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Activation Codes by Email for Staples.com Gift Cards
Recently I bought five $200 Visa Gift Cards through Staples.com using the AmEx Staples promo where you received $25 for $100 spent at the online store. If you have bought these gift cards before, you know that you usually have to wait a while until the activation codes arrive by mail, in a separate envelope. You…
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Southwest, Free Companion Passes To Atlanta Residents
Southwest launched a new promotion offering a companion pass – which allows pass holders to fly a friend for free – to Atlanta residents only, if they meet certain requirements. The deal is only for people living in these zip codes, who purchase three qualifying round trips on the airline from Hartsfield-Jackson beginning today until…
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P2P Lending, Is It Worth It?
Websites that bypass the banks by matching up lenders with borrowers have been taking off for a while now, some claiming to offer returns of 10%-15%. There are a few big players in the game but new companies seem to be launching almost weekly. So should you be signing up – and is it safe? How does it…
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Target AmEx REDcard Review
The Target AmEx REDcard is a recent newcomer to the game and it is a great addition for those who have a Target nearby. It is hard to get, because it is not available in every Target store, but they are are expanding the number of stores that offer them. If you do have a…
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REDcard Problems, Some Locations Refuse CC Loads
Relax, no need to panic just yet. But there’s some isolated reports that some Target locations have refused credit card loads for the REDcard. There’s multiple instances mentioned in Dans Forums for a Target in Brooklyn where CSR have said that they no longer accept credit cards. I also received information from a friend in…
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Complete Guide to Bluebird, Serve, Softserve and Target Redcard
Another Guide to Bluebird, Serve, Softserve and Target Redcard. Lots of useful info if you’re not familiar with these cards.
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United Debacle, DOT is Reviewing Consumer Complaints
Apparently there’s been enough filed complaints already for the DOT to take notice. They issued an official statement yesterday regarding the United Airlines Mistaken Fare in their website. “The Department of Transportation is aware of an issue involving mistaken fares on United Airlines’ Danish-facing website. The Department’s Office of Aviation Enforcement and Proceedings has begun looking into…
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United Airlines Debacle, Should You Complain to the DOT?
By now you all know about the amazing short lived deals that United brought us with their third party errors. Now we learned that United will not honor those first class tickets sold at insanely low prices and surely there’s a lot of anger from those lucky ones who were able to grab such deals.…
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Free GoGo In-Flight Internet with AmEx Platinum Business
If you have an American Express Business Platinum card, you can now get free GoGo in-flight internet and keep up with our deals, even high up in the sky. When using your Business Platinum card, you receive 10 GoGo passes when you sign up here for free. You just need to enter your card number and your CID…
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No more AmEx cards at Costco U.S. stores next year
Warehouse club retailer Costco Wholesale Corp, will stop accepting AmEx credit cards at U.S. stores from next year. They already did this in Canada so this is not a complete shock. AmEx stock fell as much 7 percent on Thursday, its steepest fall since August 2011. It’s almost impossible that Costco will get rid of credit cards altogether, so…
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Beginner’s Guide to meeting Minimum Spending Requirements
For many of you, this is nothing new. I’m sure you have used some, or most probably all of these methods to meet minimum spending requirements, but it’s still worth listing them for some of you who might be new to this or need some reminders. Always pay with a Credit Card This is the most…
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DEAD / Business and First Class flights, under $80 from Europe to US
Sad news today from United. They announced that they will not honor short lived deal that we wrote about yesterday, where some were able to get a first or business class ticket for less than $80. United blamed the error on a “third-party currency conversion”. In their statement, United says that it is voiding the…
