My first statement for my New Ink Bold business card recently closed.  In my own weird sick world, that is actually really exciting.  For the first time I could see the 5x bonus categories of telecommunications and office supplies at work.  Since I am trying to meet my $5000 minimum spending requirement, I put the majority of my expenses on this card for the month.  In total, my family charged… Read the Rest.

I learned a few lessons today in the miles and points world that I wanted to share so you can avoid the mistakes I made. I guess in truth they weren’t really lessons learned so much as just good reminders for things I already knew.  Also, I will announce the winner of the $100 United credit! 1. If you think you might want extremely inexpensive airport lounge access via the… Read the Rest.

A little while back Hyatt announced that they would allow Hyatt Gold Passport members to earn points for dining and spa services at Hyatt hotels even when they are not registered guests.  This is a great way to pick up some easy points when you are visiting a restaurant or spa at a Hyatt hotel when you aren’t staying there.  This could be very handy in the event that you… Read the Rest.

As most of you probably know, I love it when the credit cards that I got primarily because they earn me rewards end up saving me money as well.  Today I stumbled across two such opportunities that I wanted to share, both involving Amex. $5 Off Pizza Hut During the Super Bowl: First, I saw that Amex and FourSquare were teaming up again to offer $5 off a $10 Pizza… Read the Rest.

If you are like me and spend a fair amount of your monthly income on food, then make sure you register for this “Get Ahead Bonus” dining promo through the Rewards Network.  With the Rewards Network, you typically earn 3 miles per dollar spent on dining at eligible restaurants when you pay using a registered credit card.  Once you have 12 qualified dining transactions in a calendar year, you obtain… Read the Rest.

This is sort of the final individual post in the 2011 Best of/Worst of post series.  This is essentially the best individual 2011 point total accumulation.  In a nutshell, 2011 rocked for many miles and points collectors, myself included.  In this post I want to hear about how many points you were able to collect in the various miles and points programs.  If you are feeling up for it, I… Read the Rest.

Apparently Small Business Saturday was so much fun that Amex has brought it back in a modified version.  I posted some about this $10 statement credit deal a  couple days ago, but I wanted to dedicate a little more time to it since most of us have Amex cards due to our point collecting, and we might as well use those cards to pick up some free cash as well! … Read the Rest.

Black Friday has resulted in some serious point hauls for my family.  While I am ecstatic about the number of points we earned for purchases we were going to make anyway, we certainly did our fair share of spending to stimulate the economy today.    So, I am very happy to remind you all that tomorrow is “American Express Free Money Day” – otherwise known as Small Business Saturday. Admittedly,… Read the Rest.

I belong to several dining programs (who are all operated by the same company) that award miles for each dollar you spend at participating restaurants.  We will earn well over 10,000 miles this year just by participating in dining programs and earning miles for something we would be doing anyway – eatingout .  If you don’t already belong to at least one dining program, I highly recommend you look into… Read the Rest.

I don’t know about you, but I really enjoy eating (and drinking, for that matter.) I do it every day, several times a day. I like to do it in different places. I like to do it with different people. I like to try new things. I think about it constantly if it has been too long since I have previously done it. Wait, we are still talking about eating,… Read the Rest.