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Amex MR Adds Etihad As Transfer Partner
American Express has added Etihad Guest as a travel partner to the Membership Rewards program. You can already exchange your Membership Rewards points for Etihad Guest Miles and the rate they’re offering is pretty decent at 1:1. Etihad has some of the best first class and business class accommodations in the industry and until recently they had…
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Amazon Introduces Monthly Plans For Prime & Prime Video
On Sunday evening, Amazon notified visitors to its website that it now offers two new Prime price plans, the first of which costs customers $8.99 a month to stream movies and television shows from a new video-only version of its Prime service. A second new plan, priced at $10.99 a month, will provide access to the…
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Comenity Capital Bank Can Repo Items You Buy With Their Cards
This sounds crazy, but Comenity Capital Bank can come and take items that you purchase with their cards, if you don’t pay your bills. Kind of like when you don’t make your car payments and the repo man comes and takes your car away. This is the fine print they have in the Terms and Conditions:…
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You Can Now Use MR Points For Purchases At Newegg
American Express announced yesterday a new digital technology integration that enables U.S. Card Members to use Membership Rewards points for online purchases on Newegg.com, a top 5 online retailer. Customers shopping on Newegg.com can now seamlessly use their points at checkout, directly in the payment flow, for all or part of their purchases. You will only get…
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Starwood Adds Virgin America To Its Transfer Partners
Virgin America, the upscale, low-cost airline today announces an exciting new partnership with Starwood Preferred Guest (SPG), the award winning loyalty program of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. Beginning immediately, SPG members will be able to transfer Starpoints into Elevate points at a 1-to-1 ratio, and Elevate members will earn two points for every one…
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BBVA NBA Card Adds Cap To 5% Cash Back
The BBVA Compass NBA credit card is a card that offered unlimited 5% cash back anywhere during the NBA All-Star Weekend and two weeks of the NBA Finals. it also came with a $150-$200 sign up bonus. If you’re not familiar with the card, you can read more about it here. Although there would be some glitches when people…
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Buy Gift Cards On Amazon With Amazon Gift Cards
Amazon gift cards are always almost as good as cash. You can load them to your gift card balance on Amazon and use them to purchase goods from Amazon. Now they got even better as you can use them to buy other gift cards as well. When purchasing gift cards, you now have the option…
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Citi AAdvantage Bonus Now Every 24 Months Instead Of 18
Citi has taken another step to curve churning for their credit card. After putting a stop to the World/World Elite loophole (kind of), they have also extended the timeframe for receiving another bonus. It used to be that you have to wait 18 months since you last opened or closed a Citi card, in order to receive the bonus…
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Marriott Introduces Lower Rates for Rewards Members
Hotel chains are trying to get customers to book directly with them, cutting the middleman, and they’re rolling out offers make it worthwhile. Marriott started the “It Pays to Book Direct” campaign last year, to show that they Online Travel Agencies don’t always have the best prices. Now Marriott is taking an extra step. Beginning in April…
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Tougher To Buy Gift Cards? Blame Those New Chip Credit Cards
It has been getting harder and hardet his year to liquidate gift cards, but it’s also getting harder to buy gift cards at many merchants. The main reason for the latter is those new credit and debit cards we received, with that shiny chip that is supposed to keep us safe. More merchants are requiring…
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GiftCards.com Ends PicPaid Program, No More Commission
I wrote in January about the PicPaid program at GiftCards.com. You can submit your gift card designs and if they’re approved, you would get paid 15 cents for every card that is sold with your design. I was able to earn about $20-30 a month from them, and the image below was my best selling…
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NYC Area Airports Ranked Worst In The Country
Global Gateway Alliance released today the Bureau of Transportation Statistics airport rankings for annual on-time performance. Only the 29 major airports are included. New York City’s three area airports ranked last in the country in on-time arrivals in 2015, according to a new survey from Global Gateway Alliance. The absolute worst was LaGuardia, with only 70.91%…