by PointsGuru | Jul 23, 2015 | Capital One, Taxi Rideshare & Rentals
Capital One credit card and debit card members, including Capital One 360 customers, can get up to $25 worth of free ice cream delivered by Uber on Friday, July 24, 2015. This offer is available globally in 252 cities in 57 countries on 6 continents, including almost 100 U.S. cities as part of the #UberIceCream promotion.
How To Get Free Ice Cream:
1. Open the Uber app on Friday, July 24th, between 11:00 AM and 5:00 PM. If you are not signed up for Uber yet you can do so here and get $20 off your first ride. (more…)
by PointsGuru | Jul 23, 2015 | Retail
PacSun is taking a note from the Hollister Club Cali playbook and starting up a new rewards program called myGSOM REWARDS. This will be a free program that allow you to earn points with every purchase and also for activities you already do. If you Earn 1,250 points you will receive a $5 reward off your next PacSun purchase in store or online.
Join now and your $5 welcome reward will be loaded to your account within 24 hours of joining.
by PointsGuru | Jul 23, 2015 | Taxi Rideshare & Rentals
Just Last year Nashville International Airport became the first major U.S. airport to allow Uber and Lyft pickups (legally). Although some Uber and Lyft drivers will still come pick you up at DFW, Love Field, and LAX even though they were not allowed and were threatened to be ticketed in some cases. The Uber and Lyft apps will soon allow pickups at DFW and LAX airports. Two of the worlds largest airports. The service is “cheaper than a taxi, and usually quite a bit nicer,” is normally what you get when comparing a Checker cab or Yellow cab to a ride-share service.
Uber is already dominating cabs in the competition for business trips, a trend that has only continued since the City Council’s new transportation-for-hire ordinance went into effect three months ago making it legal. The local taxi industry has been disrupted, with o
ne major exception being the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, where cabs and other older transportation companies including the limos and shuttles still enjoy the same competition-squelching protections they have always had. Uber users have been known to change their location on the app from DFW airport where you could not hail a ride to just offsite then telling the driver to meet them at the terminal.
DFW rolls out new regulations for ride sharing on August 1 that will allow these apps to compete for airport passengers. DFW is one huge taxi Eden with 63 million annual airline passengers, many of whom need rides and because it was built in the middle of no where between Dallas and Fort Worth and is far from whatever the rider’s final destination. In 2013, it collected more than $8 million in fees from taxi companies, which suggests that the taxi companies themselves are making at least in the tens of millions.
Back to LAX the typical taxi trip from LAX to downtown Los Angeles is more than $50, not including tip. In periods of low demand, Uber or Lyft rides are closer to $30, but that can rise sharply during peak periods. You can also get a Wing ride which has no surge rates for $35 one-way.
Some argue that dynamic pricing has put cab drivers at a disadvantage because taxi fares are set by city officials and do not fluctuate. Although a lot of consumers are fed up with constant scams from cabbies and rarely have problems with Uber or Lyft.
by PointsGuru | Jul 22, 2015 | American Express
The American Express savings keep rolling in this summer and we are loving every bit of them. We just saved $225 on one Hilton Hotel stay over the past weekend using 3 American Express cards that were synched with a $75 per $350 spend offer. Here are the latest including Zappo’s for back to school shoes for your kids or anyone, HP Ink, and dinner at Chili’s Bar and Grill!
Zappo’s (Shoes Online) –
Click Here to Tweet #AmexZappos to get $40 back 1x on purchs totaling $200+ @ Zappos.com.
HP Printers and Ink –
Click Here to Tweet #AmexHP to get $20 back 1x on purchs totaling $100+ online at HP. Exp 8/20/15. Gotta love Hewlett Packard who makes printers you have to replace the ink every few hundred pages of print so that is often if you print out lots of travel itineraries or own a home business.
Best Buy Electronics–
Click Here to Tweet #AmexBestBuy to get $25 back when you Spend $250+ in-store at BestBuy. Chance to buy that computer or GoPro you have been holding off on. You can even buy things such as gift cards and K-Cups at Best Buy.
Chili’s Bar and Grill–
Click Here to Tweet #AmexChilis to get $10 back when you Spend $30+ at Chili’s through September 7, 2015. To enroll check your AMEX account or tweet.
More Restaurant Offers for Dining Out include:
Get $10 back when you spend $25+ at Carrabba’s Italian Grill through September 7, 2015. Check your AMEX account for this offer.
Through September 15, 2015, get a $10 statement credit when you spend $50+ at P.F. Chang’s. Check your AMEX account to see if you qualify.
Save $20 on $100+ at Texas de Brazil through September 10, 2015 could also be in your AMEX account.
You can also still get these great AMEX OFFERS for JULY!
Chase Bank is falling way behind this year as AMEX and Discover are taking over with all the cool offers. With these above offers you do not need a promo code but just a tweet to the offers page with an account that is synced to most any AMEX Credit Card.
by PointsGuru | Jul 15, 2015 | Retail
UPDATE- My favorite deals TODAY are these two with the following promo codes:
1. GROCERY35 is the promo code to enter for 20% off a grocery purchase. I tried a few things such as coffee but it did not work but it seemed to work for a case of Red Bull which made it way cheaper than I could have paid at Costco. I saved $13 on a case of Redbulls getting the price down to $24 or $1 per Red Bull.
2. PRIMEGCS – is the other promo code to use for #PRIMEDAY because it gets you $10 promotional code sent to you if you purchase a multi-pack of gift cards. I bought 3 $15 Amazon Gift Cards for $45. You will then get an email for a $10 promo code from Amazon to use in the future. Tip: Use your Discover Card for an additional 5%-10% back and click an Ebates link for another 3% on top of that!
Read below the jump below for the other amazing deals today!!
Amazon is barely out of it’s teens turning 20 which is actually quite a big birthday for a dot com e-commerce site that used to only sell books. To mark the occasion the mega-retailer is giving Prime members access to a sale event that they claim is bigger than Black Friday.
This may just be a way of rushing Back to School or really rushing Christmas shopping by Amazon comparing this sale to Black Friday. If you want to take time away from your summer vacation or a few minutes off work for the Prime Day sale it begins at 12am PT on July 15 and will push out new deals as quickly as every 10 minutes for a total of 24 hours.
You can sign up now and get in on the sale because it is for new Prime customers as well as old members. There’s no catch if you sign up for the 30-day free trial and still take advantage of the deals and cancel the subscription before you’re charged for Prime.
The sales will run across all departments, including electronics, appliances and apparel, and could appear as lightning deals and deals of the day. The sale is likely a play to entice shoppers to join Amazon’s Prime service. A yearly Prime membership costs $99 and bundles two-day shipping on select items with Amazon services like Instant Video, a music streaming service and access to special Kindle book deals. Read here about the benefits of an Amazon Prime membership besides the free shipping.
Make sure to use these credit cards to get an extra 5% off Prime Day and everyday charges at Amazon.
Amazon’s Prime Day will be a global shopping event offering more deals than Black Friday but exclusively for Prime members in the U.S., U.K., Spain, Japan, Italy, Germany, France, Canada and Austria. Be prepared to stick by the computer or smart phone starting Wednesday, July 15 at midnight with new deals starting as often as every ten minutes. Shop thousands of Lightning Deals and seven popular Deals of the Day and receive unlimited fast, free shipping.
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