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2023 Double Up & Explore Offer from Hilton
Hilton recently released a new offer for Double Points on all stays from January 1, 2023 to April 30, 2023, in addition to receiving 1000 bonus point for every brand stay during this period. The timing of this offer is great as the current 2022 Double Your Stay offer from Hilton ends on December 31,…
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Award Travel is Free?
Travel using points, free certificates, and earned nights is always a tricky topic to discuss in terms of if the travel is truly “free”. The people over at Frequent Miler have a great video from their point of view. What I really like about this video is they don’t fully agree with each other so…
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REAL ID Deadline Extended to May 3, 2025
I think many travelers correctly surmised that the REAL ID deadline was being pushed out due to COVID-19 extending many other government deadlines. REAL ID deadline extended Due to circumstances resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Homeland Security has extended the REAL ID enforcement deadline. The new deadline for REAL ID enforcement is…
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Saving on Internet Access, Negotiate with Your Provider
One item that is on my calendar is a yearly reminder to re-negotiate with my internet provider, Xfinity in this case, when my yearly contract* expires. Setting a calendar reminder is a great method to check in on ones existing internet provider and re-negotiate. Xfinity is know for offering some good deals for new signups,…
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How to track American Express Banking Offer Requirements
If you have signed up for an American Express Banking offer, like the recent Amex Business Checking 60,000 point offer its very helpful to know where you stand in reaching the requirements for the signup offer. Luckily, American Express has made this easy. After logging into your American Express Banking account, view the middle right…
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Capital One, Removing Access To Priority Pass Non-Lounge Options on January 1, 2023
Effective January 1, 2023 Priority Pass from the Capital One Venture X will no longer offer access to non lounge options such as restaurants, retail shopping and spas. This can be found in the F.A.Q: Many users of the Capital One Venture X specifically applied for this card in order to get the higher tiered…
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Two Years of Free Lyft Pink All Access with Chase Sapphire Reserve
Chase and Lyft introduced a partnership in 2020 that provided free Lyft Pink for a year in addition to 10X back in points. The original offer of free Lyft Pink has expired for the majority of users that signed up during that period, but Chase has now replaced it with an even better offer. Chase…
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Hilton New Vacation Ownership Offers
Hilton is usually prolific in their marketing of Vacation Ownership Previews (timeshare previews) but the week before and during black Friday was the most I had ever witnessed. During black Friday week, it appeared that every social media feed had a different offer, and sometimes the same platform had different offers depending on the time…
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IHG® Rewards Traveler Credit Card Targeted Offer
Check your email for a targeted 120,000 point offer for the IHG® Rewards Traveler Credit Card, a no annual fee IHG card from Chase. This offer is much better then the standard 80,000 point offer for the IHG® Rewards Traveler Credit Card. 40,000 extra points over the typical offer without any increased spend is really…
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Amex Business Checking: Bonus doubles to 60,000 Membership
Earn 60,000 Membership points for the opening a new American Express Business Checking account and completing the qualifying activities, listed below. Please note, in order to see the improved 60,000 offer you need to login to ones American Express account. In order to receive the bonus you need to do the following: *deposit needs to…
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Ramit Sethi : I Will Teach You To Be Rich
I am really a fan of Ramit Sethi*, and their book I Will Teach You To Be Rich . I especially like Ramit’s definition of “rich” is not necessarily having lots of money and each person has their own definition of being “rich”. Ramit is a big fan of looking at the big picture items…
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Hyatt Vacation Club San Diego Resort Getaway
Hyatt has posted a new Vacation Ownership (timeshare) preview off for San Diego https://getaways.hyattvacationclub.com/fb-promotions/san-diego-resort-4-3/ This is a decent getaway offer but I suggest calling the Hyatt Vacation Club phone number at 877-279-3602 instead of booking online to see if they might offer you a better deal. Many times they will offer more days, more tickets…
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Resort fees, the hidden room charge
Let’s face it: resort fees suck. Those hidden mandatory fees one must pay on top of the base rate, that also make finding the best price for a hotel difficult. Benefits such as High Speed internet, access to fitness club, pool, and other amenities** now are placed under the umbrella of a mandatory “resort fee”…
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Hilton New Vacation Ownership Offers
Looks like Hilton sent around another round of targeted “vacation ownership” offers (timeshare offers). Check your email inbox to see if you were sent this very decent offer: $149 for 3/nights 4/days at 14 locations and 100K Hilton points worth $1000* after attending the 2 hour presentation. Locations: From personal experience, I’ve found that it’s…
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Executive Lounge Review at DoubleTree by Hilton Montreal (Complexe Desjardins)
Knowing I was going to be in Montreal in the Fall of 2022, I decided to book the DoubleTree by Hilton Montreal (Complexe Desjardins). The location of the hotel was inside of a shopping center and in a good location in the city. In addition, they had an Executive Lounge. The Executive Lounge is accessible…
Wealth Hacking Wednesday 