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Easy Travel Redemption with the Barclaycard World Arrival MasterCard
Last week we redeemed the sign-up bonus on my Barclaycard Arrival™ World MasterCard® – Earn 2x on All Purchases for $425 toward a flight we had recently bought to California. The whole time I’ve been learning about and using this card I kept asking myself “Is it really that easy? Where’s the catch?” This post is my report from the other side of the redemption process and let me tell you, it really is easy and … Read entire article »
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Our Best (Pain-Free) Money-Saving Moves
In this post I will detail how much money we have saved (that is, not-spent) by making simple, painless changes in our life. We really haven’t given up anything by making these choices, although sometimes the workarounds can get a bit creative! I’ve ranked our choices from most money saved per year to least. Moving Closer to Work While Reducing Our Rent Two years ago, Kyle and I were living in a luxury apartment and we really … Read entire article »
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Awesome Sign-Up Bonus Ratio with Barclaycard Arrival World MasterCard
Y’all know that Kyle and I are not much for credit card sign-up bonuses – we’re more about the long-term rewards or perks. I do keep an eye out for high sign-up bonuses by following some credit card churning blogs, but usually the minimum spend requirements are out of the range of our normal spending. (That is, until we realized that we can now put rent on a credit card, but that has its own set … Read entire article »
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