{"id":4565,"date":"2022-05-25T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-25T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/?p=4565"},"modified":"2023-04-18T11:40:50","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T17:40:50","slug":"wednesday-quad-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/2022\/05\/25\/wednesday-quad-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday Quick Hits"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rhetorical random thought: Why is a college quad called a quad? If you know don\u2019t tell me, I\u2019m currently living in ignorant bliss on the matter and wish to keep it that way.<\/p>\n

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  1. If you have an American Express EveryDay card, check your account dashboard <\/a>for a targeted upgrade offer to the EveryDay Preferred card with a 40,000 Membership Rewards bonus. You\u2019ll have an annual fee of $95 to pay in exchange for those 40,000 points.\n

    For a level two churner, I\u2019d also ask for a retention offer from AmEx the day after upgrading the card since you\u2019re going to have to keep it open for a year anyway to stay out of the penalty box<\/a>.<\/li>\n

  2. Check your inbox for targeted spend bonuses from Discover, offering an extra 2% on spend through July 31 for up to $2,000 in spend (of course I\u2019d only knock this out stacked with Q2 and Q3<\/a> 5x spend).<\/li>\n
  3. Giant, Stop & Shop, and Martin\u2019s stores have 10x points on Apple gift cards<\/a> through tomorrow, up to $2,000 in spend per loyalty account. Resale rates are in the 92% range right now, so this is a nice way to gin up some bonused grocery spend at above break even. (Thanks to GC Galore<\/a>)<\/li>\n
  4. Kroger has a 4x fuel points sale running Friday through Monday<\/a> on third party gift cards. Unfortunately for resellers there\u2019s been effectively some form of 4x, 6x, or 12x running all month which has depressed rates, likely through the middle of June.<\/li>\n
  5. Graduate Hotels<\/a> (a boutique hotelier with unique properties scattered across the US and Europe) is running an award sale today starting at 12 PM Eastern for hotel rooms at $30 per night, plus taxes for stays through July 31. The sale runs for 30 hours, but my guess is that the truly great options will sell out long before that. (Thanks to FM<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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    For some reason Washington University didn\u2019t contact me before naming this \u201cthe quad\u201d. I guess it is more catchy than \u201cthe polygons\u201d though.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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