Introduction A while back, I had written about my downgrade from the AMEX Business Platinum to the Green card since I didn’t think the $450 AF was justified. Well last week, AMEX emailed me a promo whereby if I upgraded to the Platinum card, I’d earn 50,000 Membership Rewards points if I spent $10,000 in […]
Just saw on FM that AMEX brought back their 80K MR -> 50K VX points PLUS VX Gold promotion. Remember I did this last year and parlayed it into a a status match with AS to get MVP Gold. That promo has paid out handsomely. Here’s all I got from my 80K MR points: 50,000 VX […]
Introduction Well this is a new one. A reader told me this US Bank cards had gotten shut down and he wasn’t sure what happened. And then a few days later, he got the rejection letter for the Flexperks card, and if you look at the timing on the reasons, it’s clear that not only did […]
Introduction Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you heard about the new iPhone 7 announcement yesterday. You can read more about it from Apple. I was on the fence about getting one, but seeing as how my mom needs a new iPhone, I figure I’ll get the new 7 for myself and give her […]
Introduction I’m sure you all have read reviews on this flight already, so I won’t beat a dead horse. I’ll make this short and sweet. Where to sit as a couple I did very little research on picking my seats because BA charges you something like $100+ if you want to reserve an advanced […]