Ebay removed from Microsoft GCM Twitter user @HenryGeorge1776 tweeted me on Tuesday, June 28th saying Ebay had been removed from the Microsoft Earn program. I’m not sure if I was responsible for this shutdown, but it would be a big coincidence. I can tell you that the other GC I had bought from the site […]
Introduction I’ve been to Portland about 5 times now over the last 10 years. My wife and I took the Amtrak train there last week and stayed at The Nines. We didn’t have a car this trip, but I’ve had a car in past trips. This post will give you options for both car and […]
TL;DR – The hotel is like a hot girl who knows she’s hot – she’s just not going to put in a lot of effort. Introduction Yesterday, I wrote about our Amtrak trip to Portland. I decided to stay at The Nines (an SPG Luxury Collection hotel) because it was centrally located and probably the “nicest” points […]
Introduction I’ve lived in Seattle now for nearly 10 years and have never taken Amtrak. It’s one of those things that you know you SHOULD do, but you never get around to doing it… well the wife had a 4 day weekend, and instead of trying to find last minute flights, I decided we would […]
Introduction I had applied for a Discover It card last September 2015 for my wife to take advantage of the Apple Pay / Discover promo. Well, Discover emailed this out yesterday: This seems to have only gone out to new card members. Existing card members didn’t seem to get the email (even if […]