Quick Tips
Every Friday I post a new Quick Tip covering a wide range of topics, including ways to save money, travel tips, personal products/services I find interesting, and more.
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My Cash App 99% Off Win — And Why I Still Love My Cash Card
As someone who used to love but has since learned to (mostly) loathe Twitter, there are very few accounts that I have push notifications activated for. In fact, I can only think of two: @NWSSpringfield and @CashApp. Why the latter account? Exclusively for weeks such as this one. One of the star features of Cash…
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Discover’s 2022 Cashback Bonus Calendar Includes Exciting Changes
You’re surely just as shocked as I am that it is somehow already November. Not that I’m complaining, but this year has really flown by. And, as the new year approaches, Discover has released its 5% Cashback Bonus Calendar for 2022, featuring a few changes from this year’s category line-up. For those unfamiliar, select Discover credit cards…
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Something Scare You? Try Learning More About It
Ever since we moved to the midwest, I’ve been paying far more attention to the weather than I ever have before. That’s because, there’s something called “tornadoes” that are a bit more frequent around here than, say, Los Angeles. So, little by little, I started to learn a bit more about severe weather and what…
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How Using an Amazon Hub Locker Saved Me Money in Vegas
Have you ever considered buying an item for a trip or arrived at your destination only to realize that you forgot something useful? In the event that the item in question isn’t easily found at local retailers, you might consider ordering off Amazon and having the package delivered to your hotel. While this may be…
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An Ode to T-Mobile Tuesdays
It’s now been two and a half years since my wife and I decided to move to T-Mobile. In that time, I’m talked a lot about some of their auxiliary perks such as T-Mobile Money and, um, data breaches? Setting that latter one aside, one benefit I haven’t really talked about much is T-Mobile Tuesdays.…
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Your Amex Platinum Now Comes with Walmart+. Yes, Really.
Back in July, the Platinum Card from American Express underwent a revamp that saw the card increase its annual fee from $550 to $695 per year while adding a number of credits to offset that cost. If you’ll recall, that trade-off ended up being a win for me as the incoming credits more than made…
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Air Canada is Currently Status Matching U.S. Frequent Flyers
Do you have elite status on American Airlines, Delta, Alaskan, JetBlue, Southwest, or Hawaiian? Would you like to use said status to achieve similar elite-ness with Air Canada? Well, thanks to a new Destination Canada -sponsored promotion, you can! For a limited time, U.S. Aeroplan members can match their status for free and enjoy the…
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Robinhood is Finally Adding Crypto Wallets (Soon)
Ever since the stock trading app Robinhood added crypto trading in 2018, they’ve stated that the ability to transfer funds to an external wallet was coming “soon.” Well, it looks like “soon” is now actually, um, soon. Earlier this week, the company announced that wallets were indeed coming while also opening a waitlist of interested…
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U.S. Bank Altitude Reserve: The Next Credit Card I Have My Eye On
If you’ve followed this site for any length of time, you’ve seen my interest in credit cards grow significantly. Over the past five years, the amount of plastic (and metal) in my wallet has slowly swelled — and yet, with each new card I get, I pronounce that it’s likely the last. With that, right…
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Refunding My First Points Redemption
A few short weeks ago, I shared how Hilton was having a sale on points (while also taking a look at whether or not it was a good deal) and followed that up by documenting my first ever Amex Membership Rewards redemption, which combined those transferred points with the ones I had purchased from Hilton.…
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I’ve Been Sleeping on This T-Mobile Apple Card Perk for How Long?!
Last month, I shared the somewhat sad but wholly expected news that Barclays was officially discontinuing the formerly great Uber Visa card and rolling existing customers over to the Barclays View Mastercard. In my mini write-up of that development, I noted that I’d probably just use the card to pay my monthly cell phone bill…
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Beware of Hotel Pizza Flyers — Are They a Scam?
For the past week, my wife and I have been staying in Orlando, Florida… and mostly spending time in our hotel room (well, actually a timeshare unit, but same difference). A couple of days ago, as I headed to the kitchen, I noticed that a flyer for a pizza delivery place had been slipped under…
