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FTU Advanced Orange County (October 28-30) and Seattle (February 24-26)

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Good morning everyone, I hope your weekend is going well.  We are only 1 week away from FTU Advanced in Orange County (October 28-30).  FTU stands for Frequent Traveler University and is a travel conference with your favorite travel bloggers from Boarding Area and beyond.  I will be attending the conference, but I am not presenting.  I am flying down from SFO on Friday night after work, so I won’t be able to attend the Friday night happy hour (someone, please drink for me).  I am staying at home, not at the host hotel (The Westin South Coast Plaza, Costa Mesa), but I will be at the conference all day Saturday and Sunday.  I will be wearing my classic Travel with Grant shirt (much to the chagrin of Devil’s Advocate).  If you see me, don’t be afraid to say hello :)

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US Bank Cash Plus: Determine Cash Back at Restaurants (2%) & Fast Food (5%)

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Good morning everyone, greetings from Maui.  I just wanted to share a little trick I learned recently regarding my US Bank Cash Plus (Cash+) Credit Card.  On my recent credit card statement, I saw 3 different line items for “Rewards Dollars Earned” (aka cash back), but I wanted to get a little more information regarding which transactions qualified for bonus cash back.

As a reminder, US Bank allows you to select two 5% cash back categories and one 2% cash back category every quarter.  For Q3 (July, August, & September), I selected Fast Food and Movie Theaters for my 5% categories and Restaurants for my 2% category.  For Q4 (October, November, & December), I selected Fast Food and Electronics Stores for my 5% categories and Restaurants for my 2% category.  I wanted to see which purchases counted as restaurants (2% cash back) vs. fast food (5% cash back).  If you selected different categories, you can follow the same steps below to identify qualifying purchases for your bonus categories.

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New AMEX Offer: Home Depot $15 Off $75

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UPDATE: I updated the blog post to distinguish between the 2 AMEX Offers.  They cannot be stacked.  Thank you FreeTravelGuys for pointing that out in the comments.

Good morning everyone, greetings from Las Vegas.  I’m waiting for my scheduled Uber pickup (blog post coming), but in the meantime, I saw some chatter on Twitter about a new AMEX Offer for Home Depot: spend $75 and get a $15 statement credit.  I got the offer on all 5 of my AMEX accounts.  This offer is only valid for in-store purchases.  Act fast since there might be a limited number of offers available.  

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Reminder: OC Travel Hackers Meetup on Sunday September 25 from 2-4pm @ Tustin District In-N-Out

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Good afternoon everyone, I hope your weekend is going well.  I just wanted to remind everyone coming to the OC Travel Hackers Meetup on Sunday afternoon at the Tustin District In-N-Out that the date and time are slightly different from my normal meetup time, so please take note.  I’m looking forward to seeing a few familiar faces and meeting some new travel hackers in Orange County.

  • Where: In-N-Out Burger, 2895 Park Ave, Tustin, CA 92782 (Google Maps)
  • When: Sunday, September 25 from 2-4pm

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No need to RSVP to this post.  If you have any questions, please leave a comment below.  Have a great weekend everyone!

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Bank of America BankAmeriDeals: Sun Country Airlines, Hilton Hotels & Airbnb

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Good afternoon everyone, I hope your weekend is going well.  I participated in a community garage sale and made $250, mostly from reams of paper from Staples Easy Rebate deals.  I also received an email from Bank of America this morning about new BankAmeriDeals (similar to AMEX Offers).  When I log into my Bank of America online account, here are all the BankAmeriDeals I see:

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