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Redeem Discover It Cash Back for Gift Cards & eGift Cards (Online & In-App)

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Good morning everyone, happy Thursday!  Hopefully by now, you are sitting on a huge pile of Discover It Cash Back from their Cash Back Match promotion.  I just received the following email from Discover telling me to redeem my cash back for gift cards and egift cards.  If you have the Discover mobile app, you can sign in, view rewards, and redeem your cash back balance for gift cards, egift cards, statement credits, or donate to charity.  In this post, I will show you some good redemption options (in my opinion) from Discover in the form of gift cards and egift cards.

Discover Email Redeem Cash Back eGift Card Instantly

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Travel Hacker Meetup @ Mountain View In-N-Out (Sunday August 14 from 12-2pm)

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Good morning everyone, I hope you all had a great weekend.  I was in Seattle this past weekend and am working on some *great* blog posts (stay tuned).  It’s been awhile since my last South Bay meetup and I want to go back down to Mountain View.  I am setting up a meetup at the In-N-Out in Mountain View that is at Grant Park Plaza (named after me, of course).  There is another In-N-Out in Mountain View, don’t go to that one by mistake.

  • Where: In-N-Out Burger, 53 West El Camino Real, Mountain View, CA 94040 (Google Maps)
  • When: Sunday, August 14 @ 12-2pm

In N Out Mountain View

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Using Points.com to Exchange JetBlue TrueBlue Miles into Amtrak Guest Reward Points

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Good morning everyone.  In today’s super long/boring post, I will show you how to use Points.com to exchange miles/points from one loyalty program into another loyalty program.  Before I go on, let me explain that Points.com is somewhat similar to Award Wallet because you can add loyalty programs to your account and track their balances.  You may be familiar with Points.com if you have ever looked into buying airline miles or hotel points, since Points.com is the broker for most loyalty programs.  I am not going to talk about buying miles/points today.  Instead, I am going to talk about exchanging miles/points from one loyalty program into another loyalty program.  First things first, you need a free Points.com account and you will need to add your loaylty programs.  Here are a few of my accounts that are currently tracked by Points.com.

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Chase QuickPay Changes: Need Chase Checking or Liquid Prepaid Card Starting August 19, 2016

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Good afternoon everyone, I just received an email from Chase that said I had just received a Chase Secure Message (SM).  I logged into my Chase online account and went to my Secure Messages window.  Chase is making a few changes to the way Chase QuickPay will work for both sending and receiving money.  Starting August 19, 2016, users will need to have a Chase checking account or a Chase Liquid Prepaid Card.  This change is related to how Chase sends and receives money with a service called clearXchange.  I wrote about clearXchange (cXc) last year in this post: Email Address Issues Regarding clearXchange Network Payments from Chase, Wells Fargo, and Bank of America.  One positive improvement starting on September 11, 2016, is that all Chase QuickPay payments will automatically be received and deposited into your account, you will no longer need to manually sign in to accept Chase QuickPay payments.

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SF Travel Hackers Meetup (7/14), SFO & LAS Centurion Lounge Meetups (7/16) and Fremont Meetup (7/17)

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Good morning everyone, I have a few travel meetup reminders and announcements.  The official SF Travel Hackers Meetup group is meeting on Thursday night.  Unfortunately, I will not be able to attend this event because I have tickets to the Star Trek: The Ultimate Voyage symphony that same evening.  Pizza and drinks are usually provided by Dev Bootcamp, some come early for dinner and to mingle with other travel hackers.

Update: the event is changed from Dev Bootcamp to SOMA StrEat Food Park.

  • When: Thursday, July 14 @ 7-9pm
  • Where: SOMA StrEat Food Park, 428 11th St, San Francisco, CA (Google Map)

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