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I was going to restrict my manufactured spending activities posts to monthly summaries. BUT, I think what happened this week is worth sharing. This past weekend, I went to one of my regular Walmart stores. This is the only location…
When it comes to saving money on travel, I’ve always been the go-to person for my friends and family members. While some of them collect miles, most of them just want to know how they can save on paid travel, and I think I…
This past weekend I was at my favorite Walmart store buying money orders. On my last visit, one of the cashiers remarked that another woman had come into the store that week and bough money orders “exactly like you do”.…
The first steps in the Starwood-Marriott merger were taken last week, when reciprocal benefits were announced for members for both programs. This was a positive step, with generous elite status matches and a 1:3 transfer ratio for SPG: Marriott transfers.…
Remember when the Marriott-Ritz Carlton takeover of Starwood hotels was announced last year and I wrote about how the news wasn’t so bad? Well, my point of view has been validated today, because all three programs have taken the first…
The way merchants are classified varies by credit card issuer. Each bank has its idiosyncrasies that people have exploited to generate points and miles at an accelerated rate. For example, Chase used to classify Card Cash as an office supply…
I haven’t paid much attention to Accor as a rewards program, partly because I’ve been loyal to Hyatt and Hilton and because Accor’s rewards program confused me a bit. When I was searching for hotels in Calais, I came across…
If you’re regularly researching credit cards, you’ve probably stumbled across Nerdwallet a few times. The site is a resource for all types of credit cards, so they have quite a bit of data about the types of credit cards people…
I met up with my friend and fellow blogger Kendra a few months ago. At one point she asked me about my travel plans for the summer. I told her I was likely not going anywhere and her plans were…
It was only seven short months ago that I wrote about cancelling my Club Carlson credit card after the annual fee was up. At the time I had decided that my (at the time somewhat limited) manufactured spending was better channeled…
