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How to Earn Miles and Points for Paying Taxes
PayUSATax.com, One of the Many Services You Can Use to Pay Your Taxes Online It’s that time of year! Chances are some of you out there are working on taxes this weekend, so why not make an otherwise...
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Miles, Points, and Mother’s Day
Mark your calendars- Mother’s Day is coming up on May 12th. That’s less that 2 weeks away! But first, a few tips and tricks to help you get the most out of the upcoming miles-and-points earning...
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Where I’ve Been, Where I’m Going (and How I Paid For It All)
When things go unexpectedly quiet here at Miles, Points, and Mai Tais you can figure I’m either on a trip or up to no good booking another mileage run. In the case of this last week, it was both. Less...
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Why I Won’t Be Signing Up for the Chase 60k Offer
Chase.com. Offer ends 6/22. I’m sure by now you’ve all heard the news that for a limited time Chase is offering a 60,000 point sign-up bonus (after $5k in spending) for their Ink cards. It’s been...
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The US Airways Mastercard REALLY IS The Gift That Keeps on Giving!
A few weeks ago, Jason from Food, Wine, and Miles wrote that the US Airways Mastercard Is The Gift That Keeps On Giving. He shared the details of an email he got outlining how he could earn 15,000...
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Adventures in Manufactured Spend
So Many Gift Cards, So Little Time! If you’re a seasoned miles and points junkie, you’re undoubtedly familiar with concept of manufactured spend using a credit card. Of course not all methods are...
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(Targeted) 3Xs Miles with the BofA Alaska Airlines Visa
I recently received the following targeted offer from Bank of America on my Alaska Airlines Visa card: Earn 3xs miles at Gas Stations, Grocery Stores, Drug Stores, and Restaurants (up to 2,500 bonus...
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Triple Dip: Shopkick, Reward Zone, and US Bank Cash+
One of the most exiting thing in the miles and points world is the elusive double dip where you are able earn miles, points, or cash back with two different programs and one purchase. Even more...
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Why Cash Back is Part of My Miles and Points Earning Strategy
I know it’s blasphemous in the world and miles and points to talk about my love of a cash back earning credit card, but it turns out there are a lot of travel expenses that aren’t always covered by...
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Quadruble Dip: Reward Zone, Shopkick, and $25 off $250 #AmexBestBuy offer
A few days ago I wrote about how I’d discovered a way to triple dip at Best Buy using Shopkick, Reward Zone, and a cash back card. The original scheme required use of a specific credit card (the US...
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What’s The Deal With the Coconut Water?
I like coconut water. I really do. That’s why I headed to my local Safeway this week to stock up. Nature’s sports drink- refreshing, ultra-hydrating, mixes well with rum (okay, not really), kids like...
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Better Than FREE Manufactured Spend: BigCrumbs Offers 2.25% Cash Back for...
Yesterday I was on my way home from Hong Kong (more on that later) when I saw that BigCrumbs was offering 2% Cash Back for American Express Gift Card purchases. I tweeted and planned on writing, but...
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United Devalues MileagePlus, What’s Next?
In case you missed today’s bombshell, United has massively devalued their Mileage Plus program. In a nasty day-after-Halloween-trick, they just released their new award chart, effective Feb 1, 2014,...
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American Express Small Business Saturday Registration Now Open!
Small Business Saturday is 11/30/13. Registration Ends 11/24/13. Registration for American Express Small Business Saturday 2013 is now open! Don’t forget to sign up all of your Amex cards to be...
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Better Than FREE Manufactured Spend: Cyber Monday Edition
Black Friday may be over, but don’t put away those miles, points, and cash-back-earning credit cards away yet! Here’s a look at some of today’s more exciting Cyber Monday deals: $25 American Express...
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More Better Than FREE Manufactured Spend Thanks to American Express
American Express loves giving away free money in the form of statements credits around this time of year and there are currently TONS of great offers to take advantage of. Don’t worry if Black Friday,...
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(Targeted) 3Xs Miles with the BofA Alaska Airlines Visa
I recently received the following targeted offer from Bank of America on my Alaska Airlines Visa card: Earn 3xs miles at Gas Stations, Grocery Stores, Drug Stores, and Restaurants (up to 2,500 bonus...
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5x My Best Buy Points Today and Tomorrow Only!
5x Points Friday 1/3/14 – Saturday 1/4/14 Early this morning I got an email from Best Buy alerting me to limited time promotion for 5x My Best Buy points (formerly Reward Zone)! Why Care? Because Best...
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