Great Posts from Around the Web

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








Manufactured Spending:

• Raise Now Paying Out $1.50 on all Gift Cards Over $20
• Doctor of Credit
• Re-dipping my toes into reselling
• Frequent Miler
• Reselling is cool now
• Major Changes to Giftcardzen Reselling
• Doctor of Credit
• Selling physical gift cards is so annoying.  I'm glad for the change.  It's been a little while since I've sold a physical gift card that wasn't a gas gift card.
• Common acronyms used in the MS world (see what I did there)
• Miles per Day
• I actually quite a few acronyms from this.  Very helpful if you don't want to look dumb in front of MS online buddies ;)

Credit Cards/Banks:

• PSA: Prepaying Your Credit Card May Invalidate Your Rewards
• Chasing the Points
• Curious to see how this develops.  I hope this doesn't end up being true long term.
• Amtrak Guest Rewards 2016 — Better than expected. My take and recommendations
• Frequent Miler
• Chase Amtrak Cardholders Will Be Transitioned To Chase Freedom On September 30th (+ Point Transfer & Expiry Information)
• Doctor of Credit
• Amtrak points are cool now
• Why 5,000 Extra Starwood Points Is a Big Deal (The Magic of Cash & Points!)
• Million Miles Secrets
• I'm no expert in Starwoods points, but if 5,000 points are routinely worth $200, I need to start collecting them
• PSA: Read This Before Converting To The New Serve
• Chasing the Points

Deals:

• Amazon Easy, Free $5 Targeted
• Points, Miles and Martinis
• Always worth to do a quick search of your emails to make sure you didn't archive by mistake when these offers come out.
• Amazon: Free $10 On $10 Prime Members
• Points, Miles and Martinis
• Another great Amazon deal.  Take advantage if you can.
• Save $10 Off $50 At NYC Restaurants With AMEX!
• DansDeals
• In my experience, most of the time Kosher restaurants are excluded from this, but Dan reports that every restaurant he searched for was on the list.  I might have to take advantage with some gift cards to use in the future, though I still have some restaurant gift cards from last year's Small Business Saturday.  I gotta get out more.

Miscellaneous:

• Amazon Adds Great New Feature for International Travel
• Heels First Travel
• You can now watch Amazon Instant Videos when you are offline.  That's a very nice feature.
• In-Depth Guide to Saving Money at Walmart
• Danny Deal Guru
• I don't shop at Walmart enough to make use of this, but if you do, it's worth a read.