I try to be diligent about making sure I activate my 5% cash back/5 Ultimate Rewards points bonus on the Chase Freedom card’s quarterly bonus categories. I love the quarters that these bonus categories include restaurants, grocery stores and gas stations and I make sure I use the card to try to get as close […]
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I Used The Wrong Card For Our Park City Lift Ticket Purchases
With the Citi ThankYou Premier Card Earn 2x ThankYou Points per $1 on Entertainment. I happily and naively used my card recently for Park City lift tickets anticipating my 2x ThankYou points on the hefty charge. Fast forward to the bill coming, and I got 1x point per $1 on the charge. Huh? After an unsuccessful phone […]
Chase Plans To Cancel Rob’s Chase British Airways Visa Card But Is Letting Me Stop It If I Want To
Unlike what Chase did with my Disney Premier card a few years back, Chase is taking a different approach with Rob’s Chase British Airways Visa Signature Card. Chase stated in the letter, that he got via mail, that in 60 days, they are closing his account due to inactivity and he has 60 days to use […]
Earn American Airlines AAdvantage Miles By Saving At Bask Bank
American Airlines Advantage Miles are very hard to come by. They are not transfer partners of any of the Flexible Rewards programs as many of the other airlines are (although you can convert Bonvoy points to AA miles). The main way to earn American Miles is through flying American, or owning and spending on […]
I Got An Amex Resort Credit Without Staying At The Resort!
The terms of the Marriott Bonvoy Brilliant American Express Card state that… During each year of your Card Membership you are eligible to receive up to $300 total in statement credits on your Card Account for eligible purchases made directly at hotels participating in Marriott Bonvoy on the card during that reward year. Eligible purchases must be […]
I Messed Up Trying To Use My Barclaycard Arrival Miles Again!
Last year I was not able to use my Barclaycard miles to offset a travel purchase because I needed my charges to be more than $100 with the Barclays Arrival Plus World Elite MasterCard. I actually ended up downgrading this card to the No Fee version, which brought my minimum travel purchases that could be covered […]
MLK Weekend in Park City And Lots Of Free Stuff!
Who doesn’t like free stuff? I sure do and on our recent trip to Park City (I am here now), I took advantage of much of what my credit cards have to offer and enjoyed a lot of free goodies…..here are the details…. Flights-I used American Express Membership Rewards points to purchase our 4 Delta […]
Chase You Are Definitely Shaking Things Up! Hello Lyft, So Long Uber…..
I do not use ride sharing services often. I am a suburban mom who spends most of my day driving my own car doing suburban mom things. However, when my kids don’t have a ride, or when we travel, we do take advantage of ride sharing services, and until this past weekend, Uber was my […]
Move Over Uber-How Many Different Points Can You Earn From Just One Lyft Ride?
Uber has always been my ride share service of choice especially because I get my monthly Uber Cash with my Amex Platinum. However, I recently learned that I could “triple dip” if I use Lyft as I can earn Delta SkyMiles, Hilton Honors Points and the rewards earned from using my card for payment. […]
I Switched My BOA Virgin Atlantic Card To A No Fee Travel Rewards Card-Thx BOA!
Back in 2014 I got the Bank Of America Virgin Atlantic World Elite MasterCard with a nice sign-up bonus. I paid the $90 annual fee for the next 4 years because, well I don’t really know why. However, this past year, I decided to try to downgrade my card to a no fee version. There wasn’t […]