Chase Sapphire Preferred | 365 Magical Days of Travel

01 Apr 2019

Credit Card Shuffle

Saving Money, Travel

186/365 I may earn a bonus reward if you use the referral links contained in this article. Thank you for your support! With the beginning of the new month, it's time to reevaluate what's in our wallets. I promise not to break into a cheesy 80s dance like that famous football team, but let me walk you through how I…

23 Mar 2019

By Debra Baca

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No Fee MasterCards at Staples

Saving Money, Travel

177/365 Starting tomorrow, you can pick up a $200 MasterCard gift card at Staples and not pay the activation fee. Pair this with a credit card that gets rewards at office supply stores, you can rack up your points. Ultimate Rewards Strategy I use my Chase Ink Business Plus to get 5x Ultimate Rewards at office supply stores. While Chase…

22 Mar 2019

By Debra Baca

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Booking Hyatt Award Stays

Saving Money, Travel

176/365 Hyatt is my favorite hotel brand to book award rooms, just like Southwest is my favorite airline for booking award airfare. Rooms start at just 5,000 points for a category 1 hotel and top out at 40,000 points for the high end category 8 properties. (Let's face it—I have absolutely no interest in those hotels!) Exploring Hotel Charts Comparable…

14 Mar 2019

By Debra Baca

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Fry’s 4x Gift Card Event

Disney, Saving Money, Travel

168/365 Through March 26, 2019, you can clip two coupons to your Fry’s/Kroger card to save on gift cards. This strategy, when paired with a credit card that earns rewards at grocery stores, can help you save on Disney or other branded gift cards! Calculate Your Savings For us, the math works out like this. For each $250 we spend…

12 Mar 2019

By Debra Baca

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$10 Off $300 in Visa Gift Cards at OfficeMax/Depot

Saving Money

166/365 If you're like me and need to replenish your stock of Visa gift cards, OfficeMax and Office Depot are having a sale. It's not the best sale, but if you have a Chase Business Ink Cash or other cash back card, you can rack up Ultimate Rewards and use the gift cards at merchants that don't have bonus categories.…

12 Jan 2019

By Debra Baca

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Fee-Free Visa Gift Cards at Staples

Earning Money, Travel

107/365 Starting tomorrow, you can pick up some fee-free Visa gift cards at Staples. I use my Chase Ink Business Plus to get 5x Ultimate Rewards at office supply stores. While Chase no longer offers this card, you could use my referral to get the Business Preferred (which does not get 5x at office supply stores), and then downgrade to…

31 Dec 2018

By Debra Baca

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End of the Week/Month/Quarter/Year

Budgeting, Earning Money, Saving Money

95/365 It happens once a year, well, (probably even less since it was also the end of my budgeting week), when everything comes due on the same day. Weekly Budgeting Expiring Offers Expiring Fuel Rewards Swagbucks Chase Freedom Categories Timesheets Charitable Donations End of the Week At the end (or really beginning) of each week, I sit down and balance…

26 Dec 2018

By Debra Baca

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30% Back at Staples with Chase Offers

Disney, Saving Money

90/365 If you download the Chase app (or the Chase Pay app), you can browse offers that you can load to your card just like Amex Offers. Right now, there are several good ones available for 5, 10, 15, and even 30% back! Unfortunately, they are highly targeted, so you have to check your accounts to see which offers you…

18 Dec 2018

By Debra Baca

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Visa Gift Cards on Sale at OfficeMax (Dead)

Earning Money

82/365 This sale is over. You can pick up some fee-free Visa gift cards at OfficeMax/Depot through December 22. Buy at least $300 in Visa gift cards, and you'll get an instant $15 discount at the register. This is basically free money since two $200 cards cost $6.95 each, so you'll even net a profit of $1.10. Earning Rewards Sweeten this…

27 Nov 2018

By Debra Baca

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Disney Premier Passports: Goal Update

Disney, Feature Articles

61/365 'tis the season for deals, and we ended up making some that affected our goal progress toward our Disney Premier Passports this past week. However, between Best Buy Rewards, Swagbucks, and shopDisney, we came out slightly ahead. Best Buy on Black Friday On Black Friday, Best Buy had a great deal on Amazon Echo Dots. The price for this…