Ep 50 - September Recap: $2,988 + 450K Points
Airline status matches and Globalist hacks, new bonuses from Morgan Stanley & Chase Inks, BofA app-o-ramas, new iPhone 15 Pros, Rakuten mealkit moneymakers, burger crawls, free peloton water bottles, and much more!
- 01:43 - News (Prime day, Globalist hacks, Delta fiasco, Churning podcasts)
- 11:49 - Credit Cards (Brilliant, SW CP, MS Plat, BofA CCR & UCR, CIP, CIU, CIC)
- 30:41 - Banks (USB, Cap1, Ally, Fidelity, Keypoint, Upgrade, Laurel)
- 38:10 - Brokerages (MooMoo)
- 39:35 - Cell Phones (Verizon, iPhone 15 Pro)
- 46:22 - Meal Kits (Rakuten, Daily Harvest)
- 50:05 - Discounts & Freebies (Dell, Petsmart, McD, Wendys, BK, Costco, Peloton)
- 57:03 - Final Tally ($2,988 + 300K UR + 150K MR)
Show Notes
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📰 News
📦 Prime Big Deal Days
- Upcoming deals - amazon
- 40% off with 1 Amex point - amazon
- 40% off with 1 US Bank point - amazon
- 40% off with 1 Discover point - amazon
✈️ Award Travel
- ⭐️ Guest of Honor still valid after globalist expires - flyertalk
- Apply Southwest flight discounts without cancelling - DoC comment
- Hyatt Explorist & Globs: free AA Platinum status - upgradedpoints
- Jetblue matching Delta status - jetblue
- Alaska matching Delta status - alaska
- ICYMI: summary of the Delta fiasco - thriftytraveler
🎙 New Churning Podcasts
- Churners Digest - latest episode 13
- Churning Life - latest episode 3
👾 Deal Alerts leaving beta!
- Last chance at beta tier before Nov launch 🚀 - deal alerts
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September Recap
💳 Credit Cards
- Marriott Bonvoy Brilliant Instant Platinum status - DoC
- Eligibility matrix of Marriott card eligibility - frequentmiler
- Southwest 120K Single Card Companion Pass - DoC
- How to churn the Southwest Companion Pass every 2 years - Episode 10
- Morgan Stanly Amex Platinum 125K - DoC
- How to qualify for the Morgan Stanley Amex Platinum - Episode 38
- US Bank Business Leverage 75K for $7,500 spend - DoC
- BofA Business Customized Cash Rewards $500 for $5K spend - DoC
- BofA Business Unlimited Cash Rewards $500 for $5K spend - DoC
- 🤯 Open multiple BofA cards with a single pull - meab
- Chase Ink Preferred 100K for $8K spend - DoC | referral
- 🔥 Live again: Chase Ink Cash & Unlimited 90K for $6K spend - DoC | referral
💵 Banks
- US Bank Business Checking $750 for $15K deposit (+$3K CC spend) - DoC
- Capital One 360 Checking $350 for 2x $250 deposits - DoC
- Ally $200 Checking Bonus for $1.5K deposit - DoC
- Fidelity Bloom $135 for $300 deposit - DoC
- KeyPoint $300 for $1K deposit for 6 months - keypoint
- Upgrade Checking $150 bonus - DoC | referral
- Laurel Road $300 bonus + $20 free per month - DoC
📈 Brokerages
- MooMoo $100 for transferring $2K+ in assets - DoC
- Easy Fidelity burner accounts for brokerage bonuses - Episode 49
📱 Cellphones
- How to get an almost-free iPhone 15 Pro - deal alert
- 🔥 Verizon hack: $10 monthly discount for 12 months - slickdeals
🍱 Mealkits
- Rakuten Daily Harvest moneymaker - deal alert | DoC
🤑 Discounts & Freebies
- Rakuten Dell 15% cashback - deal alert
- Rakuten Petsmart 20% cashback - rakuten
- Stacking 35% autoship to get 50% at Petsmart (churnable) - deal alert
- Rakuten $30 referral bonus - referral
- National Cheeseburger Day Sept 18 - foodandwine
- 🍔 McDonalds secret menu - Episode 40
- McDonalds 50c double cheeseburger - slickdeals
- Wendy's 1c Junior Bacon with any purchase - slickdeals
- Burger King free Whopper Jr with $1 purchase - slickdeals
- Costco $25 Shop card with $100 P&G products - costco
- 💦 $1 Peloton glass water bottle link - peloton