Wells Fargo’s flagship points earning credit cards are the Propel World and Propel 365. The Propel World has a $175 annual fee with a 40,000 point sign-up bonus, and the Propel 365 has a $45 annual fee with a 20,000 point sign-up bonus. There are some differences in category bonuses as well, but the annual Read More »
Over the course of a 2-year experiment, I “bought” almost $5000 in free-after-rebate merchandise from Menards. Two garage sales and a flea market later, it’s time to analyze the data: Does it really work? Was it worth it? How much did I make? Read on to find my answers… The Menards rebate system has been Read More »
This update covers about two weeks and includes my personal monthly points and miles update, a preview of some brewing travel plans, a report from a reader, and my current credit card usage decisions. First, a look into my personal tracking. Since the previous update I have pumped $19.01 in free gas. For 2015 the Read More »
I had a lot going on this week at home and at work, so there’s not much to update. I only filled up once with gas, so I saved $2.18 in gas since the last update. I’ve been doing a lot of home remodeling projects and car repairs recently. Saving money on labor when possible Read More »
The year is 2/3 over and there is over $425 more in my pocket than if I had not used the free gas tactics. At this rate I’ll hit $600 for sure! In the last week and a half I saved $35.87 spread over 4 trips to the pump. In the last weekly update I Read More »
BACKGROUND Earlier this summer, as I mentioned in the June 16 weekly update, I hauled my empire of acquired stuff to Swappers’ Meet flea market in Wright County, MN. The goals were to reduce volume and make some profit. I had some random items to sell, including the balls and pumps mentioned in a previous Read More »
Ok, so once again a weekly update covers more than the last week. But this time I had a good excuse for being late. On Tuesday night Nicoleen gave birth to our 5th child, Leonie, a happy baby girl! Good news for the family, but ouch! the gas savings really suffered this week as we Read More »
Our flight from Chicago (ORD) to New York (JFK) was delayed on the tarmac, which made me nervous about making our connection to the “important” flight, the transatlantic on American’s semi-new 777-300ER. The estimated delay went from 45 minutes to 5 hours back to 35 minutes, for an eventual departure between 1 and 2 hours Read More »
