Several years ago I had the opportunity to travel in style on the Amtrak Coast Starlight one way from Los Angeles to Seattle. The trip takes about 35 hours and you can go in either direction on any given day. […]
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Last week, I made a routine stop at my MS-friendly Walmart. I’ve been going to this location for years. I know the manager, staff and even trained a few cashiers on how to deal with “gamers.” [UPDATE 8/15/19: I returned
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The Chicago Seminars are just two months away and one of the most common questions I get about these points and miles conferences is, “Is it worth it?” I attended my first seminar in 2013 and found it to be
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Data hacks have become pretty common these days, so it’s not surprising when accounts get hacked. What is surprising is that companies know their customers are targets and are doing very little to prevent it. On Wednesday, my JetBlue account
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I’ve been doing this gift card thing for a long time now. So long, in fact, I remember buying money orders directly with my rewards credit card. That’s right. Buy the money order with my credit card. No gift cards
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Last week, I bought $29,000 worth of Visa gift cards at Simon Mall across two visits. The total was split across three credit cards: The Discover it Miles Card, Fidelity Rewards Visa and Chase Ink Plus. The reason I used
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I just got word that Simon Mall is extending the $1,000 Visa gift card promotion through August 31! This is exciting news if you’ve been maxing out this promotion since it started two weeks ago. If you’re like me and
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