Great Posts from Around the Web

Here are some great posts from the around the Blogosphere to know about.

I'm also going to rename this Doctor of Credit's Best Hits.  Seriously, though, if you aren't following the Good DoC, you are really missing out:




Manufactured Spending:

• eBay Gift Cards and their Limits
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• Great Post
• $15 Staples Gift Card with $300 Mastercard Purchase
• Doctor of Credit
• As Freequent Flyerbook might say, "Money is on sale!:

Credit Cards/Banks:

• New BOA approval process and a stumble on my way to Necker Island
• Frequent Miler
• Interesting news.  BofA seems to be getting harder to apply for lots of cards, but it is probably still the easiest of any bank.
• Negative Changes Coming To Barclaycard Arrival Cards & Compensation
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• The negative changes have been discussed by many.  DoC takes it a step further and at least gets you something good out of it.
• How To Automate Enrolling In AmEx Sync Offers
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• SyncAssist is gone, this is a simple new way to automate AMEX offers.  
• Bet You Didn’t Know: Automatically Register for Only the Amex Offers You Want
• Julian on Frequent Miler
• Builds on Doctor of Credit's post so that you aren't registering for every single AMEX sync offer
• Santander Extra20 Gets Even More Difficult
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• Read the comments, it seems like the news isn't as bad as it seems.
• Paypal Prepaid 5% APY On Up To $5,000
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• There are many who really like high interest accounts.  I don't use them.  I need a large float for reselling and I can't have my money tied up in a savings account.

Deals:

• Amazon Prime Now $25 Off $50 [Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore, Dallas, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Miami]
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• This is a no brainer if you live in any of these places.
• AMEX Offer: Get $5 off $25 at DC Restaurants
• Heels First Travel

Miscellaneous:

• Register For Next Month’s Free Lego Event To Build A Lego Kangaroo For Kids In Lego Stores
• Dan's Deals
• I'm going to try this for my son for the first time.  He loves lego!
• My job? I blog. Here’s the answer to your next question… 
• Frequent Miler
• A great post into the psyche of one of the best and unbiased bloggers out there.  I'm not so saintly...
• Quick hit: activating Sam's Club gift cards
• Freequent FlyerBook
• Sam's Club gift cards are a real pain.  I bought one and I did not enjoy the process.
• Announcing a New Contributor & Feedback On What You Want to See
• Miles to Memories
• Congrats to Noah from Money Metagame.  This should be an enjoyable series.
• JetBlue inks big baseball contract 
• Travel Skills
• JetBlue now has live baseball games