My Story

Hi. My name is Kyle Burbank and I’m a Millennial. Yes, I say this like it’s some sort of healing admission given the bad rap my generation has endured in recent years. You know — the talk about how anyone under 35 is lazy, entitled, and doesn’t even know how...

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Quick Tips

Starbucks' Summer Game is Back and You Could Score Free Stars

by Kyle BurbankMay 26, 2023

I feel as though I'm kind of going back to my roots with this week's Quick Tip: discussing a new Starbucks promotion. If you're newer to my site, pre-pandemic, my wife and I would go to Starbucks every weekend as a means of hanging out with our favorite baristas, enjoying...

Quick Tips

Cutting Your Loses: My Brokerage Battle and How I Finally Fixed It

by Kyle BurbankMay 19, 2023

Late last year, word came down that the app Bumped — which allowed customers to earn stock in the companies they made purchases from — was shutting down. As bummed as I was at the time, it turns out that this announcement would only be the start of my troubles....

Travel Tips

Travel Tuesday: Understanding Chase's New Sapphire Lounge

by Kyle BurbankMay 16, 2023

When Chase announced that it was opening a number of airport lounges in partnership with The Club, there were several questions I and others had. At the top of the list, with The Club being a staple of Priority Pass membership, it seemed fair to assume that those with Priority...

Quick Tips

TD Bank Has a Pretty Dumb New Idea for a Credit Card Product

by Kyle BurbankMay 12, 2023

Doing what I do, I've seen several new credit card products come down the pike in recent years. Some of these are fairly boring (like 2% flat rate cards — they have a use but they're not exciting), others as more interesting but not for me (see: Ness Card), and...

Saving Money

Buying a MacBook Pro in 2023: The Challenges and Tips for Saving

by Kyle BurbankMay 11, 2023

In 2004, I began my freshman year of college. During my first week, I realized that I needed a laptop that I could use to take notes in class, do homework on, and make dorm life more bearable in between. When I went to the school bookstore, I learned that...

Quick Tips

Bask Bank Has Once Again Raised Its Mileage Earning Rate

by Kyle BurbankMay 6, 2023

In hindsight, Bask Bank either launched at the best or worst time ever: January 2020. On the one hand, debuting an account emphasizing travel just before the world shuts down can't be good for branding. But, on the other hand, one could argue that the account allowed people to build...