Good morning everyone, I hope you all had a great weekend. I had a great time in Tucson but now I am back in the Bay Area. I will be flying down to Orange County this weekend for Easter and wanted to do a miles and points travel meetup on Saturday afternoon. If you are free this Saturday, I would love to meet you and talk travel, miles and points, MS, and anything else.
Good morning everyone, greetings from toasty Tucson, AZ. A few days ago, I added a Dollar Shave Club and Kate Spade AMEX Offer to my American Express cards. With Dollar Shave Club, I purchased a $10 Dollar Shave Club eGift Card and earned 1,000 American Express Membership Reward Points. With Kate Spade, I purchased a $250 Kate Spade eGift Card and earned 5,000 American Express Membership Reward Points. I then sold both egift cards to The Plastic Merchant (my go-to gift card reselling site).
Good morning everyone, happy Friday Thursday! I’ve had a pretty busy week this week: Monday I was watching NCAA March Madness Final (bummer the Zags lost); Tuesday I went to see Bassem Youssef (the Egyptian Jon Stewart) speak at UC Berkeley; Wednesday I got $202 loge/mezzanine tickets to see Hamilton in SF; and tonight I am flying to Tucson for a wedding this weekend. Even though I haven’t had much time to write this week, I have a few blog posts brewing in my mind. Before I get to what’s on my mind, I wanted to share some travel plans for the rest of April.
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Good afternoon everyone, I hope you are having a great weekend. I was making changes to my Uber and Lyft account this weekend by setting my US Bank Cash Plus Credit Card as the default payment method since that credit card now offers 5% cash back for public transportation (including Uber and Lyft for Q2). While I was doing that, I noticed that the Uber app had Commuter Benefits as a payment method. I have a Commuter Check Prepaid Debit MasterCard through my work that allows me to use pre-tax dollars to pay for public transportation to and from work. If you have a similar commuter benefit card, you can add that card to your Uber app by clicking the payment tab, selecting Commuter Benefits and entering your card information.
Good morning everyone. I hope your weekend is going well. This is a friendly reminder to everyone in the SF Bay Area that Dan from Points with a Crew and I are hosting a miles and points travel meetup tonight in the Bay Area.
The hotel is a short drive away from SFO or a short 2 minute walk from the San Bruno BART Station. This is a free, very informal travel meetup. I will bring some name tags, wear my infamous Travel with Grant shirt, and bring some snacks. If you are interested in attending, please go to Dan’s post and fill out the Evite registration so we can let the hotel know how many people are planning on attending. The only request that Dan has is that every should bring some snacks or drinks that we can share with the group.
I’m looking forward to seeing a few Bay Area travel hackers tonight. If you have any questions, please leave a comment below. Have a great weekend everyone!