Recently I took my first trip since the dawn of the pandemic and that’s when I realized that my Global Entry had just expired. The trip made me realize how much I had taken the TSA Pre benefits for granted. Few days after returning from the trip, I started filling…

08/25/21 Update: I had previously thought the reward cap for Spin+ card was $500 per month but that apparently isn’t the case. The maximum you can buy with Spin+ card at a base of 5% BTC back is $500 per calendar month. This obviously introduces a huge limitation to the…

By this point you’re likely aware that the annual fee of American Express Platinum is increasing to $695, which is a whooping increase by $145 or roughly 26 percent. Remember that the previous annual fee increase happened from $450 to $550 which was an increase by $100 or roughly 22…

Jasper is offering a credit card with up to 1-6% cashback. Here is an article telling you why you shouldn’t get it and why you definitely shouldn’t be pitching this to your friends. You’ve to invite other people to get bumped to a higher tier of cashback. Initially you start…

Recently I wrote about Fold Debit Card which earns bitcoin instead of cashback but the catch is that the better version of the Fold card has an annual fee. Prior to that, I wrote about crypto debit card that earn up to 8% cashback in the form of crypto but…

People who rigorously follow this hobby tend to accumulate a lot of points. The obviously and often the easiest way is through signup bonuses but many manage to accumulate hundreds of thousands of points through manufactured spending or the good old mileage run. There are many many articles that teach…

I frequently talk about credit cards and I have a lot of credit cards but up until recently you may not have known that I have completely done away with activating and using rotating categories, circulating cards, carrying 2% cashback card, trying to figure if 1.5 UR is better than…

On Jun 3rd, Plastiq sent out an email, titled “Earn up to $60 just by paying early with Plastiq”, offering $20 per $1k in payment with a debit or credit card. You can earn up to a maximum of $60. Get rewarded this month for submitting your payments early. Use…

It isn’t often that you see shutdown and reinstatement data point being shared at once but here we are. One Finance is one of my favorite fintech. I like them so much that most of my direct deposit goes to them. Why shouldn’t it? After all they incentivize direct deposit with 3% APY on up to 10% of direct deposit. Anyway, as you might have noticed I have been doing a little bit of crypto here and there and I, for whatever reason, chose to do withdraw/deposit cash to/from exchanges to my One Finance account.

If you’re a regular reader of this blog then you must have noticed by now that this site now has crypto contents. The content thus far has been catered towards my usual readers, credit card and miles enthusiasts, but at the same time I think the content in those articles…