Traveling Green Rewards More than Just the Environment

Amtrak also has its own frequent traveler program – Amtrak Guest Rewards.  It works just like airline frequent flier programs, allowing you to earn points for Amtrak rides (2 points per dollar spent on Amtrak travel) and through hotel, car rental, and other partners.  If you travel by Amtrak for work or pleasure, even if [...]

Overpay vs. Underpay

Today’s Wall Street Journal has an article on how the economy might make the cash-strapped underpay and the affluent overpay their estimated taxes (deadline for 2Q is June 15th).  The goal, as mentioned in yesterday’s post is to do neither, but to pay just enough so that you aren’t giving Uncle Sam an interest-free loan or incurring [...]