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2 Jun. 2017

Giant 5x Gas Points Select Merchant Gift Cards Purchase: Amex, Sears & Nike Gift Cards

Drop by your nearest Giant or Stop-&-Shop to participate in this 5x Gas Points Select Merchant Gift Cards Purchase Promotion, available from today till June 8, 2017. You just need a loyalty card and for each purchase of eligible third party gift cards you will get 5x fuel points good to redeem at participatin...

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8 Oct. 2019

Robinhood Relaunches Cash Account – This Time with 2.05% APY & FDIC Insurance

Robinhood has relaunched their cash account, this time with a current APY rate of 2.05%. They’ve also added FDIC insurance to the account as part of the relaunch. You can join the waitlist here. The account offers FDIC insurance on up to $1.25M, as part of the companies partnership with 6 different banks. The debit

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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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12 Jul. 2019

Issuing Banks Rules for Approvals and New Bonuses

This is a living post, continuously updated over time as the miles and points hobby evolves. They change the rules and we have to stay on top of them. Today I’ve updated the section about Citi cards to reflect the new sign up bonus eligibility timelines for their AAdvantage co-branded credit cards. If I’ve left

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10 Jul. 2019

Citi Cards’ Travel Protection Benefits Drop September 22

I originally wrote this post in 2017, as a part of series summarizing and comparing travel insurance offered by some of the most popular travel rewards cards. In light of big changes coming to Citi cards soon, am updating it. As of September 22, 2019, the Citi Prestige and ThankYou Premier cards will lose all

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3 Jun. 2017

E*Trade Brokerage Promotion: Up to $2500 in Cash + 60 Days Of Free Trades

E*Trade is a top tier innovative online discount brokerage. They are currently offering a promotion of up to $2,500 to those with $1,000,000 or more deposit as well as 60 days of free trades for those who Fund a new E*TRADE retirement account. You must fund this account within 45 days of account opening. This promotion is diffi...

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3 Apr. 2018

Top 10 Personal Credit Cards for Travel Rewards: April 2018

There are a lot of reasons to collect miles and points. For free luxury hotel stays and First Class flights To travel to more countries than you could otherwise afford (like Norway, pictured above, where I traveled last July) To take your family on vacation To visit home for the holidays To earn big rewards

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2 Jun. 2017

How to Fly Round-Trip to Japan in Business Class for ~$100 Round Trip: Part 5 – 3 Weeks of Lodging for Only ~$450!

Ever dreamed of visiting Japan? Credit card rewards can help get you there for a fraction of the price! Using miles & points, I recently flew round-trip from Austin, Texas, to Japan for ~$110 in Business Class. The retail cost was ~$11,000! And for 3 weeks of lodging (including some fancy hot...

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8 Sep. 2019

I Can’t Believe I Have to Write This Post

The single nuttiest idea in aviation history was published in the Dallas Morning News, an argument by Matt Andersson, the founder of an airline startup (Indigo Airlines), to merge the nation’s airlines into one and have the government run it. Oh he wants to eliminate frequent flyer points, too. Continue reading I Can’t Believe I

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7 Sep. 2019

The Moment Two Passengers Emerge Together From a United Airlines Lavatory

Women were lining up for the lavatory for about ten minutes, and no one was coming out. That’s usually when you hope a flight attendant will put some coffee grounds in there between uses. A flight attendant notices the line, saying to one of the women “you’re still right here” as no one has moved.

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7 Sep. 2019

Man Loses Job After Demanding Only White Flight Attendants Serve Him on British Airways

Maybe this isn’t the strangest part of the story, but it strikes me that the racist would demand that minorities serve him, not that they not be allowed to perform in servile roles. According to the man’s attorney his family is the real victim here, the man’s wife “suffered from stress due to the allegation”

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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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