The fastest way to accrue points is by opening a new credit card and earning the associated sign-up bonus. Minimum spend typically starts at $3,000, and you usually have at least three months to hit that spend. With the holidays coming up, many people find themselves spending more than usual due to holiday gifts, groceries,…
The ease and convenience of Amazon cannot be overstated. Place an order on your phone, and in a lot of cases, have what you need within 24 hours. Because of this, Amazon orders are a staple in many households. It also can be one of the trickiest places to earn more than the basic 1x…
Travel hacking does not only mean using credit card sign up bonuses to earn points and miles towards your travel goals. An underrated way to earn more points and miles on things you’re already spending money on is through linking partner programs. Here are just a few of the programs we suggest looking into to…
The baseline of travel hacking is being strategic with which credit card you’re opening and when. If you’re not working on a sign-up bonus, however, it’s important to know which credit cards can get you the most amount of points on regular items. There are a number of credit cards on the market, so many…
While opening credit cards is a big way to travel hack, that’s not the only way you can earn points and miles for travel. One of the ways we travel more for less is by earning miles or points on top of the credit card points we’re getting for the purchases anyways. As Chicago residents,…
Since we have several road trips coming up in the next few months, we’ve been focusing on how we can maximize our points and miles stacking when filling up our car with gas. Here are some of the ways we get the most rewards out of filling up our car:
As Chicagoans that fly out of O’hare, we take United Airlines flights more often than not. Because of this, we’re big fans of the United MileagePlus X app, which allows MileagePlus members to earn miles when they shop at participating retailers. Our favorite feature of the app is that it allows us to buy gift…