Uber and Starwood just last week announced a new partnership. Now you can earn one Starpoint for every dollar you spend on Uber rides. Sign up here: https://www.spgpromos.com/uber/ Greetings to everyone from Abu Dhabi! Hat tip to Kirsten for the heads up on this promotion.
A while back, a colleague was asking me some questions about manufactured spending. In response, I wrote up a guide to manufactured spending. Here it is again, updated to reflect the unfortunate demise of Amazon Payments. Dollar Coins: The Original Manufactured Spending Several years ago the U.S. Mint started producing presidential dollar coins, but discovered that…
Last weekend I had the pleasure of hanging out with Point Princess, Frugal Travel Lawyer, and many others at the First2Board Seattle sessions. The reasons I love going to sessions like this are two-fold: I get to see many friends that I only see once every few years and I learn something new every time. Here…
Just a quick post today… Hertz is running a triple point promotion for all rentals from February 1 – April 15th. There’s no real catch (other than that only 2-day or longer rentals qualify), but you do need to sign up. If you rent from Hertz, you should sign up for this promotion. Here’s the…
Starwood has opened registration for their current promotion, Bring On The Nights. If you stay at Starwood hotels, you should go to the Starwood website and register. Here are the details from the Starwood website: Start packing so you can start earning. With the SPG® Bring On The Nights promotion, you’ll earn 2,500 bonus Starpoints®…
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