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What’s on my Mind? CES in Las Vegas, Napa Valley, San Francisco, ABC Gift Cards, 2 Free Movie Screenings, SWA Customer Service, Club Carlson Forex Fees, Citi Dividend, and Staples Easy Rebate Headaches

SF Bridge Sunglasses

If you look closely, you can see a naked guy in the background, hey it is San Francisco!

What’s on my Mind? CES in Las Vegas, Napa Valley, San Francisco, ABC Gift Cards, 2 Free Movie Screenings, SWA Customer Service, Club Carlson Forex Fees, Citi Dividend, and Staples Easy Rebate Headaches

Good evening everyone!  Sorry I have been so quite over the last few days.  I’ve been unbelievably busy with CES, SF, and Ebay.  Here is what is on my mind right now:

1 – Cool things at CES (Consumer Electronics Show) at the Las Vegas Convention Center

Cool iRoad from Toyota:

Cool Audi laser show:

Singapore Airlines in the Panasonic Avionics booth (lovely flight attendants too):  Continue reading →

Everything you Ever Wanted to Know about Plink

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Everything you Ever Wanted to Know about Plink

I just finished my latest tutorial series on Plink (see tab above this post).  Here are links to all my articles.

Introduction to Plink – this post gives you an introduction to Plink.

Adding Merchants to Plink – this post shows you how to add a credit card to your Plink account and how to add merchants to your Plink account.

Redeem Plink Points for Gift Cards and Airline Miles – this post shows you how to redeem your Plink Points for gift cards and airline miles.

Plink Points not Posting? – this post shows you how to contact Plink if your Plink Points are not posting to your Plink Account.

How Plink Makes Money and Future Plink Partners – this post has email excerpts about Plink’s future partners and how Plink makes money. 

If you have any questions about Plink, please leave a comment below.

Use American Airlines and US Airways Miles for a Trip to the Grand Canyon

Grand Canyon National Park

Use American Airlines and US Airways Miles for a Trip to the Grand Canyon

Last weekend, I booked my flight from Orange County, CA (SNA) to Flagstaff, AZ (FLG) to visit the Grand Canyon.  That was before the American Airlines and US Airways frequent flyer programs “merged.”

There is an airport literally 5 miles from the Grand Canyon National Park aptly named the Grand Canyon National Park (GCN) airport.  Unfortunately no major airlines fly into that airport. The next closest airport is Grand Canyon Pulliam Airport (FLG) in Flagstaff, AZ. The distance from Flagstaff to the Grand Canyon National Park is approximately 85 miles, so you will probably need to rent a car to get to the Grand Canyon (which is what I am doing).

FLG-Grand Canyon Driving

Luckily for us, US Airways flies from Phoenix to Flagstaff a few times a day. Now that you can use American Airline miles on US Airways operated flights, you can use American Airline miles to get to Flagstaff.  Continue reading →

How to Burn 94,000 Club Carlson Points in 1 Day (Radisson Blu Amsterdam and Rome)

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How to Burn 94,000 Club Carlson Points in 1 Day (Radisson Blu Amsterdam and Rome) 

The Club Carlson credit card is great, but getting it is a major pain in the butt, read about the application process here: Freezing your ARS and IDA Credit Reports

Anyways, long story short, I got the card, spent the $3,000 minimum spend requirement and got the points on January 4.  My current balance is 100,290 Club Carlson Points.

Club Carlson Bonus Posted

Generally speaking, the best Club Carlson properties are in Europe, but there are some properties all over the world (search Club Carlson map).

Club Carlson Map

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What’s on my Mind? Bluebird and Walmart, Credit Card Sign Up / Spending Bonuses, Mercedes Benz Key Rings, Panda Express, Panera Bread, AMEX Statement Credits, BA Avios, and the Grand Canyon

2014 New Years

What’s on my Mind? Bluebird and Walmart, Credit Card Sign Up / Spending Bonuses, Mercedes Benz Key Rings, Panda Express, Panera Bread, AMEX Statement Credits, BA Avios, and the Grand Canyon

Instead of posting several small blog posts, I decided to post everything here in 1 giant post.

1 – Which gift cards work at Walmart to reload a Bluebird Card?

Thank you to everyone who commented on my last post and shared their recent successes and failures of loading gift cards to Bluebird.  I compiled the results below. From looking at the list, it looks like every Visa gift card that you guys tried worked, so I am going to switch from buying $200 MasterCard gift cards issued by US Bank to buying $200 Visa gift cards issued by Metabank (Gift Card Mall).

WM BB Successes

I went to Walmart today (January 6) and loaded 2 $200 and a $500 Visa gift card successfully.
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