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How to Redeem Capital One Venture Rewards “Miles” for Travel Purchases

Good morning everyone, I hope you all had a great weekend (with the exception of the recent AMEX Membership Rewards Changes).  My girlfriend and I are going to Greece and Malta this Summer, so we are busy booking flights, making hotel reservations, and researching things to see / eat / do in those countries.  During the airfare booking process, we have been using my girlfriend’s Capital One Venture Rewards “miles.”

Before we started redeeming the “miles” for this trip, she had 122,435 “miles”, which is equivalent to $1,224.35 in travel.  In this post, I will show you how to redeem Capital One Venture Rewards “miles” for travel purchases.  In tomorrow’s post, I will show you how to book airfare directly through the Capital One travel portal and how to pay with Capital One Venture Rewards “miles.”  Without further ado, log into your Capital One account and click on your “miles” balance.

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American Express Small Business OPEN Savings Program Ending June 1, 2018

Good evening everyone, the hits keep coming from American Express.  Earlier today, I reported that American Express is no longer awarding Membership Rewards points for cash equivalents & person-to-person payments.  And just now, I looked at my American Express Business Platinum Charge Card and saw that the OPEN Savings Program is ending June 1, 2018.  I’m not why the program is ending, but I guess the program costs American Express more money than the program brings in.

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AMEX Membership Rewards Changes: No Points for Cash Equivalents (Gift Cards) & Person-to-Person Payments (Venmo)

Good morning everyone, I was looking through my recent American Express statement and saw an ominous message on my American Express EveryDay Credit Card.  The message said, “See page 5 for a Notice of Change to the Membership Rewards Program Terms & Conditions.”  Uh oh, that sounded pretty bad.  I cautiously scrolled down to page 5 expecting the worst.  What did American Express do?

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Comenity Virgin America Credit Card Partial Annual Fee Refunded (Prorated Based on Cancellation Date)

Update: The ACH transfer from Comenity to my bank account posted the next business day.


Good morning everyone, I hope you all had a great weekend.  Over the weekend, I received an email from Comenity regarding my Comenity Virgin America Credit Card.  According to the email, I had a $35.43 credit balance in my account.  That was strange, I closed my Comenity Virgin America Credit Card back in October 2017.  I logged into my Comenity account and checked out the recent credit card statement to see what was going on.

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CryptoTab Extension: Earn Bitcoin (BTC) for Free Using Google Chrome

Everyone likes to make extra money; so who wouldn’t like to install a browser plugin and let it work to mine cryptocurrency for you while you are using your browser? If you use Google Chrome, you’re in luck. CryptoTab is a free download that you install into Chrome and it claims to mine cryptocurrency in the background while you work. When you have enough bitcoin in your account, you can simply cash out. If you are worried about the amount of processor power CryptoTab is using, you can adjust it from low, normal or high.

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