Ultimate Question
When shopping through the Ultimate Rewards Mall, do you have to use your Chase credit card? I get this question all of the time in response to my posts. I frequently write about...
Evening News
Online Shopping Portals. What’s next? All of the online shopping portals, including my favorite Ultimate Rewards Mall have been advertising Valentine’s Day specials for the past month and a half or so. Now I’m...
Nook Color Winner Decided
Well, the interminable fun “Write a Book, Win a Nook” contest has come to a close. Here are the results: 1,697 lines were added to the story. Almost all qualified as legitimate...
United Airlines offers to take your money. Say no.
United has unveiled a new service in which they will let you trade gift cards to them in exchange for miles. If you’re interested, you can see the offer in action, here. It’s a...
Evening News
Hotel Award Nights Oops This morning’s post about when to use points for hotel award nights has some kinks I’m trying to work out. Ric of Loyalty Traveler pointed out that I had initially...
When is an award night a good deal?
UPDATED 4/24/2012 TO REFLECT RECALCULATED FAIR TRADING PRICES Previously, I attempted to answer the question of €œWhen is an award flight a good deal? In that post I suggested a simple formula to use...
Join the alliance!
Yesterday I wrote about how writers in the Write a Book, Win a Nook contest had formed an alliance against those who’s goal was death and destruction. In that case, of course, all of...
An alliance fights the forces of evil.
The contest to Win a Nook is now in the home stretch. Until Tuesday (Feb 14th), all you have to do to enter is add a single line to the ever growing story and...
Meeting minimum spend on an Amex business card
A reader contacted me yesterday asking about the best way to meet minimum spend on her American Express business card. She has $1000 left to spend and wants to buy Walmart gift cards. Of...
Evening News
Nordstrom I went ahead and plunked down over $4200 at Nordstrom thanks to the British Airways 36 points per dollar deal. Just two days later, over 150,000 points already show up as pending! Woo...
Hunting for deals
Yesterday I described how it may be possible to buy and sell items from Nordstrom in order to effectively buy British Airways Avios miles for as low as half a cent each. Please see...
Round trip to Hawaii for $125!
How I plan to turn the Nordstrom 36X opportunity into cheap travel. I’m sure that most readers know of The Point Guy’s recent post “Amazing Deal Alert: 36 British Airways Avios Per Dollar...
And the Kiva gift card winner is…
The contest to Win a Nook continues! Until Feb 14th, all you have to do to enter is add a single line to the ever growing story. Over the weekend, though, I announced an...
How to buy Ultimate Reward points for 1.05 cents
UPDATE: Once you factor in shipping charges, the real cost per point is 1.1 cents. See comments section for details. Barnes & Noble is currently running a promotion in The Ultimate Rewards Mall in...
