First: IF you have a Blue Cash Card there appears to be no amount of safe spending that can be put on the card. DO NOT — USE YOUR CARD UNTIL THE DUST SETTLES. There is no guarantee that your card won’t still be closed in the future, but there is no reason right now to spend […]
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American Express Dropping the Hammer–Blue Cash 5% Cards Closed Being Closed Today
Very interesting developments happening today. Without notice American Express seems to have started closing accounts of people who have the old Blue Cash 5% card. In an unprecedented manner they seem to be emailing affected cardmemebers to tell them their cards have been cancelled. The text of the email is as follows: We are contacting […]
New $2k Daily Limits Already in Place at Some CVS Stores
On Saturday my local CVS informed me that there was a new memo floating around, and that the current $5k daily limit would be pushed down to $2k starting on October 27th. I went on twitter to share this fact to anyone still up at that late hour: CVS Reducing daily prepaid purchase limit to $2k […]
In Memoriam: Amazon Payments
Today the lights on Milenomics have been dimmed in honor of Amazon Payments leaving us. What follows is a Eulogy/Debriefing for her: My friends, it is truly sad that we come together this day to remember our dear friend, Amazon Paments. Many of you might have expected me to give this eulogy sooner. Part of me […]
Push it to the Limit–Get [up to] 3 Extra Annual Fee Free Months
Today’s post is best expereienced while listening to this song. Press play, and then start reading. 😉 — A quick post today, but one which could save you a some money nonetheless. Here at Milenomics we focus on avoiding annual fees whenever possible. This means either calling in and pressing for a fee waiver, downgrading to a fee […]
Eliminate Specific Carriers With Restrictive Award Searches on AA.com
Today we’re going back to the basics, and reviewing how to search for award tickets. I’ll be highlighing AA with this post and showing two ways to search for award flights while specifically excluding carriers you don’t want to fly on. In today’s example we’ll go with one of the toughest AA awards out there; […]