The Dirty Underbelly Of Timeshares, How To Check Which 1099's The IRS Received & Citi's New Travel Portal

March 22, 2023
Mark Ostermann

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March 22, 2023
Mark Ostermann

Travel on Point(s) is an independent, advertising-supported website. This site is part of an affiliate sales network and receives compensation for sending traffic to partner sites like Creditcards.com and Bankrate.com. This compensation does not impact how or where products appear on this site. Travel on Point(s) has not reviewed all available credit card offers on this site. Reviews, analyses & recommendations are the author’s alone and have not been reviewed, endorsed, or approved by any partner entities.

ToP Roundup

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Timeshares: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) – YouTube

We have been talking more and more about timeshare presentation offers. They can be widely profitable to take advantage of as long as you say no. Even if you don't watch the entire video at least watch from around 17:30 for a few minutes to see how Dave Ramsay gives bad advice to a lot of people and his arrogance has ruined whatever pure message he used to have when he started.

Check which 1099’s that the IRS received – Miles Per Day

It stinks that it takes so long to get it but a good option if you hit bank bonuses etc. hard.

Citi’s New Travel Portal with Booking.com is Now Live – Danny the Deal Guru

Usually when online travel agencies get involved with bank travel portals it ends up kind of a mess. At least with Citi it won't matter much since you don't get any bonus on your points when redeeming them through the portal anymore.