Lou MC Yelps a Lot

Before my trip to California, I had to do a little soul searching with my loyalty programs. Who gives me the most wins. I have AAdvantage and Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards. This is a nerve wracking challenge Late June, I received an invitation to join a 5K Challenge. Here is how it goes.  Earn up to 5,000 AAdvantage® bonus miles when you register and complete these qualifying activities in any order through September 30, 2018: Make any purchase with AAdvantage® eShopping℠ Dine-in or carry out with AAdvantage® Dining℠ Book and stay at a hotel at bookaahotels.com Rent and drive a car at aa.com/cars Fly on an American Airlines marketed and operated flight Waiting on 2500 miles from hotel stay But here is the tricky part. The points are accumulated by steps. · 1 activity = 50 bonus miles · 2 activities = 250 bonus miles · 3 activities = 1,000 bonus miles · 4 activities = 2,500 bonus miles · 5 activities = 5,000 bo...

This is my 3rd of several blogs on merchants that offer cash back. I would buy certain items at Kohl's, Targets Stores, Amazon or elsewhere, only if I can get a bigger return based on their rewards program. Kohl's Cash First of all, beware. Don't use Kohl's Cash with discount. The value will be discounted. When you return an item purchased with Kohl's Cash will be deducted for the face value. My biggest complaint about Kohl's practice on the refund policy Do the math: 25% off = need $66.67 prior to discount to reach $50 than get a $10 Kohl's Cash 40% off = need $83.33 prior to discount to reach $50 than get a $10 Kohl's Cash Formula is $50 divided by (100%-40%) to get desired require amount. Here is my complaint: A pair of pants selling for $14.99. After applied $10 Kohl's Cash and 25% off coupon, it came to $3.74 before tax. Here is the calculation: (14.99 - 10.00) x 0.75 = $3.74. If just using the coupon, it's $11.24. The dif...

This is my 2nd blog about merchants that offer cash back from reward points. Whenever I want electronics, I start my research on Best Buys' website. After analyzing the value on this blog, I realized its true value at the end of this page. One review gets 10% closer to earn $5 or 50 cents per review Best Buys Rewards - free to enroll. You earn 1 point per dollar spent after discount before tax. It will rounded off to full dollar. So you get only 1 point for $1.99 item. I will get a $5 off coupon for every 250 reward points. I'm getting closer to earn that $5. Buy Buy Buy. Bonus Points - "Review your purchase and get 25 My Best Buy bonus points" - after each purchase, I get invitations to write a review on the product. This encourages me to share my experience. This opportunity doesn't expire but the email link will. I would recommend write a review quickly because the item could be sold out or deleted from the list. That would be a waste of time. Ano...

I would buy certain items at Walgreens, but only if I can get a bigger return. Buyer beware, some items are more expensive here. So, shop around before making the final purchase. This blog is meant to help me to calculate its value and if it's worth to get out of my way to shop at Walgreens. Question: How much do my Walgreen's Balance Reward points worth? Walgreen's has a very strict earning bracket How to earn the points:  "With Everyday Points, you'll get 10 points per $1 on almost everything," according to the  Balance Rewards page. Earn more points and perks: Prescriptions get 100 points per 30-day and 300 points per 90-day. Bonus points on featured products 20 points per mile when you link to a healthy behavior app, like Fitbit. AARP members get 50 points per $1 spent (Did you know I redeemed my annual membership fee for 3 years already?)  Coupons from emails and mails. Coming back with more coupons To redeem: Yo...