Update 8/21/23: As American Express is now charging a fee. If you’ve ever had a credit card stolen or misplaced one, you’ll know that sometimes it can take up to 10 business days for a replacement card to arrive... Read More →
Category - Tips
Save On Car Rental Tolls Surcharges (Plus, List Of Nationwide Toll Passes)
(Below is a guest post from my friend Dawnzerly from ShareTraveler.com, a website dedicated to saving money on travel using home exchange and other sharing economy networks. She previously guest posted about health insurance options... Read More →
My Tools: Credit Card & Bank Bonus Spreadsheet for Tracking All of the Information
One of the keys to churning credit cards is organization. When is your payment due? Have you hit the minimum spend? It’s easy to keep track of three cards, but ten or twenty is far more difficult. I created a spreadsheet to help... Read More →
How To Split Your Tax Refund Into Multiple Accounts For Triggering Bank Bonuses & Other Purposes
Reposting this since it’s tax time again. Another good use of this is for meeting bank account bonuses direct deposit requirement, government payments always qualify. Every year different financial institutions offer you bonuses... Read More →
How To Reach Minimum Spending Requirements Without Manufactured Spending
Note: This is an old post from back in November of 2013, I decided to republish as a lot of people have been asking about meeting minimum spend requirements recently. Almost all credit cards with large sign on bonuses now require you to... Read More →
Amazon Allowance – Set Up Automatic Debit Or Credit Card Transactions
Amazon has released a new feature called Amazon Allowance, the idea is that you can give somebody a once off or recurring allowance which is added directly to their gift card balance. This can be incredibly useful for people that need... Read More →
Two Credit Bureaus You Should Freeze Before You Apply For A U.S Bank Credit Card
We’re re-posting this post due to the name change of IDA (now called SageStream LexisNexis) and they fact that it’s possible to request these freezes via fax. Thanks goes to Kenny from Miles4more first posting about the... Read More →
Soft Inquiry Vs Hard Inquiry – What’s The Difference?
I often talk about soft & hard inquiries (although I sometimes call them soft & hard credit pulls). I thought that it was important to explain the difference between the two of them in a post that I can quickly reference to when... Read More →
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 →
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 →
Southwest Now Offering 1,750 Points Per $29.99+ Order With 1800-Flowers
Update: Looks like these points won’t qualify for the companion pass. The Offer Direct link to offer (offer code is RR36) Spend $29.99 or more on with 1800-Flowers and use the promotional code RR36 and you’ll receive 1,750... Read More →
€20 ($22.5) Discount On Any Flight, Hotel Or Car Rental Booking
The Offer Direct link to offer Receive a discount of €20 ($22.5USD) on any flight, hotel or car rental booking when you use the American Express travel portal in Germany and the promotional code “jetztamex”. The Fine Print... Read More →
Master List Of Gas Station Rewards Programs
This is a guest post that was submitted by Josh from Frugal Hack Me. I strongly recommend you follow him on twitter and read his website (or do what I do and add it to your feedly). Almost every gas station chain has a rewards program... Read More →
Underrated Blogs
I follow a lot of different blogs as part of my research for this blog. I thought it’d be a nice idea to couple a few blogs which I think are under-appreciated and deserve more exposure. If you’re a blog owner and not... Read More →
Go To Walmart To Unload? Maximize Your Visit
If you’re anything like me, chances are you go to Walmart regularly to unload gift cards via Bluebird/Serve. I hate making trips somewhere purely for manufactured spending purposes, even if it does give me a good return on my time... Read More →