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10 Jul. 2020

PenFed Suspends Rewards for Manufactured Spend

A View To A Kill When talking to people about bad news, the phrase “well it could be worse” often arises. Sometimes it doesn’t seem like it and this Penfed news adds to the increasingly long list of bad manufactured spend (MS) mojo. A few days ago I started reading reports of Penfed not paying

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21 Jun. 2020

Left Wing Violence in Minneapolis and Beyond

Peace-Full? On May 25, George Floyd was killed by a Minneapolis police offer while being arrested. A 911 complaint said that Floyd used counterfeit money that day in a local business and was “pretty drunk”. When police initially approached Floyd after the complaint, he was inside a vehicle in an area a few miles SE

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18 Jun. 2020

Looming Shutdowns?

No Soup For You With the covid situation looming, the promotions that big banks have offered to try and increase spend from their consumers have been very generous and also tempting. I only have limited access to all of the deals offered because I don’t have relationships with Citi anymore, and also don’t have some

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Recommended Podcasts and Movies during Covid

6 Jun. 2020

Covid has slowed down things for a lot people, giving them more time for family, hobbies, and getting into things they otherwise didn’t have time for. Reading is tough for me as it’s a sleep inducer. As a result, I digest a tremendous amount of audio and video. Often that audio is in the form

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2 Jun. 2020

Is TPG a Bad Guy?

Extravagant If you haven’t read this piece in Business Insider about Brian Kelly, aka “The Points Guy” or “TPG” as many call him, you may want to check it out. It’s been out for awhile, but many in the points, miles and travel space haven’t read it yet. If you don’t have access to Business

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2 Jun. 2020

A New Cash Back Debit Card?

Possibilities This might be an manufactured spend (MS) bone, but that bone also may not have any meat on it, not quite sure. So I was listening to a podcast about a month ago and a commercial came on that talked about a new “cash back debit card”. I had to rewind the commercial because

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10 Apr. 2020

Podcast #17 – Cheap Flights with Steven @ Notiflyr

Notiflyr is one of the best cheap airfare services in the world, period. Although I’ve kept tabs on the best cheap airfare websites around the world, until fairly recently I hadn’t heard of the company. After digging into more details and looking more closely at the quality of the flight deals they offer, I was

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2 Apr. 2020

$300+ Flights to Australia via Notiflyr

Notiflyr Haven’t heard of Notiflyr? You might not be alone, but that will likely change in the near future. It’s a company that offers cheap flight deals, and it’s going to be a big deal in the travel community. I’ve been tracking the best cheap flight deal websites in the world for years and Notiflyr

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