Do you travel with a carbon monoxide detector? You should! Carbon monoxide is a colorless & odorless gas. You can’t see it. You can’t smell it. But carbon monoxide can kill you. According to the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, each year more than 400 Americans die from carbon monoxide poisoning, more than 20,000 […]
Category: Mom’s Newsletter
If You Fail To Plan, You Plan To Fail
Happy New Year! Here is to a year of lucrative bonuses, smart spending and free travel. Whether you already play this points and miles game, or I am convincing you that you should, you will be more successful at it if you can take advantage of the benefits and incentives that are offered with your […]
I Was Potentially Impacted By The Equifax Security Breach-Were You?
If you go to the Equifax site, you can see if you were one of the MILLIONS of people impacted by the Equifax security breach that happened yesterday. However, once you learn your fate, the site provides you with an opportunity to enroll in Equifax’s TrustedID, their credit file monitoring and identity theft protection. Know […]
Changes Coming To The Personal American Express Platinum Starting March 30, 2017
As the battle between Chase and American Express rages on to woo high spending consumers, American Express has made yet another move to try to one up the competition, but is it enough? Beginning March 30, 2017, American Express will be adding benefits to the personal American Express Platinum card, BUT Amex will also […]
If You Were Thinking About Applying For A Chase Sapphire Reserve Card, The Clock Is Ticking…
Happy New Year and stay tuned for my new and improved website which is coming soon. 🙂 In the meantime, let’s move to more pressing topics… Last year, I often posted about one of Chase’s latest products, the Chase Sapphire Reserve card. I applied for that card last fall and scored a 100,000 point […]
Happy Thanksgiving and Happy Shopping From The Points Mom
Thanksgiving is here and the holidays will soon be upon us. That means I see some shopping in your future. Whether you like to brave the stores Thanksgiving weekend through the holiday season or shop from the comfort of you own home, there are a number of offers in which you can earn A LOT […]
The Marriott Starwood Merger Is Complete-What Does That Mean For Us?
It’s official! Marriott International and Starwood Hotels and Resorts merged into one company. Now members of SPG, Marriott Rewards and The Ritz Carlton Rewards are able to link their accounts at members.marriott.com. Despite the union, Marriott doesn’t expect to have a fully combined loyalty program until 2018, so the loyalty programs are still separate […]
Let Your Back To School Shopping Help You Snag An Annual Spend Bonus!
As much as I hate to admit it, the summer is coming to a close and September is almost upon us. I bet if you have kids, whether from pre-school age through college, there is a little (or a big) bump in your expenses during the late summer or early fall. Most of these […]
Traveling Abroad – Leave Your Cash At Home!
My friend, who is biking through France in a couple of weeks, inspired me to write this post. Needless to say, I am jealous. However, it has motivated me to offer some useful advice. Let me start by acknowledging that how Brexit will affect your European travel is above my pay scale. However, I will say that for […]
Visit Alexander Camelton – The Camel Named After Hamilton – On Points!
To this day, I cannot look at the Preamble to the Constitution without singing it to the tune of the Schoolhouse Rock song. I still know the Preamble by heart. For Social Studies extra credit, my son, Daniel, has been trying to memorize the lyrics to the Billy Joel song, “We didn’t Start The […]