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16 Mar. 2019

My Amex Business Platinum Retention Call

Membership Rewards I’m a fan of and late bloomer to the American Express Membership Rewards (MR) program. It isn’t the most straightforward rewards program out there, but the points are still valuable and can be used to book travel directly through the Amex Travel Portal, transferred directly to airline and hotel partner programs, or c...

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26 Feb. 2019

Another Bank Shutdown: Bremer Bank

Another One Bites the Dust Yesterday I wrote about an entire account shutdown with Bank of America (BoA) that affected two Alaska credit cards that I held with the bank. Unfortunately that wasn’t the only shutdown that I found out about when I returned from my recent round-the-world trip a few days ago. Bremer Bank

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25 Feb. 2019

Bank of America Shutdown(s)

Sick I’ve been traveling overseas on a round the world trip for about a month and returned home last night. To put it mildly, my trip was a challenge. With a stint in the hospital in Delhi, India and sickness and struggle to follow me most of my days on the road. To prepare

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16 Feb. 2019

Simon Mall Increases Gift Card Limits to $25,000

Rumor Was True Rumors have circulated for weeks now that Simon corporate was going to increase the daily debit/gift card purchase limits from $10,000 to $25,000. I’m still in India traveling, but browsed my email and noticed an email yesterday from one of my local Simon Mall managers that confirmed the information that had been

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21 Jan. 2019

Latest Round of Credit Card Applications?

One Foot Out, Two Back In I tried to hold out, but just couldn’t help myself. After my last round of credit card applications, I figured I was (largely) done applying for rewards cards for the next two years. During that 2 year wait, I thought I could sneak in a few business rewards card

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1 Jan. 2019

Just booked, Quebec City!

Cheap While working on my book today, I saw an email from Thrifty Traveler about a cheap flight from MSP to Quebec City (YUL). What I didn’t realize is that less than 24 hours ago, Delta had lowered its prices to Quebec City out of MSP, which seemed to prompt United into doing the same.

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31 Dec. 2018

2018 Points & Miles & Beyond

Roller Coaster This past year was a big one in the travel rewards/points and miles scene. Much of the news was surprising too, which was kind of fun for the most part, although some of the news wasn’t good at all. Here’s a rundown of my thoughts on 2018 in the points and miles world:

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26 Dec. 2018

Hilton Honors Transfers to Airbnb?

Skeptic A few months ago, Hilton allowed its members the option of cashing out points at half a cent ($0.05) for credit with Amazon. December’s points valuation from The Points Guy (TPG), put Hilton Honors points at $0.06 A few recent posts including one from from Doctorofcredit speculated that Hilton may offer customers the opportunity to

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