Introducing the Bluebird/Chase Ink Award Cost Charts
Manufactured spend is essentially when one purchases items using a rewards credit card and then liquidates those items (turning them into cash) in order to pay off the credit card bill for the card they used to purchase the item. The desired result is the creation of a lot of points, miles, or cash back [...]
Travel Summary – 5/14/13
Points, Miles & Martinis reminds us about the hotel thermostat “VIP” mode! Slickdeals tells us about another 75K Amex Gold business card offer ($10K spend)! The Flight Deal found an awesome airfare deal from Los Angeles to Muskat, Oman via Dubai! Loyalty Lobby reminds us to burn your Marriott points before they devalue in [...]
Hong Kong and Macau Part 8: Sheraton Macau Hotel, Macau Central Review
Introduction Part 1: Star Alliance Lounge at LAX Tom Bradley Terminal Part 2: Asiana Business Class Quadra Smartium LAX-ICN Part 3: Asiana Business Class Lounge at ICN Part 4: Asiana Business Class ICN-HKG Part 5: Sheraton Hong Kong Hotel and Towers Part 6: Sightseeing in Hong Kong Part 7: Getting from Hong Kong to Macau [...]
Guest Post – My Second Credit Card Churn: Laying a Foundation
Robert Dwyer is a deal hound who spends hours each day thinking about points, and how to use them for awesome family vacations. He writes about wine at The Wellesley Wine Press. You can follow Robert on Twitter: @RobertDwyer It’s been four months since I applied for a credit card, and with my home mortgage refinance behind me it [...]
Travel Summary – 5/8/13
Slickdeals notes that Safeway has a $15 off $100 MasterCard gift cards promotion! Points, Miles & Martinis discusses debit card options for international travelers! Point Me to the Plane provides a $40 off code for United Flights to Europe this Summer (need a .edu email)! Points Summary shows us how it can be valuable [...]
Very Cheap Weekly Car Rentals from Budget Using Coupons!
There are a couple of stackable promos from Budget that can be used to get some pretty great discounts on weekly car rentals. I was able to snag a weeklong rental in Honolulu for $61 plus taxes for a total of roughly $131. This is a great rate in my opinion and can be used all over [...]
Finding Business Class Award Space to Europe on Star Alliance
It’s not always easy to find award space to Europe, particularly during the Summer months. I put together a handy guide a while back that many people seemed to appreciate, but I still get plenty of questions via email and Twitter about how to book flights to Europe in premium cabins. I’m looking to go [...]
Tips & Tricks
Introducing the Bluebird/Chase Ink Award Cost Charts
Manufactured spend is essentially when one purchases items using a rewards credit card and then liquidates those items (turning them into cash) in order to pay off the credit card bill for the card they used to purchase the item. The desired result is the creation of a lot of points, miles, or cash back [...]
Guest Post – Refinancing While Churning Credit Cards: 10 Lessons Learned
Robert Dwyer is a deal hound who spends hours each day thinking about points, and how to use them for awesome family vacations. He writes about wine at The Wellesley Wine Press. You can follow Robert on Twitter: @RobertDwyer Travel Summary has helped a lot of us navigate the points and miles space so I wanted to [...]
Make Money and Earn Points on Your $1,000 PIN-Enabled Visa Gift Cards!
A couple of days ago, Daraius at Million Mile Secrets wrote about how you can get $1,000 PIN-enabled Visa gift cards from Gift Card Mall. As he notes, this has many advantages, particularly for people that are having difficulty purchasing Vanilla Reload cards to meet their minimum spend requirements. Personally, my favorite use for this would [...]
Cheap Points via Green Dot MoneyPak Reloads at RiteAid
A lot of people seemed to forget about the good old Amex Prepaid cards when Bluebird came along. And for good reason – Bluebird is by far the easiest way to create points for ultra cheap, but it’s not the only way. In fact, there are a couple of ways now, including one that will [...]
Hawaii Tips and Tricks: Saving Money
This is a guest post by contributor Thrifty Tourist, who will be making frequent posts on Travel Summary going forward. Thrifty Tourist is just getting started in social media and can be found on Facebook and Twitter. Hotel Review: Grand Wailea Maui – A Waldorf Astoria Resort Hawaii Tips/Tricks Hotel Review: Hilton Hawiian Village Admirals Club / JAL Sakura Lounge [...]
Bluebird
Introducing the Bluebird/Chase Ink Award Cost Charts
Manufactured spend is essentially when one purchases items using a rewards credit card and then liquidates those items (turning them into cash) in order to pay off the credit card bill for the card they used to purchase the item. The desired result is the creation of a lot of points, miles, or cash back [...]
The Vanilla Sky is Falling
Don’t worry, you can still buy Vanilla Reloads with a credit card…for now, at least. But you can no longer deny that the difficulty with which you can do so is increasing, and “reports” are now turning into reality slowly but surely. Last night, my CVS guy told me some interesting information that can only [...]
The Hidden Costs of Prepaid Cards
Generating miles/points via the use of prepaid cards is all the rage right now, and rightly so. They can greatly reduce the cost of your travels and, when used in conjunction with credit card bonuses, can allow you to travel in relative luxury or earn you elite status for ultra-cheap prices. But prepaid cards and [...]
Cheap Points via Green Dot MoneyPak Reloads at RiteAid
A lot of people seemed to forget about the good old Amex Prepaid cards when Bluebird came along. And for good reason – Bluebird is by far the easiest way to create points for ultra cheap, but it’s not the only way. In fact, there are a couple of ways now, including one that will [...]
Bluebird “Suspicious Activity”
This is a guest post by contributor Thrifty Tourist, who will be making frequent posts on Travel Summary going forward. Thrifty Tourist is just getting started in social media and can be found on Facebook and Twitter. While I was in Maui, my wife received an email saying her Bluebird account had been suspended due to [...]
