Mailbag #8: Earning More Points, Top Listener Tips, Monitoring Price Drops, Paying Taxes on a Credit Card and More

#111: Host Chris Hutchins covers top tips from listeners, paying taxes with your credit card, tactics for earning more points, monitoring flights for fare drops, hotel discounts, southwest companion pass and more. This episode is packed with so many great tips and tricks!

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Credit Card Links: Chris's Credit Card Site | Prototype Card Site

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Unclaimed Money Sites

Trustworthy (Free trial and 20% off)

Point.me (Get your first month for $1 with code HACKS)

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Tax Payment Processors: Pay USA Tax | Pay 1040 | ACI Payments, Inc.

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Capital One Shopping Portal

Hotel Deals: Club 1 Hotels | Capital One Business Deals

Bank of America® Premium Rewards® Credit Card

Southwest Companion Pass® Guide

Trip Planning: Tripit Pro

Full Year Award Search: Seatspy

Vacation Rental Comparison: HiChee

AI Vacation Planning: ChatGPT | Where To?

Luggage Storage: BagsAway

Airbnb + Delta Promo

MaxRewards

Cardpointers (30% for all listeners and 50% off for members)

Scan Receipts for Points: Fetch

Skip Content Paywalls: 12ft Ladder

Fasting for Jet Lag: Harvard Article

Award Issue Articles

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Full Show Notes (timestamps coming soon)

Listener Wins

ATH Membership

Credit Cards 

Earning points and using a credit card to pay taxes

Engagement Ring Tricks

Earning more points without spending more

Prioritizing points bonuses or signup bonuses

Retention Offers

Listener Tips

Bank of America Cards 

Companion Pass

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