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I picked up an Amex Hilton Aspire Card back on January 7 and finally met the spending requirement on March 9. This has got to be the longest it’s ever taken me to complete a spending requirement. It was only…
Reader @AeroLance recently asked me which credit cards are safe for manufactured spending and I thought that question was worth addressing in a post. Over the last eight years, I’ve earned points and miles with lots of different rewards credit…
That’s not just an annoying rhyme—it’s an actual question I got from a reader recently. A year ago, iBotta was a great way to offset manufactured spending fees. The app paid out $0.50 per day for an “Any Item” receipt at Walmart and elsewhere.…
Last week, a blogger leaked an email from Marriott Bonvoy about an upcoming “Influencer” press trip to Hong Kong. After the disastrous transition to Marriott Bonvoy, the company appears to be trying to buy some good press. Is there anything…
It’s been a while since I’ve written a monthly summary of my manufactured spending activities. In the past, I’ve waited until the end of the month before reviewing all my notes and summarizing how many points I earned and what…
Uber finally has a loyalty program…Uber Rewards. It comes as no surprise that after launching an unremarkable Uber Credit Card, the rideshare app would launch an in-app loyalty program. This is great news for all Uber users – whether you…
Up until this point, I thought of Citi Price Rewind as a nice marketing bullet point that probably didn’t work or wasn’t worth the effort. Either way, I probably wouldn’t use it since I rarely make purchases big enough to…
Yesterday, I came across a tweet by Brian Sullivan about lottery winnings that got me thinking about travel hacking. After all, we do all of this insane stuff so we don’t have to pay $20,000 for a first class seat. Brian…
I haven’t kept tedious notes, but last year I earned over 600,000 miles and points. Because I work a 9-5 job now, I had to cut way back on my manufactured spending. Since The Plastic Merchant bit the dust, I…
Yazing recently announced that they would begin taking a 10% fee on all portal payouts, starting March 2019. Reader Tariq forwarded me the following email from Yazing: Dear Valued Yazing Members, The goal with Yazing is to continue to grow…
