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17 Jun. 2018

The Increasing Importance of Business Rewards Cards

Glass Half Full I returned a couple of weeks ago from a 2.5 week trip in Eastern Europe with a buddy of mine. My friend is very new to international travel, but saw the power of points during our trip. We had lounge access in every airport that we visited, stayed in elite hotels, and

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16 Jun. 2018

Life After A Barclays Shutdown?

Shutdown About 6 months ago I was shutdown by Barlcays. The shutdown was unexpected, affected 3 rewards cards that I had with the bank, and it was largely my fault. Basically late last year I took a couple of back to back trips overseas, and used Barclays Arrival Plus card for a good deal of

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2 Jun. 2018

National Points Conference: FTU New York

FTU New York Some people new to the points and miles hobby don’t realize that there are national conferences with people just like them. The two most prominent are FTU and Chicago Seminars. It’s nearing game time, but if you have an interest and can get to New York in a week, Frequent Traveler University (FTU)

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2 Jun. 2018

Downgrading the U.S. Bank Flexperks

Phobic When I first got into the points and miles game roughly 5 years ago, I was very fee phobic when it came to annual fees connected to rewards cards. That phobia has subsided some and full disclosure, I willingly paid the $450 annual fee for the Amex Business Platinum. Thus far though, it’s been

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18 May. 2018

Accruing $500,000 Worth of Travel From Points

Measured Each year I have points and miles earning goals. My daily goal is earn 10,000 points/miles. Please understand that I’m not tossing out that stat to brag or boast, as nothing I write is meant to take that path. I recognize that some people earn much less than that and also know that others

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14 May. 2018

Fee Free Visa Gift Cards at AAA (select locations)

American Automobile Association (AAA) and MS? Fee free manufactured spend (MS) is great. The only thing that beats it is points + cash (or just heavy amounts of cash!). I’ve heard the rumor for several days, and according to some recent data points and DoctorofCredit AAA is once again selling fee free Visa gift cards. The downside

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8 May. 2018

“Saving” Over $20,000 on My Last Trip

Saving? I just burned through 585,000+ points in the 2.5 week trip to Eastern Europe with a good friend of mine. Those were points well spent as we had a good trip. My buddy hadn’t been out of the country for well over 10 years, so having some comfort along the way in the form

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7 May. 2018

More Free Points: Office Max/Depot Promotion

Tip of the Cap A hat tip to reader Ma Barker for pointing out a deal yesterday that I missed: more free points at Office Max/Depot with another negative cost Visa gift card promotion. The promotion is pretty standard: get $15 off (instantly at checkout) $300 (or more) worth of Visa Everywhere branded (debit) gift

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