The other day, I bought $2K of gift cards at my local Kroger affiliate, and for the past couple of months, I’ve been double checking the activation receipts with the cards as I’m walking out of the door (in case there are problems.) Anyway, today, after the cashier typed in my driver’s license and pushed […]
Introduction I hate summer. Not because of the heat and the fact that most Seattle homes don’t have A/C. Nor is it because of the 5AM sun-in-your-eyes. No, it’s because I can’t wear a jacket. Sure, I could still wear a jacket, but a) people would look at me funny and b) I’d sweat everywhere […]
Disclaimer This is the monthly post on how many points I collected in the previous month. This is NOT a brag and moan post. This was the impetus of this entire blog; so I could track how many miles and points I earn in a year. Some of you may do a lot less than […]
First off, let me apologize to all of you readers for yesterday’s 150K fiasco. I wasn’t aware until DoC told me that AMEX moved to single-use codes (possibly due to the fiasco last time). I had always thought they were one-time use, and so it was odd that the last code was re-usable. Maybe a programming […]
UPDATE – SORRY, LOOKS LIKE THE CODE IS ONE-TIME USE; DoC is saying AMEX may have moved to 1-time use for all RSVP codes – perhaps because of the fiasco last time. Sorry everyone; I should have tested before posting. A very generous and longtime reader has donated his private code for me to give […]