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Oct. 19, 2024

๐Ÿค‘ My Top Finds, Latest Deals, and Best Recommendations (10/19/24)

๐Ÿค‘ My Top Finds, Latest Deals, and Best Recommendations (10/19/24)

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๐Ÿ’ฌ My Recent AMA Episode

In this week's episode, I took a ton of listener questions on points and miles, credit card optimization, travel tips, career growth, top podcasts and more. The episode was even better because my good friend Kevin Rose joined to help host the episode. I'm planning to do another AMA episode soon, so if you have any questions you want to ask, please share them โ€‹hereโ€‹.

 

 

๐Ÿค‘ Latest Deals

๐Ÿ“ฌ 50% Off Stable's Virtual Address and Mailbox

I recently started using a virtual mailbox service called โ€‹Stableโ€‹ to be the address of record for the business, keeping my home address private. Now, I can now manage my mail, forward packages, deposit checks and a lot more – all from the web. I'm a huge fan Stable, and you can get โ€‹50% off your first year hereโ€‹.

๐Ÿ” Current Transfer Bonuses

Here are transfer bonuses you might be able to use to score an awesome deal for an upcoming trip:

As always, I wouldn't recommend taking advantage of these if you don't have a trip in mind. Here’s โ€‹a list of historical transfer bonusesโ€‹, so you can get a good sense of what to expect in the future.

๐Ÿ’ธ Latest Bank Bonuses

If you haven’t already listened to โ€‹Epโ€‹โ€‹ #184โ€‹, I share how you can earn thousands of dollars through bank and brokerage bonuses. Here are some bank bonuses that you can leverage to maximize your savings.

Reminder that Robinhood also has it's โ€‹HOOD Weekโ€‹ until 10/27, where you can get 3% on IRA transfers and 1-2% on Brokerage transfers.

 

๐Ÿ›ซ Travel, Points & Miles

๐Ÿ‘‘ New Ways to Earn Alaska Elite Miles in 2025!

Alaska Airlines is โ€‹updating its Mileage Plan in 2025โ€‹, making it easier to earn elite status. Changes include earning elite qualifying miles on award travel and credit card spending ($1 EQM per $3 spent, up to 30k miles annually), plus bonus miles for non-airline partners like Lyft. Members can also roll over 10k miles after hitting 85k miles in a year. The only downside is reduced mileage credit for some partner flights booked outside of Alaska channels.

๐Ÿจ 500 Easy/Free IHG Points

While it's not a lot of points, it's probably one of the easiest way to โ€‹earn 500 IHG One Rewards pointsโ€‹. You just need to download the IHG app before 12/31 and sign in with your IHG account.

๐Ÿšฒ Earn Bonus Hyatt Points for Peloton Workouts

Hyatt and Peloton announced that Hyatt members can โ€‹earn 100 bonus pointsโ€‹ for each 20-minute Peloton workout they complete at a Hyatt gym (up to 10 workouts/month). Since I'll be at a Hyatt property for โ€‹FinConโ€‹ next week, I'm going to use this as an incentive to work out as much as I can. You can link your Hyatt and Peloton accounts โ€‹hereโ€‹.

 

๐Ÿ•ต๏ธ Great Finds

๐Ÿงพ Kick Launches Self-Driving Bookkeeping

Kick recently launched their AI-driven bookkeeping software to the public and I'm really excited to be using it (and to no longer be using Quickbooks). You can check it out (and I think get a discount) โ€‹hereโ€‹.

๐Ÿ“ˆ 31 Years of Stock Market Returns

Ben Carlson โ€‹analyzed 31 years of S&P 500 dataโ€‹, showing that despite crises and downturns, the market still averaged a 10% annual return. The key takeaway: while short-term losses and volatility can be painful, a long-term investment strategy remains the most reliable approach.

 

๐Ÿซ€Finding an Affordable Coronary Calcium Scan

Last month I shared โ€‹this articleโ€‹ that called the coronary calcium score test "the highest ROI $100 you can spend on your health." However, I got a lot of follow-up questions about how to find a place to do get the test done. I didn't have a great answer until I came across โ€‹this service from Instalabโ€‹ that makes it easy to find an affordable test near you.

 

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