Getting the Most from Your Amazon Purchases

If you are America’s largest online retailer, you don’t have to offer coupons or cash back deals to get people to buy from your web store. But if you are an Amazon customer, there are still ways to maximize the savings you get when making purchases on Amazon.com. First, there’s Amazon Prime, which, for $79 [...]

Chipping Student Loans Away through Shopping

New Year’s is just around the corner, and it looks like I’ll get to celebrate fulfilling one of my 2011 resolutions: pay off one of my graduate school student loans! In three years, I chipped away a $15,550 student loan balance, which now stands at just over $200. I’ll use some Christmas money to finish [...]

Look Out for Credit Cards that Are “Yours” but Aren’t With You

Recently I got an automated email from Citibank letting me know that my credit card “statement is ready to view.” It was not spam and contained the email security zone, which states my name, the last 5 digits of my account, and since when I’ve had the card. The problem? I don’t have a card [...]

Get a Movie Break with Fandango and Visa

It’s summer time, and I’ve probably watched more movies over the past month than I did all of last year. There’s nothing like a dark, heavily air-conditioned room to make me feel like I am far away from this year’s unbearable East Coast heat. And Fandango’s partnership with Visa makes this much appreciated escape a [...]

New York + Restaurant Week + AMEX + foursquare = $5 off

If you’re in New York this summer, make sure to check out its Restaurant Week event. What originally started as a week in which higher-end restaurants offer affordable fixed-price deals has been extended in several cities, such as Boston and Philly, into two-week events. But New York has taken it to a new extreme – [...]

Discover More and Chase Freedom: 5% cash back is great and two ways to get it is even better

I am a huge fan of Discover’s credit card, and I am certainly not alone. Discover has ranked very well in several customer satisfaction surveys in recent years, receiving an award for best call center in the Credit Card Industry in 2010, and coming out on top in various areas directly related to consumers, including [...]

The MarketPlace is Not Unique, but Isn’t Bad Either

MasterCard has been heavily advertising its new MarketPlace online portal, and it in fact offers some valuable deals. When it comes to online shopping, portals for discounts, cash, points, or miles already abound.  These are websites that, if you visit an online store through one of their links rather than by typing the store’s name [...]

Cash for a Clunker Appliance

Similar to last year’s cash for clunker program, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 has allocated $300 million for rebates to eligible residential consumers when they recycle their used appliances and purchase new energy-efficient ones (otherwise known as ENERGY STAR appliances).  Each state is in charge of designing  and implementing its own unique [...]

To Travelers: Time to Make Room in Your Wallet

Capital One has recently launched a new travel rewards credit card, as you might have already heard from its many TV commercials.  If you like to travel, Capital One’s Venture Rewards credit card could be your match made in heaven.

Citi/AAdvantage: Earn Miles, Save Some Too

For earning miles, the Citi/AAdvantage credit cards are fairly good ones, offering 1 mile per $1 spent (or 1.2 miles per dollar until May 31st for me, as I wrote about here) and relatively low annual fees starting at $85.   But Citi/AAdvantage credit cards come with another perk that is often overlooked.  Credit card [...]