Flying for Fitness

American Express currently has an offer for a $99 statement credit when you spend $99+ at The Motely Fool.  The popular Motely Fool Stock Advisor membership typically costs $99 a year with a 30 day refund membership period, so the Amex Offer essentially gets you one year for free.  But it gets better as cashback portals are issuing as high as 15,000 points for new memberships, with the Shop through Chase Freedom Ultimate Rewards (UR) coming out on top with 15,000 UR points for new memberships.  If you don't have a Chase Freedom account, American Airlines AAdvantage Shopping , which is free to sign up for, is offering 14,900 miles.  So you'd essentially be making money with these cashback portals as 15,000 UR is worth at least $150. What is The Motely Fool? The Motely Fool has been consistently rated as one of the best stock advice websites providing reliable and factual data.  I have never used it before, but their users seem to mostly happy with their investme...

Safeway/Vons/Albertsons popular Visa gift card deal has returned where you can get $15 off two (2) $100 Visa gift cards and $10 off two (2) $50 Visa gift cards .  This deal expires on February 23, 2021, and needs to first be added to your Just for U account before being redeemed at the cash register. Which credit card to use? $100 Visa gift cards have $5.95 purchase fees and $50 Visa gift cards have $4.95 purchase fees.  So you'd be up $3.10 for the $100 gift card offer and 10 cents for the $50 offer, plus any credit cards rewards points earnings.  For those of you who were fortunate enough to sign up for the Amex Platinum or Chase Freedom Flex during the past few months promotional period where you got 10x Amex Membership Rewards (MR) on grocery store purchases for the first 6 months and 5x Chase Ultimate Rewards (UR) on grocery store purchases for the first 12 months, this would be an excellent opportunity to earn extra bonus points.  Another good credit card to...

As part of their safety video that was aired as a Super Bowl commercial yesterday, Alaska Airlines has been offering 50% or BOGO (buy one, get one free) flights on most of their flights with promo code LETSGO.  The sale ends at midnight PST tonight, but is good for flights departing February 16 - May 26, 2021 for a minimum of 2 travelers and a maximum of 6 travelers.  Here is how the offer works: In the  booking form  on this page, enter your departure and arrival cities, dates, and at least  2  travelers. Travel is valid February 16 - May 26, 2021. Travel  to  Hawaii, Mexico, or Costa Rica is valid Sundays - Wednesdays Travel  from  Hawaii, Mexico, or Costa Rica is valid Tuesdays - Fridays Travel to/from all other cities is valid Mondays - Thursdays Bonus: Get 10% off travel on days of week not listed above Bonus: Get 10% off First Class fares all days of week Bonus: Get 10% off solo travel all days of week Enter  LETSGO ...

Chase is offering 10% cashback for up to a total of $5 cashback on a single purchase with Doordash.  The Chase Offer ends on February 28th, 2021, and appears to be widely targeted as I had multiple Chase cards that received it  The offer is redeemable on DoorDash's website or the app, and you must first add it to your respective Chase card through your online account or the Chase mobile app. As a reminder, Chase Sapphire (Reserve and Preferred) card holders get 12 months of complimentary DashPass , and Chase Freedom (legacy, Unlimited, and Flex) get 3 months of free DashPass .  DashPass gets you free delivery on orders of $12+ and reduced service fees.  Chase Reserve card holders also get $60 in automatic Doordash credit for this calendar year. Although you have to use your DashPass-registered Chase card in order to receive DashPass benefits, you can redeem a Doordash gift card and be eligible for DashPass as long as the registered Chase card is your default form o...

Chase has just sent out notifications to their Freedom Flex and Unlimited cardholders for 5x Ultimate Rewards (UR) on gas purchases throughout the month of February.  Enrollment for the promo is required, which runs from February 1 through February 28, 2021.  You can earn a total of up to 750 bonus UR, which amounts to $150 in gasoline purchases.  750 UR may not seem much, but most of us probably aren't hitting $150 in monthly gas spend during the pandemic.  You can also get 750 bonus UR per card, meaning that if you have both the Freedom Flex and the Freedom Unlimited, you can earn up to 750 bonus UR per card for a total of up to 1,500 bonus UR. Even if you didn't receive the promo e-mail from Chase, you can still register with your Freedom card at the following link to be eligible for the offer: Enrollment link Key Terms To be eligible for this bonus offer, you must activate by 02/28/2021 11:59 p.m. E.T. You will earn 5% Cash Back rewards total for each $1 spent i...