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MOGL YOUR WAY TO FREE MILES/POINTS OR CASHBACK

6/27/2015

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MOGL is dining program which provides with regular cash back offers along with routine promotions to get 50% to 100% cashback on your dining. The other great thing about Mogl is you can switch from earning cashback to earn Virgin America Elevate points or Hawaiian Miles for a given month just in case you need to keep your mileage account active. The icing on the cake is you still earn miles/points from the Dining Rewards Network partners with whom your credit card/debit card is registered provided you are dining at participating restaurant which is part of MOGL network as well as Dining Rewards program. 

So, lets say you have your credit card / debit card registered with American Airlines Dining Rewards Program. Now if you dine at a restaurant which is also a member of MOGL network then you would earn American Airlines miles as well as Cash back or Virgin America/Hawaiian miles. 

The way it works is simple. You simply register any debit card/credit card including the ones registered with the Dining Rewards program. Once it is registered, you can select if you want to earn cashback or Virgin America Elevate Points or Hawaiian miles. 

If you select Cashback, you will be paid at the end of the month when your total cashback/earnings reaches $10 or more. Instead of Cashback you can chose to earn 30 Virgin America Elevate Points or 40 Hawaiian miles instead of $1 of cashback. If you chose to earn miles/points you do not need to reach the minimum $10 cashback earnings to get payed out. The miles/points gets deposited within 10 days after the end of the month.

MOGL routinely does "Spend $10 get $10" promo or 50% cashback promo on similar lines at select participating locations. So you can essentially get free or discounted lunch or dinner.

Limitations:
1. MOGL currently only accepts Visa/MasterCard. So, only those registered debit/credit cards can be used.
2. MOGL has limited footprint. Specifically they are in few cities in California and in Phoenix. Here is the link to locations where MOGL is currently available.


So, if you are looking to earn easy Hawaiian Miles or Virgin america points or want Dining cashback without coupon cutting then MOGL is something you might want to look at.

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TAKING ADVANTAGE OF SKIPLAGGED AND CLEVERLAYOVER

6/14/2015

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There are many meta-search engine for booking your flight tickets. The most popular one being Kayak and Google Flights. Although these are good places to give you quick efficient results, you might save some more dollars ($$) if you are willing to trade longer lay-overs, combining two different tickets to create or itinerary or simple book one-way tickets with hidden city ticketing (or throw away ticketing). This bring us to the two new entrants in the block which are SkipLagged and CleverLayover. Let's look into them to see how can they help save us some dollars ($$) or make two trips out of one.

SkipLagged:
This site tries to find you cheaper flight options by taking advantage of the fact that not all markets are created equal. So, there might be an airport with lot of competition from different airlines and thus the prices could be competitive. But the fact that not all airlines from your "Source Airport" flies directly to this "so-called destination" gives opportunity for flying to the "connecting airport" at a lower cost. Let's look an example below where you are flying one-way from Dallas (DFW) to San Francisco (SFO) on Monday, Aug 10th. As you can see you can get a non-stop flight from DFW-SFO by skipping SFO-PDX leg for just $135.

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DFW-SFO non-stop is cheaper when you skip SFO-PDX leg
CleverLayover:
The CleverLayover works on a different concept. It tries to see if it can break your journey into two separate tickets to save you dollars ($$). This could be useful if you do not mind long layovers or changing flights, or you want to visit additional destination which could be your "layover" city en-route to your destination. Lets see for example you are looking to book one-way ticket from Los Angeles (LAX) to London (LHR) for Aug 8th, 2015, as shown below:
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You can book a non-stop for $634 or visit Moscow for $67 more!!
As you can see from above you can book a flight with 20+ hours Layover in Moscow for just $67 more than a non-stop flight to London (LHR). This is a great way to maximize or stretch your dollar spend on the flight ticket.

So make use of SkipLagged or CleverLayover the next time your plan your trip and you might be in for a surprise. Be aware though that when you skip legs you SHOULD NOT check-in your luggage and when The CleverLayover gives you itinerary which involves multiple carrier there might be a need of collecting and re-checking your luggage as those airlines might not have interline agreement. 

Do make sure you still check your usual websites like Kayak and Google Flights as some times you might be able to find better "hacker fares" on those sites as well. Best of Luck!
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