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2 Quick Questions: Would you Pay for Advanced MS Strategies? What is your Zipcode?

Good afternoon everyone, I just had 2 quick questions I wanted to run by you to get your feedback/opinion.  I really like what The Free-quent Flyer does in regards to his monthly blog subscription and what a few other bloggers do in regards to their weekly/monthly newsletter.  This is my thinking:

  • As a blogger, I have a responsibility to find deals and share those deals with my readers.
  • I also have the responsibility of not killing deals prematurely by drawing too much attention to various deals/tricks/loopholes.
  • There are many deals/tricks/loopholes that I discover over the course of the month that I do not post and that I only share with a very small group of people.
  • Some deals would be MS-related and some would just be simple cash back deals.
  • I would only share items that I discover and have personally tried.  I would not summarize ideas from other private forums.
  • I’m leaning toward a PayPal subscription, but I am not 100% sure on the implementation of the service (direct emails only or a password-protected section on this site?)
  • I will still continue to share normal everyday deals openly on my blog, nothing will change in those regards.

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Evolve Money Update: Pay All Bills with Visa, MasterCard, and Discover Credit Cards (3% Fee Applies)

Good morning everyone, Evolve Money sent out an email update this morning regarding changes to their bill pay feature.  In recent months, Evolve Money let you pay all bills with Discover credit cards (link), then a month later, Evolve Money evolved changed and would only let you pay certain bills with a Discover credit card (link).  Today, Evolve Money will let you pay any bill with a Discover credit card, but they added a 3% bill pay fee.  In the process of checking out Evolve Money, I discovered that you could also add Visa and MasterCard credit cards and pay any bills, but the same 3% bill pay fee still applies.

Evolve money Update 2-1-2015

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Reminder: OC Meetup at In-N-Out Saturday January 31 at 6PM

Good morning everyone, this is just a friendly reminder for all readers in the Orange County area.  Please join me and many others like me for dinner at In-N-Out as we discuss miles and points.  All levels of expertise are welcome, from beginners to experts.

OC Meetup:

In-N-Out Tustin District Map

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New Vanilla Reload Flex Load Cards at Walgreens (Cash Only)

Yesterday, I stopped by Walgreens to pick up a PayPal My Cash Card and saw the new Vanilla Reload Flex Load Cards on the gift card rack.  I picked it up and looked on the back to learn more about the card.  As of December 2014 (see the 1214v01 code in the lower left corner), this card can be used to load:

  • American Express Serve
  • H&R Block Emerald Prepaid MasterCard
  • JH Preferred Prepaid Visa Card
  • Momentum Visa Prepaid Debit Card
  • MoneyNetwork Cards
  • MyVanilla Prepaid Visa Card
  • NetSpend Prepaid Debit Card
  • PayPal Prepaid MasterCard
  • READYdebit Gold Visa Prepaid Card
  • Western Union NetSpend Prepaid MasterCard

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