This week we saw scientists march, the French go to the polls and a $400 high-tech juicer turned out to be an innovation on par with something that everyone already has: their hands. Apparently squeezing the $8 juice packets directly into a cup yields the exact...
For decades, the American Express credit card signaled affluence, success and something to aspire to. But a funny thing happened along the way: Millennials started shunning the flashy, snobby impression associated with the Amex card, favoring the less assuming Chase Sapphire Reserve card. That preference...
For those who specialize in “points hacking” — a completely legal exercise in trying to maximally combine card program rewards points and programs — the Sapphire Reserve Card and its 100,000 points bonus was almost too good to be true. The monetary value of those bonuses was about...
April 24, 2017
This week we saw scientists march, the French go to the polls and a $400 high-tech juicer turned out to be an innovation on par with something that everyone already has: their hands. Apparently squeezing the $8 juice packets directly into a cup yields the exact same effect — and makes one $400 richer. In fairness, Juicero […]
April 17, 2017
For decades, the American Express credit card signaled affluence, success and something to aspire to. But a funny thing happened along the way: Millennials started shunning the flashy, snobby impression associated with the Amex card, favoring the less assuming Chase Sapphire Reserve card. That preference has gotten Amex worried, creating an atmosphere of paranoia among […]
January 04, 2017
For those who specialize in “points hacking” — a completely legal exercise in trying to maximally combine card program rewards points and programs — the Sapphire Reserve Card and its 100,000 points bonus...
