United Airlines had a flash sale and I ended up going to Maui

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I was sitting at work and taking a break when I decided to open up TweetDeck to see what was happening. Just then a tweet by Gary Leff from View From the Wing came through. A thought entered my mind – perhaps I should take the entire family to Hawaii? My kids haven’t been outside…

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Earn 500 United Miles for spending $5 with Visa Checkout

United is offering 500 United Miles if you spend $5 with Visa Checkout. The office is valid until 30 September 2016. In order to qualify, you need to create a new Visa Checkout account, add your MileagePlus number plus your MileagePlus Visa Card to your new Visa Checkout account via this link and then purchase…

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Iceland rocked the soccer world with their victory and the announcer went wild

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Iceland is a small island with 350,000 inhabitants living there. It’s also a fantastically cool place that cranks out some great musical artists but also has some amazing geography like the Blue Lagoon, Geysers, and waterfalls. They’ve never been known as a powerhouse in soccer and, in fact, the Euro 2016 tournament is the first…

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T-Mobile offers unlimited 4G data in Europe and free Gogo wi-fi for everyone

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Traveling internationally can wreak havoc on your cell phone bill with high fees and data charges. T-mobile is boldly offering unlimited 4G high speed data to it’s customers from July 1st through August 31st throughout Europe. For Simple Choice customers that means you can use all the data you want in Europe at no additional…

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Does the Perpetual Star Earning Machine still work in the new Starbucks Rewards Program?

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Starbucks recently announced and implemented sweeping changes in their Rewards program going from earning stars for every purchase to earning stars per dollars spent instead. In the previous program, it was possible to buy a gift card and earn a star. You could then reload that gift card back into the app and repeat as…

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