Episode 29: Qantas Devaluation, Grocery Promos, and 5x Opportunities - a podcast by Sam Simon & Robert Dwyer

from 2019-06-21T21:00:26

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On this week's No Annual Fee Edition of the podcast we discuss:

0:30 Q3 5x Categories Announced


  • Chase Freedom: Gas and streaming services

  • Discover: PayPal and restaurants

  • Citi Dividend: Airline and car rentals


1:20 Office Depot $10 off $100 in Select Happy Cards (link)

  • Repeat of last promo

  • Unfortunately looks to be excluding Happy Guy (Home Depot)


2:25 Stop & Shop 8x Fuel Rewards Happy Cards

  • 6/21-6/27/2019


2:40 Safeway J4U $10 off of $100 or more Visa GC

  • This is a repeat of the promo from a month or so ago

  • $10 erases $5.95 purchase fee

  • Does work on Variable $500’s

  • Makes sure you have liquidation in place


 3:30 Amex Qantas Transfer Bonus and Targeted Qantas Transfer Bonus: Do they stack?

  • Amex is running an untargeted 20% bonus

  • People on DansDeals say they’re getting 20% on top of 20% for no apparent reason

  • (Additionally?) My wife was targeted for a 15% transfer bonus on the Qantas side

  • Do these stack?

  • I transferred 1,000 Qantas miles from Amex

  • This earned 1,200 upon arrival

  • 4 days later a 20% bonus of 240 points posted

  • If this sticks, it works out to a 1.44 transfer ratio

  • If the additional 15% posts it would be a 1.62 transfer ratio

  • Crazy one, but if all the bonuses posted it would be huge

  • Devaluation coming? (LoyaltyLobby link)

  • Yes, devaluation occurred (PointMeToThePlane link)


15:25 80,000 Signup Bonus Southwest Business Credit Card (FM link)

  • $199 annual fee

  • Expected to be subject to 5/24

  • Southwest Companion Pass: Deal or not a deal? (link)


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  • $150 promo from a Plastiq clone

  • Maximizing a 50,000 point Amex upgrade offer

  • A quick discussion about playing the timeshare game

  • And much more...


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