A Guide to Points, Miles and Free Travel
One of the most common complaints about points and miles conferences is often, “Why can’t they have these in more convenient locations?” Often, these events are held near airports or the suburbs, where event space is much cheaper. The down side of course is that there isn’t much to do […]
Want to make an easy $1,000? Acorns is offering a $1,000 bonus for referring your friends to the app. If you’re unfamiliar with Acorns, it’s basically an investment app – with sort of a twist. You give Acorns access to your credit card accounts and they’ll round up your transactions […]
Cronuts are kind of a big deal. When they first came out, I remember reading about how people were standing in line for 3 hours to get them. When I was in New york last year, I went on the Dominique Ansel Bakery website and saw that it was possible […]
UPDATE: TPM’s founder has sent the following response to this post: We experienced a cashflow issue lasting roughly 3 days about two weeks ago where ~20 checks (out of ~450 that successfully cleared our account during that same time without issue) were returned for insufficient funds. As soon as I reconciled […]
Back in December I spent a night at the Andaz West Hollywood. It was a very last minute decision and my go-thotel choice is usually Hyatt. I’d heard great things about the Andaz West Hollywood, so I thought it was a no-brainer. It has a great location, about 15 miles from […]
NOTE: Several readers have pointed out to me that The Plastic Merchant continues to issue bounced checks to sellers. This has never been my experience with TPM, and from what I understood, they had addressed those issues. Apparently there have been widespread issues and I want readers to be fully […]
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about whether you can buy money orders with a Metabank MasterCard gift card. Giftcards.com offers a higher cash back rate (1.25%) on MasterCard gift cards than Visa gift cards (1%). Buying MasterCard gift card works out $6.25 cheaper per $2500 than Visa gift […]
Back in November, I wrote about the new Amex Hilton Credit Cards. In addition to introducing three brand new cards, American Express announced the acquisition of Citi Hilton card accounts. At the time, it was reported that existing Citi Hilton Honors cards would transfer to American Express on January 30, 2018. A […]
After my first Airbnb experience two years ago, I concluded that I would probably stick to hotels in the future. Some people have asked me why anyone would opt to rent through Airbnb in the first place, with so many hotels available on points. In my case, I wanted to get […]
Whether at home, work, or while traveling, I’ve used many many food delivery apps over the years. They’re incredibly convenient for those times when you just don’t feel like moving off the couch. When I’m traveling to a food-centric city, using food delivery apps like UberEats and Postmates (code NXNHB) is a great alternative […]