by TJ | Nov 5, 2017 | Hacks
How does a roundtrip flight from San Francisco to Bali for $364 sound? What about $260 from New York City to Paris? Or even Atlanta to Lima, Peru for $165. While these airfares seem ‘to good to be true’, you could have just recently booked them to travel...
by TJ | Oct 14, 2017 | Hacks |
Giant (and Stop&Shop) typically don’t allow you to earn gas reward points on Visa or Mastercard Gift Cards. The good news is this week they are advertising 2X gas rewards points specifically for purchasing Visa or Mastercard gift cards. Their circular even...
by TJ | Oct 8, 2017 | Hacks
It has long been reported (by The Points Guy, Doctor of Credit, and One Mile at a Time) that American Express has a four credit card limit. The four cards can be either business or personal credit cards but do not include charge cards (no set spending limit, must pay...
by TJ | Oct 2, 2017 | Hacks
Don’t forget your MGM Resorts M life status resets on October 1st each year. If you have any Hyatt status, even Discoverist status which comes free with Chase Hyatt credit card, you can match to a similar M life status for free. If you’ve been to...
by TJ | Oct 1, 2017 | Hacks |
While I don’t specifically go searching for class action lawsuits (but you can at sites like: MySettlementClaims.com), I will occasionally stumble upon a site or blogger who posts about one and can’t help to take the ~5 minutes to fill out a claim form if...
by TJ | Aug 8, 2017 | Hacks
So I got a very interesting and unexpected call last week from American Express. They wanted to thank me for being a Starwood Preferred Guest Business card holder and wanted me to reconsider re-opening my Business Platinum card that I had previously closed. I was...
by TJ | Apr 11, 2017 | Hacks
Last month I shared my favorite travel hack – savings money on rental cars with Autoslash.com. A day later Autoslash found me a better rate with a different rental company – read about it here. It’s a month later and I got another email with yet...
by TJ | Mar 31, 2017 | Hacks
Earlier this month American Express announced changes to the personal version on their Platinum card. The changes kicked in yesterday March 30th. Here is a brief run down of the changes: New metal card instead of plastic – I’m guessing this is in...