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July 26, 2025
🤑 My Top Finds, Latest Deals, and Best Recommendations (7/26/25)
This week, we'll cover my favorite tactics for booking travel with points & miles, Southwest card refresh with increased offers, new perks & more, deals on business class award flight deals to Europe + Asia, $9,500 bonus points via shopping …
July 25, 2025
✈️ Southwest Cards Refresh: 100k Welcome Bonus, New Perks, Higher Fees, and Shortcut to Companion Pass
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Southwest just rolled out a major refresh of their…
July 25, 2025
🧳 20 Tactics to Book Travel with Points
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Booking travel with points and miles isn’t just about earning them; it’s about using them strategically. Over the years, I’ve tested dozens of tactics to squeeze the most value from my points, and in this pos…
July 20, 2025
🤑 My Top Finds, Latest Deals, and Best Recommendations (7/19/25)
This week, we'll cover how to design a rich life at any income, what I've been up to (deals, cards, shows, etc.), bank bonuses worth $1,700+, 5,500 bonus points from shopping portals, free BJ’s Club Annual membership, newly launched "Mastercar…
July 19, 2025
🤑 How to Live A Guilt-Free Rich Life at Any Income
You don’t actually need to be a millionaire to live a rich life. In fact, Ramit Sethi believes you can live richly even if you’re in debt or earning $40,000 a year. A rich life isn’t about a number. It’s about a mindset that …
July 12, 2025
🤑 My Top Finds, Latest Deals, and Best Recommendations (7/12/25)
This week, we'll cover a deep dive on 30+ Amex cards & Membership Rewards, how to arn 50,000+ points on a new mortgage or refinance, bank bonuses worth $4,300+, deals on business class award flights to 7 destinations, $500+ worth of savings via …
July 5, 2025
🤑 My Top Finds, Latest Deals, and Best Recommendations (7/5/25)
This week, we'll cover my 10-step money allocation framework, how to earn 1 million points by flying to 6 continents, up to 50% off + free $50 credit at Target, free museum tix, fitness membership, ice cream, 20% off Flying Blue award flights, easy …
July 4, 2025
🤑 My Money Allocation Framework: 10 Steps to Build Your Wealth
If you’ve ever asked yourself, “What should I be doing with my money right now?” this framework is what I built to answer that question. Whether it’s a paycheck, a bonus, a tax refund, or just some extra cash sitting in your …
June 28, 2025
🤑 My Top Finds, Latest Deals, and Best Recommendations (6/28/25)
This week, we'll cover a new card to earn points on mortgages, daycare and more, what each generation gets right & wrong about money, new Amex Gold & Platinum bonuses of up to 175k, a JetBlue promo to earn 350k points & status for 25yrs,…
June 28, 2025
🏡 Mesa Homeowners Card
I recently got the Mesa Homeowners Card to start earning points on our mortgage. However, the perks and 3x bonus earning categories are so amazing (especially for no annual fee card) that the card could even make sense for some without a mortgage.…
June 23, 2025
💳 Chase Sapphire Reserve® Relaunch
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June 23, 2025
🤑 My Top Finds, Latest Deals, and Best Recommendations (6/23/25)
This week, we'll cover card changes + two huge welcome offers (up to 200k points), what's in my wallet for 2025, 5% back/5x points on bonus rotating categories for Q3, biz class flight deals to Europe, Japan, Brazil and more, $1,000 welcome bonus fr…
June 17, 2025
💳 What’s in My Wallet for 2025
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When it comes to credit cards, I look for three things: strong rewards on spending, perks that justify the annual fee, or a welcome bonus that’s too good to pass up. If a card checks one (or ideally all) of those boxes, …
June 14, 2025
🤑 My Top Finds, Latest Deals, and Best Recommendations (6/14/25)
This week, we'll cover 50 ways to upgrade your life, money, and travel, 4 new welcome offers worth 100k+ points, last minute Father’s Day gift ideas, over 63k bonus miles from Delta, United & Alaska, new card offering 4% back on everything…
June 13, 2025
🙌 50 Ways to Upgrade Life, Money & Travel
After 230 episodes, here are the 50 most actionable hacks and strategies I’ve learned, tested, and used to optimize travel, money, productivity, investing, relationships, and more. These aren’t just generic tips—they're the exact m…
June 7, 2025
🤑 My Top Finds, Latest Deals, and Best Recommendations (6/7/25)
This week, we'll cover three new ways to earn 5 free nights or >100k points, how to move up the Wealth Ladder, award flight deals (including biz class) to 15+ destinations, latest card-linked offers ($1,500+ in savings), 10,000 AAdvantage miles f…
May 31, 2025
🤑 My Top Finds, Latest Deals, and Best Recommendations (5/31/25)
This week, we'll cover a credit card welcome offer of 5 free hotel nights (worth 300k points!), understand and improve your gut health, bank & brokerage bonuses worth $13,000+, how to fly first class to Hawaii for 24.5k points, free $40 from the…
May 24, 2025
🤑 My Top Finds, Latest Deals, and Best Recommendations (5/24/25)
This week, we'll cover a deep dive on Citi cards and ThankYou points, latest flight deals to London, Italy, Reykjavik and more, $15 off $50+ Amazon household products, limited time bonus: 100k AAdvantage miles, earn up to 12k Hyatt Points with Pelot…
May 23, 2025
💳 Guide to Citi Cards + ThankYou Points
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I've never had a card that earned ThankYou Points until this year, but after opening a couple of Citi cards and digging deep into their entire ecosystem, I’m convinced they might be one of the most underrated issuers out…
May 17, 2025
🤑 My Top Finds, Latest Deals, and Best Recommendations (5/17/25)
This week, we'll cover the path to becoming an expert in points & miles, bank bonuses worth $1500+, the 3 ways to pay any bill by credit card, a new report that shares your paycheck info. another Hilton devaluation, new Japan Airlines partners, …
May 16, 2025
🚀 The 4-Step Framework to Become an Expert in Points & Miles
Points and miles can feel overwhelming fast—but it doesn’t have to be that way. That’s why I was excited to have Devon Gimbel on episode #227. Her 4-step framework simplifies everything, focusing on *real skills* over chasing perfe…
May 10, 2025
🤑 My Top Finds, Latest Deals, and Best Recommendations (5/10/25)
This week, we'll cover up to 6,500 bonus miles from shopping portals, how to maximize your travel and rewards, my new favorite hotel from our spring break trip, the latest hotel promos (Marriott, Hyatt, IHG, and more), how to earn 15x cash back (or …
May 3, 2025
🤑 My Top Finds, Latest Deals, and Best Recommendations (5/3/25)
This week, we'll cover an easy $450 U.S. Bank bonus, up to 30% off IHG stays (+ 5k new member offer), how to optimize your oral health for a longer life, big changes coming to Southwest seating, current transfer bonuses, Flying Blue Promo Rewards fo…
April 26, 2025
🤑 My Top Finds, Latest Deals, and Best Recommendations (4/26/25)
This week, we'll cover airport lounges (how to access, perks and expert tips), up to 12% off gift cards, best-ever $40 Rakuten bonus, Southwest new member bonus up to 5k points, latest flight deals (including biz class), how to earn 5k bonus points …
April 19, 2025
🤑 My Top Finds, Latest Deals, and Best Recommendations (4/19/25)
This week, we'll cover how to become a 10x better, more effective writer, $99+ Disney World hotel rooms PLUS 50% off kids park tickets, up to 350k bonus miles with biz card welcome offer, card-linked offers worth $1,000+ in savings, free summer acti…