Ever since I discovered how valuable different credit card signup bonuses can be, my fiance and I have been pretty aggressive with signing up for new credit cards. Between the two of us, we have signed up for a total of 18 credit cards in the past year, but we will probably cancel several of […]
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The 18 Credit Cards We’ve Signed Up For In The Past Year – Part 2: Hotel and Flexible Point Cards
Ever since I discovered how valuable different credit card signup bonuses can be, my fiance and I have been pretty aggressive with signing up for new credit cards. Between the two of us, we have signed up for a total of 18 credit cards in the past year, but we will probably cancel several of them when […]
The 18 Credit Cards We’ve Signed Up For In The Past Year – Part 1: Airline Cards
Ever since I discovered how valuable different credit card signup bonuses can be, my fiance and I have been pretty aggressive with signing up for new credit cards. Between the two of us, we have signed up for a total of 18 credit cards in the past year, but we will probably cancel several of them when […]
Giftcards.com Moving Gift Card Buying to SaveYa
I got into the gift card reselling game a few months ago and under the sage advice of Chasing the Points, I decided to try becoming a bulk seller. Glancing through the gift cards I had at the time and Gift Card Granny’s sell page, it looked like either Giftcards.com or SaveYa would be the best […]
Gift Card Arbitrage Opportunity: 20% Off Gap is Back at Safeway
As I detailed near the bottom of My Latest Get Rich Slow Scheme: Gift Card Arbitrage post, I recently took advantage of a Safeway “Just For U” digital coupon to buy Gap gift cards at 20% off. Ever since then, I have been checking my Safeway app on a regular basis to look for more deals. A […]
BOGO Flights For The Next 20 Months: Our Southwest Companion Pass Arrived
I described our plan to get the Southwest Companion Pass in my post, The Southwest Companion Pass: One of Churning’s Greatest Prizes, and our goal was completed a few weeks ago. By signing up for 2 credit cards and putting ~$8,000 of our regular spending on them along with booking a Southwest flight, we earned over 110,000 […]
Making The Gift Card Business Official: Gift Card Ark LLC is born
I introduced my latest venture in My Latest Get Rich Slow Scheme: Gift Card Arbitrage and so far the business has been doing pretty well. Since I am making a profit (although small) by buying and selling gift cards, I will have to pay taxes on those profits at the end of the year, if not […]
Our Financial Independence Plan: FI By 40
As I introduced in, Financial Independence: An Introduction, financial independence is the point at which your assets generate enough income to support your expenses and you no longer have to work a traditional job to pay the bills. The freedom that comes with financial independence is something I haven’t been able to get out of […]
More Troubles: A Rogue Cash Advance Fee on My Barclay Arrival+
Not long after writing about PayPal limiting my eBay gift card usage, I noticed a cash advance fee post to my Barclaycard Arrival+. After looking through my recent purchases, there was a single one that didn’t earn any rewards and must have been considered a cash advance. That item was a $144 purchase of eBay gift […]
Road Bump in the New Business: PayPal Limits eBay Gift Card Usage
As I explained in my last post, My Latest Get Rich Slow Scheme: Gift Card Arbitrage, I recently started buying and selling gift cards to make a little money and generate credit card miles and points. One of the places I buy gift cards is eBay and by using eBay gift cards to buy retail (non-eBay) […]