👋 Hi Reader,

Hope you're having a great weekend! Here's a quick sneak peek of this week's newsletter:

• 💸 5 Tactics to Save $50k+/yr
• 💳 Limited-time $1,000+ welcome bonus
• 🛫 Three ways to earn up to 2,500 bonus miles
• 📱 Cell phone insurance comparison chart
• 🍱 Free meal kits and more!

I hope you enjoy and thank you in advance for forwarding this to anyone else who might enjoy all these deals! (and if that's you, you can subscribe to get it in your inbox each week here).

Thanks :)

-Chris

🛫 Travel, Points & Miles

💳 Limited-Time $1,000+ Welcome Bonus

The ​Capital One Venture Rewards Credit Card​ has a limited-time offer of $250 in travel credit AND a welcome bonus of 75k miles after spending $4k in the first 3 months. The miles are worth at least $750 in free travel (and more if you leverage transfer partners), making the total value at least $1,000. The travel credit can be used through Capital One Travel, where you can also earn 5x miles on hotels and rental cars. On top of that, the Venture card earns 2x on all purchases, which makes it a great card for all your non bonus-category spend.

🛫 Up to 2,500 Bonus Miles on 3 Different Airlines

Alaska, Southwest and United are all offering bonus miles for purchases made through their shopping portals, so if you're already buying something online, it might be a great opportunity for some extra miles.

• ​United: Up to 2,500 bonus miles (through 8/12)
• ​Alaska: Up to 1,000 bonus miles (through 8/5)
• ​Southwest: Up to 2,000 bonus points

🏨 Best Uses for IHG’s Free Night Certificates

Last week, I shared a card* that earns 5 free IHG nights after spending $4k in the first 3 months. If you are thinking about getting it (or already did), Frequent Miler recently shared a ​list of over 60 U.S. locations​ to redeem your IHG free night certificates. You can find this card offer and all our other favorites on this page: ​Top Credit Card Offers​.

*For compliance reasons, we can’t include names of all cards/banks.

🤑 Latest Deals

💸 5 Tactics to Get an Extra $50k+ Each Year

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This week I shared five ways to save/earn a ton of money by lowering property tax, spending fewer miles on flights, cutting credit card fees, getting a free companion pass and taking advantage of big bank and brokerage bonuses.

🏦 $900 Bank Bonus is Back

Since publishing the episode above, this $900 bank bonus is back. You'll get $300 for opening a checking account with a direct deposit, $200 for maintaining $15k in a savings account for 30 days, and an additional $400 if you do both.

🍱 Free Meal Kit Deals

Meal kit deals might be one of the most unexpected but effective ways to save on your groceries. We discussed this in episode #181 and here are some of the latest deals to get you started:

• HelloFresh: 10 free meals + free appetizer for life​
• Green Chef: 50% off + 20% off for 2 months​
• Marley Spoon: First box free​
• CookUnity: 60% off 16 meals​
• Dinnerly: First box free​

🔁 Current Transfer Bonuses

• Citi ➡️ Cathay Pacific: ​15% (expires today)
• Blue Bank ➡️ IHG: ​80% (through 7/31)​
• Blue Bank ➡️ Air Canada: ​20% (through 7/31)

Note: I don’t recommend speculative transfers, but if you're planning a trip, you might be able to get a better deal with one of these bonuses!

🕵️ Great Finds

🥤 DRAM: Amazing Natural Herbal Sparkling Water

I've lately been pretty obsessed with DRAM’s zero-calorie, zero-sugar sparkling beverages. They have such unique and amazing flavors – the adaptogenic Mushroom Cola is my favorite, but Cardamom + Black Tea is a close second. Everything is made from real plants and PFOS-tested water. And best of all they helped me put together an All the Hacks Sampler of my favorites and you can get 20% off the whole site here.

📱 Comparing Credit Card Phone Insurance Coverage

One of the best hidden benefits of credit cards is cell phone insurance coverage. Frequent Miler put together a comprehensive chart comparing cell phone insurance offered by various credit cards including coverage limits, deductibles, and other features. If you want to dive deeper on all your hidden card benefits, check out Ep #113.

🧸 Less Toys = More Play + Creativity

I enjoyed reading this article that encourages giving children fewer toys to boost their creativity and resourcefulness. It highlights a study where removing toys from kindergartens led to increased creativity and social interaction among the children. Time to donate some toys!

⚖️ Presumed Innocent

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We're five episodes into this new mini-series about a prosecutor who becomes the prime suspect in the murder of one of his colleagues. It's based on the NYT bestselling novel Presumed Innocent by Scott Turow and still has me guessing about how things will play out.

💬 Parting Thoughts

Thanks so much for reading - I hope you enjoyed it!

Please feel free to reply to this email with any thoughts, feedback or even if you just want to say hi! :)

Chris