When I left you, I was but the learner; now I am the master Darth Vader I don’t know why I didn’t act sooner on the advice of my savvy friend, Marlo K., who told me about Ebates a long time ago. I actually joined last year but did nothing with the membership until recently. […]
Category: Mom’s Tips
I Got To Choose Two Airlines For My Amex $200 Airline Credit This Year
As we know, every year Amex Platinum and Business Platinum card members receive up to $200 per calendar year in statement credits when incidental fees, such as baggage fees, flight-change fees, in-flight food and beverage purchases, and airport lounge day passes, are charged by the airline to the Platinum card accounts. Further recall that existing […]
Free Credit Monitoring Companies That I Use
I use both Credit Karma and Wallet Hub, 2 free services that monitor my credit profile. They update and email me my credit score each month and more importantly, they alert me any time there is a change on my TransUnion credit report. For example, yesterday, I applied for and was approved for my first card […]
Do As I Say Not As I Do-Two Recent Rewards Mistakes I Made
I have to learn to slow down an read more carefully. I recently failed to get some bonus rewards because of my haste and carelessness…. Citi ThankYou Rewards Points-I enrolled in an offer whereby I had to make $200 in purchases and I would receive 2,000 Citi ThankYou Rewards points. I made them and waited […]
I Reset The Expiration Clock On My Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan Miles
Many airlines have account mileage expiration dates due to lack of activity in an account. Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan Miles expire if there is no “qualifying activity” after 2 years. I have about 12,000 miles sitting in my Alaska Airlines Milage Plan account which I received back in March of 2017 when Virgin America […]
Early Sapphire Reserve Recipients-Your $300 Travel Credit Has Renewed
Recall that with the Chase Sapphire Reserve Card you automatically receive up to $300 in statement credits as reimbursement for travel-related purchases charged to your card. If you were an early recipient (before May 21 2017) of the Chase Sapphire Reserve Card, like I was, our $300 statement credits for travel-related purchases charged to our card has restarted. The […]
Rewards Manager Services Offered
Would you like to fly your whole family to Hawaii on miles? Do you wonder how to accumulate all those miles and then use them to book a free trip? Do you feel overwhelmed when you think about logging into your credit card and reward accounts and navigating the sites? Did you forget to use that Marriott […]
Make Your American Express Airline Selection For 2019
For those of you that have an American Express Platinum Card ($200), American Express Business Platinum Card ($200) or an American Express Gold Card ($100) It is time to change your airline selection for the American Express airline fee credit for the 2019 if you need to. Think about your travel plans over the coming year, does it […]
An Easy And Quick 10,000 Membership Rewards
Just because you sign up for something doesn’t mean that you should do it. That is the motto we are following here in that Rob signed up for a “pay over time” offer on his American Express Business Platinum card. The reason he signed up….well he got 10,000 American […]
And Now I Am Downgrading My Barclaycard Arrival Card To The Secret No Fee Option Too
Back in March, Rob downgraded his Barclaycard Arrival Plus World Elite MasterCard to a no fee version. I just did the same. My $89 fee on the card was coming due and I do not really use it. I called Barclaycard and I was able to downgrade my card to a no fee Barclaycard Arrival World MasterCard. This […]