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Random News: $5 Chime Card Offer for Amazon and AMEX Offers for Toys R Us, Petsmart, Verizon FiOS, Grubhub, and Saks

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Random News: $5 Chime Card Offer for Amazon and AMEX Offers for Toys R Us, Petsmart, Verizon FiOS, Grubhub, and Saks

Good Cyber Monday everyone!  Here are some new cash back offers.  For all the latest info, follow Frequent Miler’s post.  He is updating that post throughout the day with all the latest Cyber Monday deals.  First out of the gate, free $5 to shop at Amazon, compliments to Chime Card.  If you do not have a Chime Card yet, please read this post.

Chime Cybe Monday Amazon Offer

A few seconds later, I bought a $5 Amazon egift card.  If you decide to do the same, please click my Amazon affiliate link to buy an egift card.  Thank you!

Chime Card $5 Amazon Cash Back

Here is a round up of the latest AMEX Offers that showed up on my cards.  Last time I was in Toys R Us, they had a gift card rack, so I will probably do that again as well.  The Verizon FiOS offer is great if you already have Verizon FiOS service.  And I’m sure some of you have pets, so the Petsmart deal looks pretty good too.

Toys R Us AMEX Offer 2

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Random News: Amazon AMEX Offer, 6,000 Bonus Hilton HHonors Points, Apple Pay at Walgreens, and Accidental Chime Card Hack

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Random News: Amazon AMEX Offer, 6,000 Bonus Hilton HHonors Points, Apple Pay at Walgreens, and Accidental Chime Card Hack

Good evening everyone, I know this offer was mentioned 10+ hours ago, but I wanted to make sure to share it: Amazon AMEX Offer provides a $15 statement credit after making a $15+ purchase on Amazon.  #freemoney.  Unfortunately, none of my AMEX cards have this offer, I guess AMEX doesn’t love me after all.  Shawn @ Miles to Memories received this offer on 6 out of 7 of his AMEX cards. #luckyguy

Amazon $15 AMEX Offer

Thanks Whitney for the image.

In other credit card news, I received a targeted offer for my Citi Hilton HHonors Reserve Credit Card.  I can earn 2,000 bonus points for each stay until February 28, 2015, up to 6,000 points.  This offer is nothing special, but if you have this credit card, you should have received a similar (maybe better?) offer in your inbox.  Hilton Points are worth about 1/2 a cent, so this offer is a big yawn in my book.  Good deal if you had upcoming Hilton stays already planned though.

Citi Hilton HHonors Promo 2,000 Points Per Stay

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My Credit Card Affiliate Links will be Removed on Monday, November 10 at 12PM CT

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My Credit Card Affiliate Links will be Removed on Monday, November 10 at 12PM CT

Good evening everyone, I wish I were here with better news, but unfortunately on the eve of #westcoastdo, I received an email from my credit card affiliate network that my Barclays credit card links will be deactivated Monday, November 10 at 12PM CT.  Shortly after noon, I will remove all Barclays credit card links from my blog.

Over the last year and a half, I have slowly and steadily lost all the great credit card links, from Chase, Citi, American Express, Bank of America, Discover, US Bank, and now Barclays.  With the loss of Barclays, I will only have links for secured credit card, which I wouldn’t recommend to my worst enemy.  The loss of credit card affiliate links is probably a result of very low approval numbers (I am too small for the banks to bother keeping) and the manufactured spending topics I often discuss probably didn’t help either.

It is kind of ironic, really.  When I started my blog in May 2013, I had all the great credit card links and none of the site traffic.  Fast forward to today, the situation has completely swapped.  In a few days, I will have no credit card links and much greater site traffic.  The timing was terrible, but also a blessing.   Continue reading →

iPhone 5 / 5S / 6 / 6 Plus Lightning Cable Adapter for iHome and Older Accessories

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iPhone 5 / 5S / 6 / 6 Plus Lightning Cable Adapter for iHome and Older Accessories

Most of the hotels I have stayed at lately have an iHome alarm / clock / radio / docking station near the bed.  These were great when you had an iPhone 2G / 3G / 3GS / 4 / 4S since they all used the same 30 pin connector.  Unfortunately, Apple replaced the old 30 pin charging connector with an 8 pin lightning connector on their new iPhone 5 / 5S / 6 / 6 Plus, leaving millions of iHomes behind.  (See how sad the iHome looks without an 8 pin connector?)

Hotel iHome

Back home, I have an old iHome alarm / clock / radio / docking station near my bed.  I did not want to replace the entire iHome just because Apple released a new iPhone, so I found a way to compromise: keep my old iHome and charge my new iPhone…

iHome Standalone

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2 $10 Amazon eGift Card Giveaway – Announcing New Partnerships with Award Wallet and Award Magic (Giveaway Ended)

Update: 9am PST on 10/23/2014 – the winners have been announced. Joe and Ruth, thank you for your comments, you will receive an email from me with your $10 Amazon eGift Card.
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2 $10 Amazon eGift Card Giveaway – Announcing New Partnerships with Award Wallet and Award Magic

Good morning everyone, it’s been a while since I did my last giveaway and I thought you guys deserved a treat before Halloween.  The purpose of this post is to announce my new partnerships with Award Wallet and Award Magic.  I would also like to refresh your memory on my stance regarding my Amazon affiliate link, credit card referral links, credit card affiliate links, and sign up links.  The details of the $10 Amazon eGfit Card giveaway are at the bottom of this post.  So without further ado, let’s get started.

Full Disclosure: Award Wallet is showing my logo on their site in exchange for me showing their logo on my site.

I was contacted a few weeks ago by Award Wallet and asked if I would like my blog to be featured / promoted on their website (Duh Yes!).  When you refresh your Award Wallet account, you may see my logo appear beneath your updated account balances.  It is an honor to be featured on Award Wallet, thank you guys!

Travel with Grant on Award Wallet

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