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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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Earn 100,000 bonus points + $500 Chase Travel℠ promo credit after you spend $5,000 on purchases in the first 3 months from account opening.
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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…
June 6, 2025
💳 Increased Hotel & Airline Card Offers: June 2025
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If you're familiar with any of the hotel or airline programs below and have been thinking about a new card, these increased offers might be interesting and quite valuab…
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 30, 2025
🤑 Best IHG One Credit Cards Offers of 2025 (Including 5 Free Nights!)
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If you’ve been thinking about adding an IHG credit card to your wallet, now’s the perfect time. Both the IHG One Rewards Premier Credit Card and the IHG One Rewards Traveler Credit Card are offering their best welc…
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…
April 12, 2025
🤑 My Top Finds, Latest Deals, and Best Recommendations (4/12/25)
This week, we'll cover how to earn points on taxes, navigate market volatility and stack deals, limited time welcome offers on travel cards, free 2024 bookkeeping, up to 15% off gift cards, bank bonuses worth up to $2300+, free streaming subscriptio…
April 5, 2025
🤑 My Top Finds, Latest Deals, and Best Recommendations (4/5/25)
This week, we'll cover a deep dive on credit scores and their real-life impact, up to 30% off Southwest flights, extra points at Hyatt casino hotels, $20 off $80 + 15% off + $15 rebate on P&G products, how to save 25% off Air France-KLM award fl…
March 29, 2025
🤑 My Top Finds, Latest Deals, and Best Recommendations (3/29/25)
This week, we'll cover how I'm rethinking elite status and new points strategies, how to earn 3x on Hyatt vacation rentals and up to 5k American Airlines bonus miles, freebies including free coffee, kids workshops, pita chips, how to save 25% on IHG…