This one is going to be a mildly depressing post. (Translation: you might punch your screen) At the midway point of 2018, the following is my current situation with major banks. In short, this is (so far) the worst year I’ve ever had from a credit card bonus standpoint. Chase: Obviously, these are the guys for newbies to start with. …
Free July 4th Ride In DC
My daily plan to avoid thinking about Washington DC has a 100% rate of failure. But today that’s because of a free $15 Lyft ride (even for existing users). If you live in DC, grab the code at 5:00 on July 4th here and apply it to your account quickly.
Nice Hotel For 50 Bucks
In all the years I’ve been dong this, I don’t think I’ve mentioned Hotwire once. There are just never any deals there worth mentioning. But a few of my grouchiest readers (who typically don’t like anything) reached out with positive words about this one. A 4 or 5-star hotel in NYC, Miami, San Francisco, Chicago, LA, Austin, DC, or Orlando …
Easy Wyndham Points
Get 1,500 LaQuinta/Wyndham points for linking a Visa card, using the card, and replying to a text message. It doesn’t get much easier than that. In fact, this is the current list of easiest things to do in the world: Take candy from a baby. Be better with money than Johnny Depp. Find a dishonest blog. Go on a bad …
Passport Photos
Thanks to reader John for sharing this one. It will most likely be the smallest deal of the month, but I admire the creativity and frugality. Can’t say I’d ever heard of this method before. Getting eight passport photos for 9 cents is pretty impressive (as ultra small-scale deals go).