I am currently in Cary, North Carolina. I came down for s swim meet with my daughter. Getting down here was quite inexpensive (the Delta flights were about $120 a piece and the Hyatt Place hotel about $80 per night), so I did not even attempt to try to use miles or points for this […]
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Our December Weekend At Woodloch Pines Paid For Using Our Chase Sapphire Preferred
We just returned from our weekend at Woodloch Pines in Hawley, PA, in celebration of my parents 50th anniversary. We spent the weekend participating in a lot of the Woodloch activities such as horse racing (remember they gave me a “cash advance”), bingo, hiking, go carts, EATING, and enjoying the nightly entertainment. We were there during […]
I Am Planning To Buy Gift Cards To Hit The Maximum Dollar Amount For The 10% Freedom Bonus
I recently posted about this offer from Chase Freedom. If you activate your Chase Freedom account again, you can earn 10 points per $1 on up to $1,500 in new combined purchases from November 23 – December 31, 2015. You can earn these 10 points in this quarter’s bonus categories regardless of what you’ve spent […]
Woo Hoo! Rob Is Getting The Chase Ink Plus Card!
THIS CARD IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE TO NEW CARDMEMBERS-SEE THE CHASE INK BUSINESS PREFERRED CARD Rob has his own law firm and I try to direct him to charge as many business expenses as possible to his credit cards. He mostly uses his American Express Business Gold Rewards Card, especially for advertising as he gets 3X […]
Chase Sapphire Preferred Card Used For Our Stay At The Palace Hotel
Sometimes Rob makes some of our travel plans when he takes advantage of auction items at charity events. Last year, he bid on and won a night at the Palace hotel. He did this with my daughter Jessie in mind, as she is a huge Gossip Girl fan. The Palace is the hotel in which […]
You Can Go Negative In Your Chase Ultimate Rewards Account
I caused my Chase Ultimate Rewards account to go negative. I did this inadvertently, I swear. I really wanted a one piece black jumpsuit. I had no time to go to the mall. So I decided to shop through the Chase Ultimate Rewards Shopping mall and take advantage of a 4 PTS/$1 bonus earn […]
Be Mindful Of Your Freedom 5% Category Quarterly Spend Balance
I made a mistake (not a big one) but would like to share it in hopes someone reads this and does not make the same mistake as me. I have been using my Chase Freedom Card for my groceries the entire first quarter of 2015, as grocery stores were a 1st quarter bonus category. […]
Chase Sapphire Preferred Used To Pay For Our Stay At The Peaks Hotel In Telluride
We just returned from Telluride. It was an amazing trip even if we needed more snow. (It snowed about 27 inches the day after we left and stranded us at the airport an extra day—really? ) Even though we flew for free to Telluride/Montrose, we needed to pay for the hotel, as Telluride is a […]
Chase Sign-Up Bonus Offers
Chase Ultimate Rewards Cards Chase Sapphire Preferred Card–60,000 Chase Ultimate Rewards BONUS POINTS, 75,000 for a limited time Chase Sapphire Reserve Card-60,000 Chase Ultimate Rewards BONUS POINTS, 75,000 for a limited time Chase Ink Business Preferred-100,000 Chase Ultimate Rewards BONUS POINTS Chase Airline Cards Chase Aeroplan Card-60,000 Aeroplan Points Chase British Airways Visa Signature […]
What Does The Bonus Category “Travel” Mean For The Chase Ultimate Rewards Cards
. You earn 2X and 3X Chase Ultimate Rewards points when you use your Chase Sapphire Preferred Card and Chase Sapphire Reserve Card respectively on travel purchases. Well how does Chase define travel for this purpose? The following is directly from the Chase site…. “Merchants in the travel category include airlines, hotels, motels, timeshares, campgrounds, car rental agencies, […]