Good morning and happy weekend! It was a busy week for myself, so I’m posting after a couple of days. I hope you have enjoyed the first fortnight of this website, and have understood the basics to “penny pinching” appropriately. Now we will move on to our credit card reviews and we will start with […]
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In this post I am going to discuss a new product that I bought. The Pegasi smart sleep glasses, which are advertised as helping jet lag, insomnia and helping poor sleep. I have been wearing these for 9 days straight, and let me tell you this, this is a product well worth the price. Introduction […]
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Good evening Penny Pinchers! Hope you all had a great weekend! We are going to start off with how to use a credit card and the planning that goes into getting one. Banks have made it easier to plan for the most important step which is making sure you have an appropriate credit score. Unless […]
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Hello Penny Pinchers! It seems a lot can change in two weeks. After flying on Saturday morning it seems that a lot of the movies that were mentioned in the previous post have now been removed. So, on that note, let’s discuss the available options. Holiday Movies The holiday movies have remained the same, although […]
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We talked about how rent is the biggest expenditure generally and if possible can you pay with a credit card to get some form of discount in terms of points and cash back. Now I would like to outline what to be aware of before you end up finalizing the apartment/house. First thing to mention […]
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Happy Friday! This is a continuation of the move to America. Today I am going to talk about getting a phone once you move. When moving country, phone coverage is invaluable. After arriving many will bring their own mobile from their home country. Others will have no mobile at all. Either way, it will be […]
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Following up with one of the earlier articles, we discussed how you can maximize Uber if you were to forego buying a car. What about its main competitor Lyft though? We’ll discuss how Lyft works and how we can maximize our purchases with them by getting cash back and miles/points. Signing Up Like Uber, Lyft […]
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So you have your apartment, you’re working and you made a decision about whether to get a car. How do we start spending money on the fun and convenience of life? Now I haven’t talked about which banks to set up a checking or savings account, as that really for me was based on location. […]
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I fly Southwest a lot. It’s one of my favorite airlines, and as I have a Companion Pass (more to come on that), I’ve grown used to flying only on Southwest for quite some time. And although, I will talk about the Airline in general and their rewards program at some length in the near […]
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In the last post we talked about whether we could get by with public transportation alone, and Uber was one of the companies that we concluded with as being of great help. Uber is a ride sharing app, the purpose of it initially was that it allowed you to hitch a ride with somebody in […]
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