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Kmart Is Closing 64 More Stores In 28 States
Kmart, owned by Sears Holdings, is closing 64 stores across 28 states. The stores that are closing will begin liquidation sales on September 22 and close by mid-December of this year as per Business Insider. The new wave of closures follows Sears’ decision to shut down nearly 80 stores — most of which were Kmart…
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Best From The Rest Round Up – Week 37, 2016
Here’s a round up of posts, news, deals and other stuff that caught my attention in the last few days. I either don’t have the expertise, or was too lazy to write about them. Or maybe they’re just fun reads and not really travel/credit cards/deals related. I’ll add more posts to it during the day if I…
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Citi Puts Cap On Shared ThankYou Points
ThankYou Points are one of the four major transferable points currencies and as such are pretty valuable to frequent travelers. One of the benefits of ThankYou points is that you can combine your own points from different account and you can also transfer them to other people. Citi has now added a limit to shared ThankYou…
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Amex Bot For Facebook Messenger Now Live For Card Members
Amex bot for Messenger is now live and available to U.S Consumer and OPEN Card Members. Amex unveiled their plans for the bot back in June and now it’s up and running. The Amex bot for Messenger has a number of great features that ensure that Card Members are taking advantage of their card perks.…
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A Boston Getaway That Earned Me 75,000 TruBlue Points
This past weekend I took a one day trip to Boston on JetBlue. During one of their sales, I grabbed two round trip tickets from JFK to BOS for just $192.40 total. I flew out on 8/28/ and came back to NYC on 8/29, just two days before the deadline for that Virgin America points…
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Best From The Rest Round Up – Week 35, 2016
Here’s a round up of posts, news, deals and other stuff that caught my attention in the last few days. I either don’t have the expertise, or was too lazy to write about them. Or maybe they’re just fun reads and not really travel/credit cards/deals related. I’ll add more posts to it during the day if I…
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Amazon Fights Counterfeiters By Charging $1,000-$1,500 To Ungate Brands
Amazon.com is taking serious steps to protect big brands and its own name after a recent surge in counterfeiting on the site. These steps however are expected to hurt legit sellers as well. Amazon is restricting brands that have seen these surges in counterfeit products and you might need to pay $1,000 or even $1,500…
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Amex Ends Prorated Refunds For Annual Fees
American Express was one of the card issuers that would give you a prorated refund on your annual fee. This might not make a big difference on some of the cheaper annual fees, but it sure it’s something to consider when it comes to hefty annual fees such as the $450 for the Platinum cards.…
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Best From The Rest Round Up – Week 34, 2016
Here’s a round up of posts, news, deals and other stuff that caught my attention in the last few days. I either don’t have the expertise, or was too lazy to write about them. Or maybe they’re just fun reads and not really travel/credit cards/deals related. I’ll add more posts to it during the day if I…
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Ebay Gift Card Can No Longer Be Used To Purchase Third Party Gift Cards
Ebay has changed the terms on the use of their gift cards and it’s not good news at all. It’s been a while that they stopped gift card rolling, buying eBay gift cards with eBay cards. And now you can’t use eBay gift cards to purchase any type of gift card at all. Here’s the…
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Best From The Rest Round Up – Week 33, 2016
Here’s a round up of posts, news, deals and other stuff that caught my attention in the last few days. I either don’t have the expertise, or was too lazy to write about them. Or maybe they’re just fun reads and not really travel/credit cards/deals related. I’ll add more posts to it during the day if I…
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Credit-Card Use Increasing Among People with Low Scores
If you’ve noticed that it’s getting easier to get a credit card a and you’ve been receiving higher credit limits, you’re not dreaming. The credit card is coming back, even among people with the lowest credit scores. Although things might have gotten a bit tougher for churners. In the second quarter, total household debt increased…
