… I applied for some new credit cards this week and was surprised that I couldn’t find an up-to-date list of all the links that allow you to check online for your...
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Discover’s Deal of the Year: Excludes gift cards
I’ve written a lot about Discover’s current overlapping promotions: an extra 10% cash back for Apple Pay purchases, plus double all cash back for a year. You can find full details here and here....
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