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5 Mar. 2024

Manufacturing transactions is harder than you think

There are countless methods of manufacturing credit card spend, but the basic principles are simple: generate a credit card purchase (usually at some cost), liquidate the purchase back to cash (usually at some cost), and use the cash (plus any costs paid) to pay off the credit card balance. If you generate more in credit

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8 Oct. 2019

[Targeted] Plastiq: Pay 1.5% Fee on up to Three Payments

Update 10/8/19: Deal is back and valid until 10/27 for some people. This time it’s 1.5% fee Update 9/26/19: Deal was due to expire at the end of today, but looks like it has been extended until 9/30 Update 9/18/19: More people targeted for the 1% fee offer. Limit 3 payments of up to $15,000

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13 Mar. 2020

Chase advertising new United Club Infinite card

Chase is advertising a new United Club Infinite card on their website alongside their other Chase consumer cards. This new card is offering a big welcome bonus and some new bonus categories that we haven’t previously seen on the club card — along with a new $525 annual fee. The Offer Chase is offering a new United Club

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31 May. 2017

Increased Offer! 50,000 Miles With This Airline Card

Via Reddit, the Barclaycard AAdvantage Aviator Red card has an increased sign-up bonus! You’ll earn 50,000 American Airlines miles after your first purchase and payment of the $95 annual fee. That’s 10,000 miles higher than the previous offer! We don’t earn a commission from this cards, but we’re committed to shar...

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3 Jun. 2017

One Source Credit Union Youth Promotion: $25 Bonus (TX, NM)

For those who live in Texas and New Mexico, One Source Credit Union is offering a $25 bonus. This is a great way to start teaching your kid the value of money and at the same time earning a little bit of cash. Remember that your child must be between the ages of 11-17 in order

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5 Apr. 2018

Using the Points Transfer Calculator to Plan Your Next Award

A couple years ago I created the “Award Maximizer” to help you search for the cost of an award ticket across several different loyalty program. The database now includes 14 of the most popular airlines so you can be sure you’re getting the lowest price on a given ticket. I’ve also been adding additional guides

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8 Sep. 2019

There’s Still an American Airlines MD80 in Dallas, After All

The retirement of the American Airlines MD80 has been written about extensively and covered across all sorts of media. I am didn’t find the event nearly as momentous and many did, but there were plenty of celebrations as the plane made its last commercial flight – AA80 – from Chicago O’Hare to Dallas Fort-Worth and

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6 Sep. 2019

American’s Internal Memo on the Miami Mechanic Who Sabotages a Plane

News that an American Airlines mechanic in Miami sabotaged an aircraft before it prepared to take off with passengers was truly shocking. The man admitted that he wanted to delay or cancel the flight out of frustration with union contract talks, and to force more overtime work to fix the problem he had caused. American

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5 Sep. 2019

When Pilot No Shows, easyJet Lets One of the Passengers Fly the Plane

An easyJet flight from Machester, England to Alicante, Spain was delayed without one of its pilots to fly the plane. The airline had called in a reserve pilot who was going to take 90 minutes just to get to the airport. Passengers would be taking off a couple of hours late, if they were lucky.

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25 Oct. 2019

Take to the ‘skies’ with Virgin Atlantic’s A350 flight simulator in Heathrow Terminal 3 for a limited time

AvGeeks departing from London Heathrow will want to make their way to Terminal 3 pre-flight. Virgin Atlantic has placed an Airbus A350 simulator in the terminal, free for passengers to test out. The mobile simulator is located at the Virgin Atlantic check-in area of Terminal 3. According to a Virgin Atlantic spokesperson, the simulator will

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20 Nov. 2019

Norwegian Air’s Surprising New CEO Pick

Over the summer it was announced that Norwegian Air’s Founder & CEO, Bjørn Kjos, would be stepping down from his role. He had been in that position for 17 years, and planned on taking on a new role as advisor to the Chairman. The airline has been working on finding a new CEO, and Geir

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6 Apr. 2018

Major Airline Routes Launched or Announced in March 2018

It was a big month with over 500 new routes launched across the globe, according to Anna.Aero. Australia became connected to London for the first time via Qantas 9 from Perth to London Heathrow, and European airlines gradually returned to U.S. markets after seasonal suspensions during the off-peak winter period. Some new routes were launched

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