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    The Browser Choice That Can Make You Lose Portal Points

    by joeheg December 16, 2025
    by joeheg December 16, 2025

    You do everything right: you click through a shopping portal, buy what you were going to buy anyway, and expect the cash back (or points) to show up later. But …

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    Use Cashback Monitor To Earn The Most Miles When Using Shopping Portals

    by joeheg December 11, 2025
    by joeheg December 11, 2025

    I write a lot about the credit card offers available to earn bonus miles. That’s because sign-up bonuses from credit cards are the easiest way to rack up points and …

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    Maximize Your Holiday Shopping Rewards: The One Thing You Need To Do Before Buying Online

    by joeheg November 28, 2025
    by joeheg November 28, 2025

    Black Friday weekend is basically a blur of “Add to Cart,” lightning deals, and checking out faster than you can say “shipping confirmation.” And that’s exactly how people accidentally leave …

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    This Shopping Portal Used To Be Great. Now It’s Almost Useless

    by joeheg July 29, 2025
    by joeheg July 29, 2025

    After I signed up for the Capital One Venture X card, I started exploring all the perks tied to Capital One’s ecosystem. One of those was the Capital One Shopping …

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    Chase Sapphire Preferred 100K Offer Is Still Alive, But Some Details Have Changed

    by joeheg May 13, 2025
    by joeheg May 13, 2025

    The 100K offer for the Chase Sapphire Preferred card is still alive, but some of the ways to fully maximize it are disappearing. While it reportedly has more than a …

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    What Happened To Ebates?

    by joeheg June 11, 2019
    by joeheg June 11, 2019

    Ebates was our go-to cash portal for online shopping. Sure, there were other websites that might offer 1-2% more cash back but for most of our purchases, it’s not worth …

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