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Deluxe Room at the Radisson Blu Edwardian Bloomsbury Street

Best Club Carlson hotels: Introduction

Club Carlson is the rewards program for Radisson, Park Plaza, Park Inn, and Country Inn & Suites. Many of us took advantage of the great Club Carlson summer promos, offering 44,000-50,000 per stay. With the new lineup of Club Carlson…

How Amex Offers works

Recently I checked some charges on my brother’s American Express account when I noticed a tab for the first time: Amex Offers. He has both an SPG and a Business Gold account, but only the Business Gold displayed actual offers…

Update: Free miles at Macy’s

I’ve gotten alot of feedback about my previous post on getting free miles at Macy’s, and the gist of it is as follows: 1. Macy’sT&C explicitly state that you cannot credit giftcards to a credit card. I hadn’t seen this before and it’s…

Free Miles at Macy’s

Update: Please see this post for an update on Macys’ official policy and tips to avoid violating it. Since the Office Depot/Vanilla Reload/Bluebird deal has more or less died for many of us, there has been a scramble to find…

Walmart Money Order

Maximizing miles at Walmart

There is a SuperCenter in my town, which I’ve tried to avoid like the plague until recently. Walmart’s MoneyCenter has become a goldmine, though, earning me thousands of miles every month. Here are a few ways you can maximize your…

Walmart Money Order

Miles, money orders and prepaid cards

A few weeks ago I wrote about buying miles with my Alaska Airlines Debit Card. According to reports, you can earn miles by using the card to purchase money orders at the “world’s largest retailer.” I had my doubts, but decided…

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