This is a recently new idea I’ve started playing around with.For the past half year, Getaround, the personal car sharing service, has been having a pretty unprecedentedly generous guarantee on earnings: If you live in certain zip codes in San […]
Credit goes to my buddy Josh Plotkin for finding this one. Apparently it’s been going on for ages, but is good through Dec 31st. If you stay 2 nights at any IHG hotel before Dec 31st, 2015 – you’ll get […]
Another nice free money benefit: $15 from Visa Checkout, at any store that uses Visa Checkout, when you use your Chase Freedom card: https://checkout.visa.com/campaign/us/en/chase/freedom-statement-credit/index.jsp Offer valid through end of the year. Plenty of great places, like Fandango, Newegg, TigerDirect, BestBuy, United, […]
Man, Thanksgiving onwards is basically the best time of year to be shopping online. A few more heads ups: If you haven’t already earned your extra 10% UR miles (up to a maximum of 15000 for spending $1500) at Amazon.com and its […]
Some excellent credit card bonus offers available right now in time for the holiday season. First off, AMEX: If you have any American Express cards, like the AMEX Ameriprise Platinum, the AMEX Business Gold, and the AMEX EveryDay cards, you’re likely […]
This is a cautionary tale I learned well this past year. Ultimately, there was just about zero lasting negative effect, so this definitely may not be a don’t-do for everyone, in every situation, but for me it was basically a […]
I was going to title this post “how to get domestic American Airlines flights for way less than they charge”, but I realized this is broadly applicable way beyond just American Airlines in the US. What’s the secret? Well, airlines […]
/rant ahead. tread with caution This is a fundamental paradigm shift in thinking, though in practice it may seem superficially similar to the normal person who spends money. The primary difference is to always think in terms of ROI, or […]
For full details, see here: http://hackcreditcards.com/southwest-companion-pass/ This is a quick update to say that while the business card link is dead on that page, the personal premier link still works: https://creditcards.chase.com/a1/southwest/2rtfosam1 And here’s a new link for the Chase Business card: […]