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AAdvantage Aviator Mastercard
Has the scammer been scammed? The AAdvantage Aviator Red Elite Mastercard offers 50,000 American Airline miles after first purchase. What?? Is this real? It is literally free money. Although, the annual fee is $99 though. But I also got lucky. While flying to Canada in April, I got a special in flight offer for $0…
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$3000 breakdown on United card in 90 days
How can you reach your minimum spend without spending more money than you need? It’s all about planning. Some factors to consider would be: large upcoming bills, regular monthly expenses, reimbursable expenses etc. Here is a quick breakdown of how I’ve reached my minimum spend on the United without spending more money than planned. #…
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North Carolina Trip Review
Trip 1 was to North Carolina for MLT MBA conference. MLT is one of the pre-MBA programs that I’m participating in this year. This trip cost a total of $349.83. Flight was basically FREE baby (well $11.20). Lodging was paid for and the $349.83 was spent on food, lyfts and vibes 🙂 It was a…
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Traveling for free thanks to my HSA
The Health Savings Account (HSA) helps you with taxes but did you know you can use it to travel the world for $FREE.99. This isn’t a scam I promise. I just started this journey and it is a sweet ride. So first, why should you get an HSA? Do you want to reduce your taxable…
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Travel Hack Fail #2
Japan baby. Guysss I don’t have enough vacation time for this trip. But the tickets are bought so we move. Some way some how, I will be in Japan in September. But I wasn’t able to hack this trip sadly. I paid $1559 for my United ticket from LAX to HND. I will probably hack…
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I scammed my friend and her BF
Well they left me in the club to fend for myself so I feel no guilt about this one. Story time: In January, I wanted to party in SF because I was stressed AF from studying. It was supposed to be a girls trip but my coworker friend got busy and one of my homies…
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Traveling the World for $free.99 (part 3)
Pittsburgh, PA here I come. Total flight was $910 but thanks to travel hacking I only paid $11.20. Here’s how: In December 2022, I opened a SouthWest credit card that was offering 75,000 bonus miles after spending $3000 in the first 90 days. During the holidays, I spent about $2000 on groceries & holiday shopping…
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Travel Hack Fail #1
This isn’t too bad actually. I just need to do more extensive research into international travel hacking. And this trip was more last minute. I spent $1,610 on a flight to Nigeria (your xoxo gossip girl blogger reveals another identity clue). Lodging and food is free since I’ll be staying with family. My cousin is…
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3 Reasons to Join Delta SkyMiles
I haven’t always been a fan of Delta because of how expensive their flights are compared to other budget friendly domestic airlines (Southwest, Alaska). However, there are significant benefits and easy ways to earn Delta points (without booking flights).Anyway, these are my top reasons why you should open a SkyMiles rewards account so you can…
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Traveling the world for $FREE.99 (part 1)
Hello internet friends! Today, I am going to be talking about travel hacking through credit card churning. It is an extremely popular technique in the FIRE community that lets you travel the world for FREE. No, this is not a scam. It does require a good amount of strategy and planning. For starters, I only…
Gen Z Guide to FI 