Frugal Professor

I’ve been blogging for a little over three years now.

As per tradition, here’s the card we sent out this year. 2019 FP Family Update Family Highlights We got a dog.

Another trip around the sun, eh?

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A few months back, I blogged about a free $1.5k opportunity (link).

I was doing some thinking today (a dangerous activity).

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I’ve been dragging my feet on the release of my 2019 tax calculator for a while now.

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The faithful reader of this blog will remember that I’m a fan of the outdoors.

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Purpose of this Post The third quarter of 2019 is days away from ending, thus resetting the $2.5k/quarter BoA Cash Rewards limits.

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In the past couple of months, I’ve booked two different flights with Priceline Express Deals.

Obligatory trip report for my 2019 backpacking trip to the Wind Rivers.

As you can probably tell by now I’m a sucker for free money, but only if it isn’t too much work.

The original post below written in 2019 has been superseded by a newer post written in 2024 here: https://frugalprofessor.com/bank-of-america-customized-cash-rewards-card-and-premium-rewards-review/ **************************** Original Post below *******…

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At the end of 2018 I wrote down the goal of visiting three national parks during 2019.

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*** Edit 2025 *** I wrote a better and more comprehensive guide here: https://frugalprofessor.com/the-ultimate-guide-to-fidelitys-cash-management-account-cma/ As a result, feel free to ignore the post below and instead rely on the guide above. *** Edit 20…

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**** This post has been superseded by these ones: **** https://frugalprofessor.com/an-audit-of-boa-credit-card-reward-efficiency-2019-q3/ https://frugalprofessor.com/best-credit-card-rewards-strategy-2019-edition/ What Changed?

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I spent 2-3 days in 2018 writing down everything I know about the U.S. tax code with the hopes of turning it into a book some day.

It has been a good year for the FP household.

Last December, I publicly posted the following 2019 goals.

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***** This post is now obsolete and has been replaced by this one: https://frugalprofessor.com/best-credit-card-rewards-strategy-2019-edition/ **** **** Begin 2019 update **** This post was written in late 2018.

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During my (almost) decade of living in poverty in grad school, I dutifully filed my taxes via TurboTax’s poorly advertised “Freedom” edition, which includes free federal & state to those with low income.

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Earlier this week I received a panicked email from a friend last week who wanted help choosing between about 20 healthcare plans during open enrollment.

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