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2019.6 Update: Previously Plastiq only support payments to USA and Canada. Now they have add some more supported countries or regions: China, Hong Kong, and Singapore. HT: Plastiq Blog. Introduction Plastiq is a 3rd-party payment processor that offers the ability to pay any type of bill (such as rent, mortgage, tuition fee, etc.) with a credit (or debit) card for…
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I believe most of our readers already have one or more premium credit cards, therefore get access to some airport lounges. For example: Priority Pass Select (PPS) is a benefit for a bunch of premium cards, such as CSR, AmEx Platinum, Citi Prestige, Chase Ritz-Carlton, AmEx Hilton Aspire etc. AmEx Centurion Lounge access is a benefit for any version of the AmEx Platinum card. Airspace Lounges access…
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There are many gift card resell websites, for example, the well known website: Raise.com. But which one is the best for your demand? I personally use Gift Card Wiki a lot. The website shows you all the choices you have. 1. Instruction For example: Starbucks gift card. We can see which website provides the best discount. You can use the filter to set…
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Today, we’re introducing Dosh, a cash back app. Dosh can be used in conjunction with other cash back apps like Drop (i.e. one can earn cash back from multiple apps at the same time). While there were all kinds of problems with Drop when it first launched, Dosh is newer than Drop (after all, Drop had operated in Canada for…
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Drop is a new app through which you earn cash back in addition to the cash or points you earn through your credit card. Drop’s greatest selling point is that after its initial setup, you do not need to do anything else; you simply earn cash back every time you spend. For this reason, we feel that Drop is worth…
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2017.11 Update: Added the recent TYP->AV transfer partnership. BTW, the recent UA, DL, etc. devaluations are also updated in our system. Those of us who have been doing this long enough have found that it is easy to earn points but very difficult to use them. I believe many of us here have already accumulated millions of points and miles. However, it is…
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Hey everyone, Today I am going to talk about RocketMiles (referral link), which is a service that lets you earn various types of rewards miles for booking hotel stays. If you sign-up with our referral link, you will earn 1,000 bonus miles after completing a stay. Some of the key ones include United MileagePlus, Southwest Rapid Rewards, American Airlines AAdvantage, Alaska…
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2019.5 Update: Yeek is shut down, and services are terminated. Accumulating many hotel points among various hotel chains inevitably leads to the same questions when traveling to a new city: Which hotel in this city is best for a points redemption? Which hotel requires the least amount of points? Can I use my free-night certificates, and is it worth it?…
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2017.4 Update: Recent data points imply that, starting from Apr 21, 2017, Radpad + Apple Pay / Android Pay no longer counts as travel purchases, and thus no longer earns 3x points on CSR/Prestige. Data points: 1, 2, 3. If you still want to potentially earn 3x UR on Rent, check out Plastiq. Introduction RadPad is primarily a residential rental finder website/app…
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According to the data points from FlyerTalk and Reddit, from 2015.10.12, the Redbird can only be fed with cash. Redbird, died at the age of 13 months, R.I.P. For the people who keep Redbird as your pet, you need to consider change product. Note that you need to wait all transactions to be settled before changing.