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Chris Hutchins

Discover the latest and greatest hacks, deals and recommendations to upgrade and optimize your life, money and travel โ€“ all while spending less and saving more.

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๐Ÿค‘ My Top Finds, Latest Deals, and Best Recommendations (3/29/25)

๐Ÿ‘‹ Hi Reader, Happy Saturday! Here's a sneak peak of today's newsletter: ๐Ÿค” Rethinking elite status and new points strategies ๐Ÿ’ณ Last call for free companion pass ๐Ÿ–๏ธ Earn 3x on Hyatt vacation rentals ๐Ÿ›๏ธ Earn up to 5k American Airlines bonus miles ๐Ÿ†“ Freebies: free coffee, kids workshops, pita chips ๐Ÿจ Save 25% on IHG with PayPal ๐Ÿ’ฐ Easy $10 with PayPal and more! I really hope you enjoy reading, and please don't forget to forward this to someone who might enjoy it too. (And if that's you, make sure...

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๐Ÿ‘‹ Hi Reader, Hope your weekend is off to an amazing start! Here are today's highlights: ๐Ÿ›ฌ 20+ airport hacks to skip the lines ๐Ÿ’บ Booking 4+ business class award seats ๐Ÿ’ต New unlimited 1% brokerage bonus ๐Ÿ“ฑ Free international data eSIMs ๐Ÿ’ธ Q2 rotating bonus categories for 5x points/5% back ๐Ÿ’ณ Best ever welcome offer on hotel biz card ๐ŸŽ‚ Tons of birthday freebies and more! Like what youโ€™re reading? Pass it along to someone who might love it too. And if thatโ€™s you, make sure to subscribe here! Thanks...

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๐Ÿ‘‹ Hi Reader, Happy Saturday! Here's what's included in today's newsletter: ๐Ÿ’ณ 6 increased hotel card offers with free night awards ๐Ÿ’บ Up to 50% off tons of award flights ๐Ÿ’ธ How to achieve real financial freedom ๐Ÿ’ฐ 2% Uncapped Brokerage Bonus ๐Ÿ“ฆ Easy $27 savings on Amazon ๐Ÿงณ Big (negative) changes for Southwest ๐Ÿฉป $600 off a full body MRI ๐ŸŽข Disneyland tickets for $100/day ๐Ÿ“š Free children's books ๐Ÿ†“ Lots of new freebies and more! If you enjoyed reading, please feel free to forward this to someone who...

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๐Ÿ‘‹ Hi Reader, Hope your weekend is off to a great start, and Happy Women's Day to anyone celebrating! Here's a sneak peek of today's newsletter: ๐ŸŽ™Best AI tools, insurance planning for fires & more ๐Ÿ’ธ Earn 5x on insurance payments and tax prep ๐Ÿง˜โ™‚๏ธ Free year of Calm mediation app ๐Ÿ’บ New Flying Blue Promo Rewards ๐ŸŽ 5% off gift cards with U.S. Bank cards ๐Ÿจ Unrestricted free hotel night with new welcome offers โšพ Redeem miles for exclusive MLB tickets ๐Ÿ“ฑ Invite code for a free cell phone plan and more!...

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๐Ÿ‘‹ Hi Reader, Happy March! Here's what's included in today's newsletter: ๐Ÿงณ 50 years of travel tips ๐Ÿ’ฐ Free unclaimed money from your state ๐ŸŽ™ Find your purpose, be a better friend and learn human skills ๐Ÿ†“ Free LMNT, pancakes, sparkling water, magazines & more ๐Ÿจ Earn up to 22,500 bonus Wyndham Rewards โœˆ๏ธ Up to 5,000 loyalty points towards AAdvantage elite status ๐Ÿ“‰ Recent airline and hotel devaluations and more! One small favor: if you enjoyed reading, please forward this newsletter to someone...

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๐Ÿ‘‹ Hi Reader, Happy Saturday! Here's a sneak peek of today's newsletter: ๐Ÿฉบ Save thousands on medical care abroad ๐Ÿ’ณ Limited-time $1,000+ welcome bonus ๐Ÿ†“ Freebies: Hulu, Slurpees and Starbucks โฐ Save time & scale up with an assistant (+ $1000 off) ๐Ÿ” Current transfer bonuses (up to 50%) ๐Ÿ’บ 30% off award flights ๐Ÿš• Avoiding Uber's new fees abroad and more! If you enjoyed reading, please feel free to forward this to someone who might too (and if that's you, make sure to subscribe here). Thank you!...

๐Ÿ‘‹ Hi Reader, Hope your weekend is off to a great start! Here's a quick look into today's newsletter: ๐Ÿ’ธ Top cash back cards for 2025 (& how to earn 20% back) ๐Ÿ’ณ 50% off CardPointers+ ๐Ÿ“‘ Free 2024 Bookkeeping ๐Ÿง‹Free drink at Capital One Cafรฉs ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธ Epic trip to Iceland in 2025 ๐Ÿจ Earn double hotel points ๐Ÿ“ฑ U.S. Mobile's amazing new unlimited plan ๐Ÿท๏ธ Apple AirTags on sale and more! As always, I hope you enjoy reading, and please share this newsletter with someone else who might too! (And if that's you,...

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๐Ÿ‘‹ Hi Reader, Happy Saturday! Hereโ€™s a sneak peek of todayโ€™s newsletter: ๐Ÿ’ณ 100k+ point welcome bonuses & free SW Companion Pass โ˜• Free Starbucks coffee on 2/10 ๐ŸŽ 10 new gift cards deals ๐Ÿ›ซ Book TAP Air Portugal with JetBlue Points ๐Ÿค‘ Up to 11k bonus points & miles ๐Ÿคฉ Exploring the 5 types of wealth ๐Ÿ’บ Award Promos for Feb and more! I really hope you enjoy reading, and please don't forget to forward this to someone who might enjoy it too! (And if that's you, make sure to subscribe here). Thanks so...

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๐Ÿ‘‹ Hi Reader, Happy Saturday! Here's a quick sneak peek of today's newsletter: ๐ŸŽ Gift card deals and secrets to save $5k+/yr ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ 100% LifeMiles transfer bonus (ends today!) ๐Ÿ’ธ $3,750+ in bank/brokerage bonuses ๐Ÿจ Bonus hotel points (up to 20k) ๐Ÿ’ณ Card-linked offers worth $750+ ๐Ÿ’ฐ Points & miles on sale and more! If you enjoyed reading this, please feel free to forward it to anyone else who might (and if that's you, you can subscribe here). Thanks in advance! Chris ๐Ÿ’ธ Gift Card Deals and Secrets to...

๐Ÿ‘‹ Hi Reader, Hope your weekend is off to a great start! Here are some highlights from todayโ€™s newsletter: ๐Ÿ’ฐ Earn 5-7x on groceries, gas & dining ๐Ÿฆ $530+ bank bonus ๐Ÿ’บ Biz class award flight deals from 45k miles ๐Ÿจ 6 Increased hotel card welcome offers โœˆ๏ธ Bonus miles on United, BA & Alaska ๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿ‘ง๐Ÿ‘ฆ Listener Q&A on parenting & family life ๐Ÿš• Free Uber rides for teens and more! If you enjoyed reading this newsletter, I'd really appreciate it if you could forward it to someone else who might too. And if...