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$25 Free When You Put $200 On an Amex Prepaid Card
American Express has rolled out a new promotion for its prepaid card product: when you order a prepaid card and load $200 or more in value, you get a $25 gift card. This is a nice 12.5% return on...
View ArticleRetiring From The Game? Not So Fast.
As you may have noticed, my posting activity has dropped off quite a bit over the last several weeks. I feel like I owe my readers some explanation. There are a number of changes going on in our...
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Hello, again.
A reader sent me a note the other day imploring me for a new blog post. It’s been quite some time since I’ve posted, but I’ve been thinking more and more about the blog lately. My two primary thoughts...
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What’s the Moral of the Story?
About two years ago, Melissa, the Girl, and I had a flight from Orlando to Houston that connected in Atlanta. After our first flight was delayed due to rain, we spent about 9 hours in the Atlanta...
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Have Barclays, Will Travel
This is how I roll. I’m a sucker for just about anything on two wheels. (In fact, when I lived in New York City, I would frequently commute by Razor Scooter.) I’ve long been envious of the cyclist...
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The Big Win Conundrum
So, without much effort I’m making decent progress on IHG’s Big Win Promotion. IHG offered me up to 100,000 points for jumping through various hoops, including staying at random properties at...
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Time-Sharing? More like Time-Wasting
A couple of weeks ago, Hilton Grand Vacations called to offer me a promotional stay at one of their properties. Of course, there was a catch: attendance at a time share presentation. Well, we were...
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“Renting” Points in a Time-Share Program for Big Savings
This post might get a bit tedious, so let me skip to the bottom line: I will save 45% off a hotel stay at Marriott’s Ko Olina Beach Club by “renting” time share points from an owner. Here’s how it...
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Disney Time Shares – What Are They Worth?
I think my new motto should be: “When all else fails, build a spreadsheet.” Over the last couple of weeks I’ve been (intermittently) thinking about time shares and whether or not there is good value in...
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Winning
IHG’s Win Big promotion is drawing to a close and I won! What a neat thing to happen to a nice guy like me. You gotta love it when a promotion works out just the way you planned. Sadly, I won’t be...
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Maui: The Road to Hana and Beyond
Recently, we had the chance to visit Maui. For years I’ve heard about the legendary Road to Hana, so naturally it was on the agenda. The biggest question we had was: Should we drive out and back or try...
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