Author: Kyle Burbank

  • Delta is Changing the Way You Earn SkyMiles at Starbucks

    Delta is Changing the Way You Earn SkyMiles at Starbucks

    Look, I didn’t intend to write about Starbucks two weeks in a row — so let’s call this a Delta story instead. Earlier this week, Delta sent out an email to Skymiles members who had linked their Starbucks Rewards accounts to let them know of an upcoming change. Now, rather than earning bonus miles based…

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  • Travel Tuesday: Voco The Tiger Hotel Review (Columbia, Missouri)

    Travel Tuesday: Voco The Tiger Hotel Review (Columbia, Missouri)

    This past weekend, my wife and I found ourselves in Columbia, Missouri. Located about three hours away from our home in Springfield, COMO is home to the University of Missouri (better known as Mizzou), which rivals our own Missouri State University. As our Saturday drew to a close, we realized we needed to book a…

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  • Halfday Garment Duffle Review: Travel Hero or Dud?

    Halfday Garment Duffle Review: Travel Hero or Dud?

    Have you ever been served ads for a product on Instagram so often that you eventually break down and buy it? As a personal finance blogger, this is not a practice I can endorse. However, as someone who reviews products, I have much more tolerance for allowing myself to give in (#content). That’s what happened…

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  • Starbucks Summer Game – How to Get Free Plays and Win Prizes

    Starbucks Summer Game – How to Get Free Plays and Win Prizes

    It’s that time of year again: Starbucks’ Summer Game is back! For some people, this might mean making a few extra coffee runs in order to obtain additional “plays” and, in turn, (hopefully) win more prizes. But, there’s a better way to shoot for Rewards as Starbucks allows you to request free plays without purchasing…

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  • Solis’s Memorial Day Hotspot Sale is Perfect for Summer Travel

    Solis’s Memorial Day Hotspot Sale is Perfect for Summer Travel

    If you’re heading overseas this summer, you might find it helpful to have a mobile hotspot with global data at your disposal. So, in what is certainly no coincidence, Solis is having a Memorial Day Weekend sale. As a result, you can currently score discounted hotspots as well as data plans. With this Memorial Day…

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  • My Initial Experience in the Overwhelming World of Travel Hacking

    My Initial Experience in the Overwhelming World of Travel Hacking

    Over the past few years, my wife and I have had the good fortune of getting to enjoy an increasing amount of travel. This includes heading to domestic locations such as Los Angeles for the D23 Expo and Orlando to visiting Walt Disney World, as well as international travels to Paris, Hong Kong, and Tokyo. Heck, we…

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  • Travel Tuesday: MGM Grand King Room Review Revisited

    Travel Tuesday: MGM Grand King Room Review Revisited

    It’s been a while since I’ve added to my Las Vegas Content Bonanza™. Well, that’s also because it had been some time since I last had a chance to visit Sin City. But, back in January for CES, that changed. This time around, I spent a week at the MGM Grand — which happens to…

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  • Go Brewing – My New Favorite Non-Alcoholic Beer?

    Go Brewing – My New Favorite Non-Alcoholic Beer?

    About a year ago, I started taking an interest in non-alcoholic beer after discovering Athletic. While I’ve never been a big beer drinker, I have long been curious about the craft beer scene and, honestly, may have even been a bit jealous of how my wife got to try all different types of interesting brew…

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  • Rebranding a YouTube Channel: Pros, Cons, and How-Tos

    Rebranding a YouTube Channel: Pros, Cons, and How-Tos

    As of January 2024, my Money@30 YouTube channel is no more. Okay, so the channel I’ve worked for years to build up and make profitable hasn’t really gone away — it just has a new name. Earlier this year, I decided to rebrand it from Money@30 (matching this site, of course) to Fioney, corresponding to…

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  • The Amex Platinum Has Special Offers for Its 40th Anniversary

    The Amex Platinum Has Special Offers for Its 40th Anniversary

    American Express is celebrating the 40th anniversary of its iconic Platinum card — to the benefit of cardholders. Earlier this week, I noticed some special Amex Offers noting the 40th, but the company has now provided more details and other deals tied to this promotion. Let’s start with those special Amex Offers including some of the…

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  • Travel Tuesday: The Club CLE Lounge Review

    Travel Tuesday: The Club CLE Lounge Review

    Last fall, my wife and I kicked off a multi-city excursion by flying out of Cleveland Hopkins International Airport. As we arrived for our short flight to Detroit (before an extremely long flight to Hong Kong), I was surprised to find that a lounge we had access to was available at the airport: The Club…

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  • Did You Know?: Digitally Sign PDFs with Apple’s Preview App

    Did You Know?: Digitally Sign PDFs with Apple’s Preview App

    Whenever I hear that I need to sign and return a document, there’s always a moment of panic since I don’t have a printer at home and don’t want to go to a copy shop just to print one thing. That’s why digital signature services have usually been useful. Then again, these services often also…

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