Here’s something exciting coming from the hotel industry: IHG is offering 50% off award redemptions at select hotels in Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean. What’s surprising is that some pretty high-end properties are included in the promotion, including three […]
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Bank of America is taking a page out of the Chase Freedom book with a limited-time category bonus offer for targeted customers. Through June 30, members who register with a targeted code earn 3 miles per $1 spent at home improvement stores. If
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United is really trying to get back into the good graces of disgruntled customers. A while back, they were offering discounted awards to Japan and now they’re offering 20% off awards to Mexico City. These awards usually require 35,000 miles
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Update 4/21: Barclay Rewards Boost has increased the Amex Gift Card payout back up to 4 miles per $1, while TopCashBack is up to 3%. Update 4/16: It appears the payout from the Barclay Rewards Boost portal has decreased to
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During this week’s #TRLT chat we’ll be discussing how to fund travel on The Road Less Traveled. The chat starts at 10 AM (PT)/1 PM (ET) and we’ll be covering the following questions: Q1. How do you fund your travels on The
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Lots of American Express cardholders have been targeted for the iTunes offer: Spend $5 at iTunes, get $5 back. A co-worker of mine told me that he currently has a large gift card credit on his iTunes account and that
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The Hilton Sydney is located near King Street, in the midst of a bustling shopping district. The hotel is a Category 8 property, requiring 40,000-70,000 points per night, with “Premium Rooms” going for over 88,000 points. That night, they were
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I dislike Walmart but simultaneously recognize that it keeps me in the manufactured spending game. I just saw something on Twitter that almost made me choke on my calorie bomb Twix Frappuccino. Twitter follower@SimonK was having an interaction with @PatMikeL
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For the next four days, TopCashBack is offering 5% cash back at Hyatt hotels. Just a few days ago, the cashback amount was 3%, so this is a nice improvement. If you made a booking under the lower rate, see
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Cashback portal Extrabux recently updated their policy on GiftCardMall purchases. Previously, Visa gift card purchases (minus the purchase fee) qualified for 1% cash back, which was much higher than the 0.5% offered by TopCashBack. However, this has changed and Visa gift cards
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