In this update: A plethora of increased sign-up bonuses, another exciting excuse from yours truly, a travel update, and a recap of recent ValueTactics blog posts. Credit Card News The summer weather is heating up and so are the credit card sign-up bonuses! Across the board, banks are rolling out some of their cards’ typical Read More »
Keep or cancel? It’s the perennial question that comes up every time your credit card’s annual fee is due. Should I pay the fee and keep the card? Should I cancel it? Or should I fish for a retention offer and base my decision on that offer? All these questions can really be boiled down Read More »
In this update: our monthly points and miles activity, a YouTube update/excuse, some recent blog posts, and some minor travel news. Household Points and Miles Activity for May It was a pretty uneventful month for points earning/using. Here’s how we did: earned 738 hotel points earned 2,941 Chase Ultimate Rewards redeemed 80,000 Marriott points for Read More »
To kick off our Hawaiian get-away in September, Nicoleen and I stayed one night at the Maui Seaside Hotel in Kahului. This small, Hawaiian-owned hotel is located a few minutes from the airport, which was the main reason we chose to stay there. Since our flight arrived after 8:00 P.M. we needed an inexpensive place Read More »
In this post I will describe the mistake that cost me a free stay at a posh hotel worth over $690. More importantly, I’ll explain how you can avoid making this mistake! It was a dumb mistake but I had never been warned about it, so I learned the hard way. Oh well, sometimes the Read More »
In September of 2016, Nicoleen and I embarked on our long-awaited Hawaiian get-away. This 7-night luxury trip to Maui was our first time to Hawaii, and knocked off one item in my bucket list. It took some advanced tactical planning to get the flights and all the hotel stays to align properly. Read on to Read More »
In this update: Current credit card elevated bonuses, my card dilemma, recent blog posts, around the web, and website news. First, a change of plans- My plans for a huge garage sale this Saturday have been postponed due to weather. You’ll have to wait a little bit longer for a report on how many giant Read More »
Everyone knows that 40″ giant soccer balls are all the rage right now with today’s youngsters. But the problem is: where can they find these hot, in-demand items? Aren’t they sold out across the country? Don’t you see empty shelves every time you stop by your local oversized sports equipment store? That’s where I come Read More »
