The Points Mom

About StatusMatcher

If you don’t know what status is, it is a level of membership in a travel loyalty program that enables you to obtain the valuable amenities that come with these travel loyalty programs.  Depending on where you stay, who you fly with, etc, you could have higher status in some loyalty programs than in others. Status […]

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About Cashback Monitor

  I wish that I practiced what I preach and used shopping portals with more frequency. It is always so easy for me to just go on to Amazon and get with a mere click or two exactly what I need. However, I recently learned about a program which may make shopping in shopping portals […]

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What Is Visa Checkout?

Visa Checkout is a digital payment service, which is designed to allow customers to pay quickly for goods online on any connected device.  It is sort of like PayPal. When you open an account with Visa Checkout, your name and other relevant information (such as billing and shipping address) is stored for your cards, and […]

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Kaligo.com

Kaligo.com is an online hotel booking service similar to Rocketmiles and PointsHound.  When you search for hotels on the site (or on their app), you choose your preferred loyalty program for earning rewards.  Some of Kaligo’s partner loyalty programs include American Airlines AAdvantage, British Airways Executive Club, United MileagePlus, Virgin Atlantic Flying Club and Hawaiian Airlines HawaiianMiles.  You […]

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Complimentary ShopRunner Membership With My American Express Everyday Preferred Card

  American Express emailed me about a benefit I was unaware of that is attached to my American Express Everyday Preferred card.  I am eligible for a complimentary membership to ShopRunner, an online shopping site similar to Amazon Prime but with  a more diverse group of retailers like Neiman Marcus, GNC and the NFL Shop.  The membership […]

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TSA Pre√ Experience- JFK To Vancouver

Our TSA experience at JFK before our flight to Vancouver, for our ski trip to Whistler, was a successful one.  There was a medium sized line for regular security and NO line for TSA.  We whizzed through with our shoes on and laptops stored away in our carry-ons!       […]

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Two TSA Pre√ Experiences- Las Vegas To JFK

he first time we went through security at McCarran when returning from Vegas, it was great, probably our most successful use of TSA Pre√ to date.  The regular security line was huge and the TSA Pre√ empty.  We flew through.  And the best part about getting through so fast was that we had a ton of […]

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