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About Grant

Grant is an expert in frequent flyer miles, hotel loyalty points, credit card rewards, and cash back deals. He also has a pretty cool travel blog. Find him on Twitter @travelwithgrant.

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Business Owners Plastiq Promo: 5,000 Fee Free Dollars (FFD) After Completing $15,000 Worth of Payments

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Good afternoon everyone.  I have written about Plastiq a few times and they just reached out to me regarding their latest promo for business owners.  This promotion runs through December 31, 2018 and is only for new business customers.  New business customers must be a registered business and pay with a business credit or charge card.  According to the promo, new business customers can earn 5,000 Fee Free Dollars (FFD) after completing $15,000 worth of payments by December 31, 2018. For immediate response to any promotion inquiries, please contact marketing@plastiq.com.

Fee-free dollars (FFDs) is equivalent to money you can send through Plastiq without the Plastiq fee. For example, if you have 1,000 FFDs, your next payment or payments totaling $1,000 will not be charged the Plastiq fee. Anything over the $1,000 amount, will be subject to the Plastiq fee.   As a reminder, Plastiq can be used to pay all types of business expenses like rent / leases, business services (like Amazon Web Services), contractors, employees, freelancers, insurance, legal services, taxes, utilities, etc with a credit card.

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If you have any questions about this Plastiq promo, please leave a comment below.  Have a great day everyone!

P.S. Here is the most recent Complete Credit Card Guide to Plastiq:

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My Latest Obsession: Listening to BoardingArea Bloggers on NowBoarding Podcast

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Good afternoon everyone, I hope you had a great Thanksgiving, Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and any other shopping holiday I missed (RIP Small Business Saturday).  Over the last few days, I have been binge watching listening to the new NowBoarding Podcast, hosted by Ed Pizza from Pizza in Motion.  The weekly series has 21 episodes as of today, November 27.  Each episode is roughly 30 minutes long where Ed interviews various bloggers from BoardingArea and TravelUpdate.  You can listen to the podcasts for free online or via iTunes.

  • God Save the Points – Gilbert Ott – NB 001
  • Le Chic Geek – Jeanne Hoffman – NB 002
  • The Gate – Brian Cohen – NB 003
  • Angelina Travels – Angelina Aucello – NB 004
  • The Short Final – Dominic Perilli – NB 005
  • Wandering Aramean – Seth Miller – NB 006
  • Rapid Travel Chai – Stefan Krasowski – NB 007
  • One Mile At A Time – Tiffany Funk – NB 008
  • Heels First Travel – Keri Anderson – NB 009
  • BaldThoughts – Lee Huffman – NB 010
  • Running with Miles – Charlie Barkowski – NB 011
  • No Mas Coach – Jon Nickel-D’Andrea – NB 012
  • Deals We Like – Jen Yellin – NB 013
  • Points with a Crew – Dan Miller – NB 014
  • The Flight Detective – Trent – NB 015
  • Out & Out – Harlan Vaughn – NB 016
  • No Mas Coach – Ben Nickel-D’Andrea – NB 017
  • Economy Class & Beyond – Kevin Marshall – NB 018
  • The Millennial Traveler – Conrado Asenjo – NB 019
  • Monkey Miles – Zachary Abel – NB 020
  • Frequent Miler – Nick Reyes – NB 021

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Hotel Buy Points Promos Ending Soon: Choice, Hyatt, Radisson, IHG, La Quinta & Hilton

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Good morning everyone.  Since Black Friday and Cyber Monday are right around the corner, several hotels are running buy points promos now.  I wrote about 7 airline buy miles / points promos yesterday and I have all the latest offers on my Buy Miles & Points Page.  Always check the math to make sure that buying points makes sense for you.  Do not buy points speculatively unless you have a use in mind.  With that said, here are the 6 promos that are ending soon. First up, Choice Hotels is offering a 25% discount when you purchase Choice Privileges points.  This offer expires on November 26.

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Airline Buy Miles/Points Promos Ending Soon: United, Southwest, JetBlue, British Airways, American, Avianca & Virgin Atlantic

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Good evening everyone.  Since Black Friday and Cyber Monday are right around the corner, several airlines are running buy miles/points promos now – 2 even end tonight!  I have all the latest offers on my Buy Miles & Points Page.  Always check the math to make sure that buying miles & points makes sense for you.  Do not buy miles & points speculatively unless you have a use in mind.  With that said, here are the 7 promos that are ending in November. First up, United Airlines is running a mystery offer with up to 70% bonus miles, depending on the number of United Airlines miles you purchase.  This offer ends tonight – November 20.

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7 New Features / Improvements Coming Soon to Sinemia

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Good afternoon everyone.  Sinemia just sent out an email to all members with the title, “We Have Lots of Great News for You! Check Out Sinemia’s New Features.”  I copied and pasted the 7 new features / improvements coming soon to Sinemia and added my thoughts below.  Let’s get started!

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1 – You asked for it! Physical cards are back and they are more secure than ever

Sinemia is bringing back the physical cards. You will be able to order yours by next week. Physical card owners can avoid all online ticket fees by using Sinemia card at the box office.

TWG: I joined Sinemia a few months ago, so I have only ever used the Sinemia Cardless advance ticket purchase feature.  I look forward to using a physical card to purchase movie tickets at the movie theater.

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