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Goodbye FlexPerks, hello US bank Cash+ card !

September 2, 2013 By Leana 6 Comments

Last August I got in on the bonanza of  US bank FlexPerks visa bonus, tied to a number of Olympic medals. Long story short, I ended up with 42000 points, good for up to 800 dollars in airfare plus 20 dollars cash back. The problem is, the card comes with 49 dollar annual fee. And […]

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Remember August 28th, 2013 !

August 30, 2013 By Leana 6 Comments

I don’t want to say that  Wednesday August 28th was an equivalent of an apocalypse in a miles and points world, but it’s pretty darn close.  I wanted to wait to write a post, till the dust settled a bit. So here is the deal. Apparently, it was reported that American Airlines has decided to […]

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Please forgive me if I act a little strange…

August 29, 2013 By Leana 12 Comments

Full disclosure: the following post is a rant. I get satisfaction, if you read it. You don’t have to read it, but your support is greatly appreciated. The title of the post is the first line in my favorite song by David Gray ( who incidentally looks like Brian Kelly from “The points guy”), called […]

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Why I don’t follow a 91 day churn schedule

August 27, 2013 By Leana 10 Comments

  Like most stay-at-home moms, I make my own butter. In fact,  sometimes I do it while blogging!  Someone suggested I start including pics of myself in the posts, so I just might show one doing my  butter churn. That should get male readers clicking my affiliate links like crazy! The idea behind the “churn” […]

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New list of IHG pointbreaks hotels goes live soon and so does Gimini Cricket

August 26, 2013 By Leana Leave a Comment

It has been an interesting couple of days here, to say the least. Apparently  George (who also goes by Gimini Cricket), The blog reviewer extraordinaire and non-hater of women, did not approve of my “cousin-in-law rule” post. I knew I should have named it “uncle-in-law”. I think things would have been much different. So now […]

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60 % of the time it works every time !

August 21, 2013 By Leana 2 Comments

Update: the Marriott status challenge is apparently no longer available. In one of my earlier posts  I mentioned , that on August 1st I was supposed to receive a free category 1-5 certificate from my Marriott Chase Visa. . It was earmarked for our short wedding anniversary getaway, the only thing we do without the […]

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