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I'm traveling home from the UK today after a lovely trip to London and Crickhowell, Wales. This newsletter will be very light but will include a full deal round up next week! While I hope to eventually give the trip highlights via Instagram, here is a quick rundown of this family trip (we had 10 people total!) London: Stayed at Hyatt House Stratford -- this is one of the cheapest Hyatts in London, most nights are 12k per night. You'll need 2 rooms if you have more than 2 people but still it...

ENDING SOON: Highest ever offers on two cards with no annual fee cards. No, we don't have an exact end date yet but when the bank tells us "ending soon" that usually means pretty soon! This email has all the details you need to know about these offers. Ink Business Unlimited® Credit Card {affiliate link} Earn $750 $1000 bonus cash back after you spend $8,000 on purchases in the first 4 months from account opening. You will earn a total of $1112 (112,000 points with the right card combo!)...

With less than 2 weeks of the Paze promotion, I'm finally kicking my butt into gear to try to use up my credits. There's a lot of potential ways to use the credits (many cards get 10 different $10 credits) but it's a little bit of a hassle. Here's what I'm doing to keep it simple Every morning, buy 3 new Dunkin' gift cards via the Dunkin app (paying with Paze). 3 is the max per day right now. I merge them with my existing gift cards as I go. Instructions here. Then I set a 24 hour reminder on...

Rove Miles has been around for just over a year now, and we've just added a full guide to this program to our site. When a new company launches in the miles and points or credit card space, to be honest, I usually hold it with some skepticism. Especially when it seems like they are offering big bonuses or extra cheap prices (as Rove did), presumably thanks to venture capital money. First of all, what is Rove? It's a fintech startup that while it doesn't offer a credit card--does offer ways to...

My email earlier today was missing the correct links for the Recommended Video + checking FDIC status -- corrected below! Earlier this week, I came across a video that shared the stories of many people who had lost their savings -- savings that they thought had been FDIC insured. It took me a minute to wrap my head around it (well 20 minutes, actually, the length of the video) and really made me pause. Essentially what I learned is this: -A lot of the high yield savings opportunities we see...

Signing up for rental car loyalty programs is one of the most underrated things you can do to make your travel day go more smoothly. And it's free to do! This saved us *so much* time on our recent trip to California. We had rented with Budget and I saw a huge line at the Budget desk but knew we could skip that first desk because I was a Fast Break member. When we got down to the Fast Break desk, there was no line -- and the agent told us that upstairs, the line was so long because the...

LAST CALL - ending Thursday July 30 by 9am EST Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card {info + affiliate link} Earn 100,000 bonus points after you spend $5,000 on purchases in the first 3 months from account opening. If you've been waiting to jump into miles and points -- this is the perfect time! This matches the highest ever offer we've seen on this card. Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card - Learn How to Apply This is our top recommended card for anyone new to travel points thanks to robust benefits and...

A few times a year Southwest rolls out a promotional offer where you can earn a short 2 month Companion Pass by booking and one flight in a certain window. Southwest just released this fall promo that is only valid through August 28 (Thursday) so I decided to send this out because it will be expired by the time our regular newsletter goes out on Saturday. The current promotion can dovetail with our other Companion Pass strategies for some people. Happy Travels, Katie PS: We have a detailed...