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AMEX for Target Discontinuing Program & AMEX Serve $25 Sign Up Bonus

Posted on February 27, 2016 by Grant. 44 Replies

Good evening everyone, I hope your weekend is going well. I wanted to give a quick shout out to all of you who joined me at In-N-Out Burger this afternoon for my OC miles and points meetup. I had a great time meeting and speaking with all of you. I will organize another OC meetup in a few months.

Anyway, a long, long time ago, the American Express Prepaid Card for Target (aka AMEX for Target) was one of the few/best MS techniques available at the time. Back in the day, you could load up to $1,000 with credit/debit/gift cards for a $3 fee and unload the card via cheap ATM withdrawals. You could have 2 cards in your name and load up to $5,000 combined per month. It was far from a perfect MS technique, but it was the best we had at the time.

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Reminder: OC Travel Hacker Meetup – Tustin District In-N-Out Burger – Saturday, February 27 12-2pm

Posted on February 26, 2016 by Grant. 8 Replies

Good morning everyone, happy Friday! This is a friendly reminder that my OC Meetup is tomorrow afternoon (Saturday 2/27). I’m looking forward to seeing a few familiar faces and meeting some new readers in Orange County. No need to RSVP, just show up if you are interested.

Where: In-N-Out Burger, 2895 Park Ave, Tustin, CA 92782 (Google Maps)
When: Saturday, February 27 from 12-2pm

If you have any questions, please leave a comment below. Have a great weekend everyone!

OC Travel Hacker Meetup – Tustin District In-N-Out Burger – Saturday, February 27 12-2pm

Posted on February 21, 2016 by Grant. 4 Replies

Quick shout out: Thank you to everyone who joined me yesterday at the Mountain View travel hacker meetup at In-N-Out Burger. It was great to see all of you, I will be back soon :)

Good morning everyone, I hope your weekend is going well. This has been a very busy week for travel hacker meetups. I had a meetup last Monday, a meetup last Tuesday, a meetup yesterday (Saturday) and I will have another meetup this coming Saturday in Orange County. I really enjoy meeting other miles and points junkies, it never gets old. I know it’s been awhile since my last OC meetup, so I am taking my talents back down to Orange County.

Where: In-N-Out Burger, 2895 Park Ave, Tustin, CA 92782 (Google Maps)
When: Saturday, February 27 from 12-2pm

I’m looking forward to seeing a few familiar faces and meeting some new readers in Orange County. No need to RSVP, just show up if you are interested.

If you have any questions, please leave a comment below. Have a great weekend everyone!

P.S. I promise to get back to posting actual miles and points articles, not just meetup announcements and reminders :)

Reminder: Travel Hacker Meetup @ Mountain View In-N-Out (Feb 20 from 12-2pm)

Posted on February 20, 2016 by Grant. 8 Replies

Good morning everyone, I hope your weekend is off to a great start. This is a friendly reminder that my first travel hacker meetup in Mountain View is happening this afternoon. I will be taking CalTrain from SF to Mountain View and then going to the In-N-Out near Grant Park Plaza. There is another In-N-Out in Mountain View, but 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: Saturday, February 20 @ 12-2pm

I will be wearing my traditional Travel with Grant gray shirt and hanging out by the outside tables. There is no need to RSVP, just show up if you are in the area. I hope to see a few familiar faces and meet a few new readers this afternoon. Have a great day everyone!

P.S. I will be in Orange County next weekend, so I will organize an OC Meetup for next Saturday afternoon (2/27). Stay tuned for details…

PSA: Check Existing Southwest Airlines Flights for Price Drops, then Rebook

Posted on February 2, 2016 by Grant. 20 Replies

Good morning everyone, greetings from rainy/windy Super Bowl City (San Francisco). I just got an email from Southwest Airlines regarding their current flight sales. In most cases, Southwest Airlines flight sales would not be newsworthy, but if you are an experienced/savvy Southwest Airlines flier, you know that Southwest Airlines lets you make free changes and cancellations to existing reservations. I keep a spreadsheet on my computer (saved to OneDrive and available on my iPhone) that shows all my upcoming flights. I book a lot of flights and sometimes I forget when I book flights (and I accidentally booked 2 trips for the same weekend #facepalm).