July 2014

Gilt Deal: Up to 57% off first class tickets on Delta Air Lines

Today at 7 AM (PT)/10 AM (ET) Gilt is offering discounts of up to 57% on First Class tickets on Delta Air Lines. The discounted tickets are available for the following routes: One-Way First Class LA (LAX) to Austin (AUS) […]

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Meeting $82,000 in spending requirements within 3 months

I don’t recommend you do this if you’re new to manufactured spending: $82,000 is a hefty amount of spend in any time frame, let alone 3 months. Last month, I picked up an SPG American Express Business card for my

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6 freebies for Visa Signature and American Express cardholders

Credit cards are great. Until the annual fee sets in and you have to decide whether to keep or cancel the card. Some cards are better at earning their keep than others. If you have an American Express card, chances

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$10 Uber credit for existing accounts

Are you sick of seeing those posts about the $30 Uber credit for new accounts? Here’s something you can finally get excited about: Use promotion code 10r62014 and get a $10 credit towards a free ride good through July 10,

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Best Starwood hotels: Category 1

The Starwood Preferred Guest program is popular for a reason: In addition to having over 1,100 hotels worldwide in excellent locations, the program has a reasonable award chart. The program’s Category 1 hotel list certainly proves that, offering incredible value

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2,500 bonus miles with the Alaska Airlines Visa Signature Card

Bank of American is 2,500 bonus miles for spending $500 on my Alaska Airlines Visa Signature card. The deal is good at qualifying merchants by September 30, 2014. Qualifying categories include office supply, book, shoes, electronics, and computer stores. They

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Get value out of SPG points with the 20% airline transfer bonus

If you haven’t banked enough AAdvantage points thanks to the churnable Citi Executive AAdvantage card or that 40,000 point bonus from the US Airways Mastercardisn’t enough to cover your luxury travel aspirations, you’ll like this promotion: Through July 31, 2014

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Bluebird and Serve increase daily load limits to $2,500

According to Frequentmiler, the daily load limit for the American Express Bluebird and Serve card has increased from $1,000 per day to $2,500 per day. Bluebird loads at the Walmart register are limited to $1,999.99 per day, which I find

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Qatar Airways A350 New Business Class Seat

4 reasons you shouldn’t be a points hoarder

You know that feeling: You’ve been in the travel hacking game for a while, churned a few cards, did some manufactured spending, and now you’re just staring at your Award Wallet account with excitement and anxiety. It took you a

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