I recently wrote about being mindful of your spend caps if you have and use an American Express Blue Cash Preferred Card or American Express Blue Cash Everyday Card, or an American Express Business Gold Card, or an Amex Everyday or Everyday Preferred Card. That is, you may only want to spend up to a certain amount […]
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Earn Rewards When You Throw Your Bar/Bat Mitzvah
Just like school has again begun, so has the Bar and Bat Mitzvah season. Daniel is at the end of his season and Jessie and Mason are just starting theirs. Throwing a Bat or Bat Mitzvah is a great way to rack up points and miles on your spending. After all, do you know what […]
Save Up Your Dry Cleaning!
As we know from prior posts, a merchant may require a credit card minimum of $10. My dry cleaner has a big sign on the register that states that there is a $10 minimum to use a credit card. I recently brought one of my husband’s shirts into the dry cleaner. When I went to […]
If You Are Shopping Through A Shopping Portal, Make Sure When You Seal The Deal, You Are Logged Into The Portal
I did a big drugstore.com shop for my kids for camp back in June using my Chase Sapphire Preferred card. When I do shop online, if I am not using Amazon which is the norm for me, I try to remember to shop through the Chase Ultimate Rewards Shopping portal. Don’t forget, you earn extra […]
Which Card Should You Use For School Supply Shopping?
Note-since the time of this post, the Chase Ink Plus card is no longer available to new cardmembers. See the Chase Ink Business Preferred Card. Summer is here and I know many people who like to get the jump start on shopping for school supplies. However, as with other specific purchases, you may as well […]
Choose The Right Card For Gas Bonuses When Buying Gas Internationally
We know that there are certain cards where you earn bonus points for at gas stations. In fact, you can learn a lot about these cards here. However, be careful, if you are traveling overseas, some cards only offer bonus points when you use them at U.S gas stations. It seems as if American Express […]
Choose The Right Card For Grocery Bonuses When Food Shopping Internationally
We know that there are certain cards where you earn bonus points at supermarkets. In fact, you can learn a lot about these cards here. However, be careful, if you are traveling overseas, some cards only offer bonus points when you use them at U.S supermarkets. It seems as if American Express rewards you for […]
Know That The Annual Fee Does Not Count Towards Your Minimum Spend
Be on the lookout for good credit card point bonus offers and take advantage of them. Many credit card companies offer big point bonuses when you meet certain minimum spend requirements in a given amount of time. In addition, within many of these offers, the annual fee is waived the first year. Recently, Rob and […]
Credit Card Minimums Are Allowed
If you try to follow my advice in Number 1 of Let’s Get Started To Earning Free Travel, you may run into a problem when trying to buy a low priced item. The merchant may require a minimum purchase price for you to use your card…..what should you do? First, know that the merchant is in […]
Send Flowers To Mom For Mother’s Day And Earn Extra Rewards
Flower delivery companies like FTD and Telaflora start offering incentives towards the end of April to use their flower delivery services for Mother’s Day. If you were going to earn “bonus points” by sending your mother or partner flowers anyway, you may as well earn tangible bonus rewards by taking advantage of a Mother’s Day […]