👋 Hi Reader,

Happy New Year! I hope 2025 brings you new opportunities, fresh perspectives, and the chance to set exciting goals. As always, I promise to share the best deals and recommendations to help you upgrade your life, money, and travel!

Here’s a sneak peek of our first newsletter this year:

• 📦 10% off Amazon gift cards and 4 more Amazon deals
• 🗓️ 7 questions to make 2025 your best year yet
• 🔗 9 new card-linked offers to save $350+
• ✈️ Earn miles instead of cash back with Capital One
• 🏨 3k Hilton Honors bonus points for new members
• 📱 How to sign up for T-Mobile's Starlink beta program
• 📵 15 tactics to break free from distraction and more!

One quick thing: I’d really appreciate it if you could share this email with someone who might enjoy reading it. And if that someone is you, please sign up here. Thanks so much!

Chris

🗓️ 7 Questions to Make 2025 Your Best Year Yet

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Here’s a practical 7-step framework to plan your personal annual review. This process is one of the best ways to reflect on the past year and set meaningful goals for personal growth, relationships, and your career in the year ahead. I truly hope this episode helps you plan and make 2025 your best year yet!

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🤑 Latest Deals

📦 10% Off Amazon Gift Cards + 4 More Ways to Save​

I'm beta-testing a new gift card platform I built and one of the best deals I've been able to find and offer is 10% off Amazon Gift Cards. If you're interested, fill out this very short form and I'll send you an invite. I should also be able to offer 6-20% off a few other popular brands (e.g., Uber, DoorDash, Walmart, Instacart, etc.).

Additionally, there are 4 more new Amazon offers:

• ​$15 off $50 on household essentials
• ​$15 Whole Foods gift card with your first pharmacy purchase
• ​2 free Kindle books via Amazon first reads
• ​$15 off $25 on Amazon Haul with promo code HAUL15​

📱One Year of Unlimited Wireless for $135

Right now Mint Mobile has a promotion to get a full year of unlimited wireless (talk/text/data) for $180 + taxes/fees (which were ~$28 for me), but to sweeten the deal, there's a card-linked offer for $45 off $90+, which brings the total down to $163 for 12 months of service, which is only $13.58/mo. You can find the 12mo deal here.

Note: Mint Mobile was a sponsor of the podcast last year, but we paid in full for our new line with this deal last week. I'm also hoping that if enough people use the link above they might renew their partnership, so thanks in advance for supporting me (but obviously only if you actually want to sign up AND don't find a better deal elsewhere)

🔗 Top New Card-Linked Offers for $350+ Savings

So many great card-linked offers expired at the end of the year, but there are a few new ones worth sharing. To automate adding these card-linked offers, try ​CardPointers Pro with ​30% off here.

• Avis: $75 off $350+​
• Coterie: $25 off $115+​
• Dropbox: 50% off (up to $80 back)​
• Ikea: 10% off (up to $27 back)​
• Lyft: $15 off $50+​
• Marriott: 10% off $100+​
• YouTubeTV: $20 off $59.99+​
• Visible Wireless: 35% off (up to $30 back)​
• Wag!: $25 off $60+​

🛫 Travel, Points & Miles

💺 Flying Blue Promo Rewards: January 2025

Air France-KLM’s Flying Blue Promo Rewards for January 2025 is offering 25% off award flights booked by 1/31/25 for travel through 6/30/25.

• Economy awards between Europe and Miami, Phoenix, Atlanta, and Aruba start at 15k miles
• Premium economy awards between Europe and Cancun, New York, and Chicago start at 26k miles
• Business class awards between Europe and St. Martin start at 52k miles

Make sure to use Flying Blue’s “secret” award calendar to find availability, and remember, kids aged 2-12 get 25% off award tickets, including Promo Rewards!

🤝 Alaska x Hawaiian Status Match is (Finally) Here

The Alaska Mileage Plan and HawaiianMiles status match is now live. Members can match status online in 3 steps.

1. Log in to your Alaska Mileage Plan account.
2. Use the form to sign in with your HawaiianMiles details or create an account.
3. Instantly receive confirmation of your matched status.

🏨 3k Bonus Points for New Hilton Honors Members

New Hilton Honors members can earn up to 3k bonus points after two paid stays. Enroll by 12/31/25 and complete your stays booked directly with Hilton within six months of joining. Award stays do not qualify.

✈️ NEW: Earn Miles with Capital One Offer

Capital One card-linked offers now earn miles instead of cash back, giving cardholders who earn Capital One Miles even more value since these miles can be transferred to travel partners. Since most people value Capital One miles at ~1.5¢ or more, that could be a 50% increase in value on every offer.

💎 MGM Elite Perks for Marriott Bonvoy Elites

You can now book 17 MGM properties through Marriott channels and Bonvoy elites can now enjoy perks at MGM properties, such as room upgrades, late checkout, food & beverage credit, bonus points, and welcome gifts. Ambassador Elite members unlock the biggest benefits, including waived resort fees, suite upgrades, and other VIP perks. However, MGM stays only earn these perks if booked directly through Marriott, which are often offered at premium rates.

🕵️ Great Finds

📵 15 Tactics to Break Free from Distraction

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We live in a world filled with distractions, and these actionable strategies can help you overcome them and reclaim your focus this year. We also explore how cultivating openness and curiosity can strengthen relationships and combat polarization.

📱 T-Mobile Starlink Beta Program Sign Up

​T-Mobile Starlink allows T-Mobile users to connect to Starlink satellites for connectivity in areas without regular coverage. All customers with a compatible device and postpaid T-Mobile plan are eligible for the beta test, which has limited availability, so register here soon.

📺 Show Recommendation: The Agency

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I’m really enjoying this new spy show that follows a covert CIA agent forced to abandon his undercover life and return home. It’s based on a critically acclaimed French series and is on Paramount+ with Showtime.

💬 Parting Thoughts

As always, thanks so much for reading! I’d love to hear your thoughts on today’s newsletter, and if you enjoyed it, please let me know why!

Chris