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iBotta mobile app

Should you bother with iBotta?

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.…

Giftcards.com Cash Back Portal

GiftCards.com vs. GiftCardMall

Yesterday Whitney posted a question in the comment section about why I use Giftcards.com over GiftCardMall as my primary source for PIN-enabled gift cards. I’ve gotten this question quite a bit over the years and thought it was worth addressing,…

People's Park View from the Le Royal Meridien Shanghai

Where to stay in Shanghai

Thanks to the Hong Kong Airlines mistake fare fiasco, I was able to fly to Shanghai in October. I’m extremely slow with trip reports, so expect to see my review of the hotels I stayed at…sometime next year. In the…

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