By this point you have read our primer article on Booking With Awards Partners (and if you haven’t, please go back now to do so) as well as our article on Choosing The Right Rewards Card, and have decided that Chase Ultimate Rewards is where you would like to start. Congratulations! As you likely already […]
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At long last, the time has arrived. You have build yourself out a pretty strong Chase Trifecta engine that is earning regular Ultimate Rewards Points. In addition to that, you successfully met the spend requirements for the SUBs on those cards, and now find yourself with a respectable nest egg. Finally, you’ve joined our Facebook
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Updated 5/22/24: Southwest Airlines flights are now officially accessible through Google Flights (below). This is a great addition to the platform, as we have suggested Southwest being one of our top US Domestic Airlines…Making this great method of tracking, that much better! When my friends and family members are looking to find affordable flights, and
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If you are an Amex cardholder, you have likely heard about Rakuten and its great cash back program. There seems to be discussions regularly about connecting your Amex Card to the sales portal without much dive into the “what & why”. If you have not yet heard the rumblings, or just have further questions, this
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The Chase Trifecta is the best strategy for maximizing the most flexible travel rewards points in the game. In a nutshell, Chase Trifecta is a pretty straightforward card-combination strategy to maximizing your travel rewards. This is because its core concept is very simple: use 3 (or more) Chase Ultimate Rewards Travel cards to maximize BOTH
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1. Why Purchase From The Portal2. The Basics of Chase Ultimate Rewards3. Booking a Flight Through Chase Ultimate Reward Portal4. Final Thought Assuming you’ve done a bit of due diligence and already spoken to folks in our Facebook Group, or Community Forums, you have no doubt seen or heard warnings against booking reservations (flight or
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I don’t think it can be stressed enough. You should be making just about all of your purchases using credit. Debit is a sucker’s game. Credit is the way, you are leaving money on the table, otherwise. The benefits and rewards that credit card companies offer, in hopes of you carrying a balance month over
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The term “tourist” almost immediately, creates a picture in most folks’ minds. A picture of pushy, loud people (usually American) in loud clothing, shoving their way through the crowds to obnoxiously snap pictures of things they are not supposed to be taking pictures of in the first place. These are the images of tourism. Am
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Granted, your approach to packing should be tailor fit to the trip you are planning. Obviously, a week at a resort in Tahiti will require different items than backpacking Iceland, and you can find our downloadable (and editable) packing list by signing up HERE. That said, there are a packing essentials that I almost always
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