Archive for January, 2008
Thursday, January 31st, 2008
Another update to my million miles quest. January was an okay month in that I accumulated 3,647 miles. 500 miles from E-Rewards for filling out surveys and 3,147 from credit card spending.
Total miles accumulated is now 31,044. I'm still a long way from my goal of a million miles but ...
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Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
Around midnight awhile back my girlfriend and I were visiting a Wachovia ATM which is located inside one of their branches and is protected by one of those card reading slots which you have to insert your ATM card in order for the door to be unlocked.
A friend that was ...
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Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
With the recent rate cuts a lot of bank have been dropping the rates on their accounts. You can still get an effective 5% APY though.
Name of Bank / Effective Yield (APY) / Minimum
Countrywide Savings 5.00% $10,000
Shorebank 5.00% $1
Alliant CU 4.85% $5
Savings Square 4.80% $1
Corus Bank Ultimate MMA 4.75% $10,000
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Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008
On my recent trip to California with my girlfriend I noticed an extremely disturbing trend out there. Almost everywhere you go merchants ask for ID when you choose to pay with a credit card. Some merchants even have minimum amounts like $20 minimum for them to accept a credit card.
These ...
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Monday, January 21st, 2008
Back from California, haven't been doing much lately. My first class starts on the 25th. My efforts have been directed more towards reading other blogs than actually writing on my own. Here's two blogs I enjoy.
Consumerist - Great GREAT blog involving personal finance and consumer complaints (and sometimes praise). Check ...
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Friday, January 11th, 2008
Currently getting away from it all in California. My sister who lives out here just had her kid last month too so I'm seeing my niece for the first time. That's all -Hejustlaughs
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Thursday, January 3rd, 2008
The last time I updated was at the end of August and my mileage total then was 23,350. Since then I haven't made much progress as I haven't flown anywhere or been actively looking to obtain miles.
I earned an additional 4,047 miles exclusively through credit card purchases bringing my total ...
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