Katherine Hamilton
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654 appearances
14 recordings
1 series
first heard Apr 2024
last heard Jan 2025
Katherine Hamilton’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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That might be tricky for some people just buying groceries.
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But if you put your rent bill or your insurance bill on that credit card, it can help you get to that threshold within the time limit.
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And then you are getting potentially a really good deal that could make any fees associated worth it.
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He was a really interesting person because he uses his American Express Platinum card to pay for pretty much everything that he can pay.
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So about 95% of his expenses, and that includes rent.
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And his is a unique situation because his rental provider only charges a flat $30 fee, which is about 1.5% of his monthly rent.
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So that's lower than the typical fee for servicing a credit card.
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And he...
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basically collects a ton of points and then he looks for those promotional partnerships with airlines.
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So he was able to use about 130,000 points to buy two business class flights to Japan.
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But he was able to do that with one of those promotional partnerships.
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So his points were worth a little bit more and his fee is a little bit lower than the typical.
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Yeah, so I talked to Brian Riley, who is an expert in credit cards, and he keeps a really close eye on promotional offers.
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When he was planning to take a trip, he saw an offer where he could sign up for a card, and if he spent $4,000 in the first three months with the card, he could get 80,000 points.
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So he was able to meet that $4,000 threshold by prepaying some of his auto insurance and home insurance bills.
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And that helped him get those 80,000 points and fly from Florida to Canada.
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Yes.
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Yeah, that's really key.
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And they both really highlighted that they had enough money to immediately cover the balance, pay off the bill, and not accrue any interest on debt.
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WSJ Your Money Briefing · The U.S. Dollar Is Giving Some Travelers More Spending Power · 24 May 2024
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It's a really great time to go because you might, you know, actually feel wealthier in some of these countries and be able to enjoy great meals in restaurants, all-day spas, things that you really couldn't dream of affording in the U.S.,
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