{"id":777,"date":"2024-05-10T23:29:17","date_gmt":"2024-05-10T23:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hello-from.com\/?p=777"},"modified":"2024-05-11T01:38:56","modified_gmt":"2024-05-11T01:38:56","slug":"are-you-missing-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hello-from.com\/?p=777","title":{"rendered":"Are You Missing Out?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"777\" class=\"elementor elementor-777\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-23f471a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"23f471a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-88bef51\" data-id=\"88bef51\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d114edd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d114edd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.11.1 - 15-02-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So you may wonder: &#8216;how do Donnie and I afford to travel as much as we do?&#8217;\u2026. And the answer is that it is a combination of efforts.\u00a0 Our most used strategies are:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Planning ahead<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Researching travel deals and patterns<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saving money using portals and earmarking it specifically for travel<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Using credit card points\/miles<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this article I am going to focus on portals and mainly Rakuten. Portals are websites that allow you to earn points or cashback on purchases that you are going to make anyway.\u00a0 My favorite and most used portal is Rakuten, but there are many portals out there.\u00a0 If you have a credit card or belong to any airline or hotel clubs, they almost assuredly have a shopping portal you can earn through.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Take a peek at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cashbackmonitor.com\/\">cashbackmonitor<\/a> so you can see just some of the portals there are:<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-784bea1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"784bea1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-76509be\" data-id=\"76509be\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c4173dc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c4173dc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When you look at the screenshot of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cashbackmonitor.com\/\">Cashback Monitor<\/a> you can see that I searched for SurfShark.\u00a0 I am going to use SurfShark as my example of ways to save money to fund your travel.\u00a0 Recently, I was notified that my VPN was expiring so I went on Rakuten and searched for VPNs.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f42a6ef\" data-id=\"f42a6ef\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76c047a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"76c047a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.11.1 - 15-02-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"763\" src=\"https:\/\/hello-from.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-444-e1715379068921-1024x763.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-780\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hello-from.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-444-e1715379068921-1024x763.png 1024w, https:\/\/hello-from.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-444-e1715379068921-300x223.png 300w, https:\/\/hello-from.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-444-e1715379068921-768x572.png 768w, https:\/\/hello-from.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-444-e1715379068921-1536x1144.png 1536w, https:\/\/hello-from.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-444-e1715379068921-2048x1525.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-48d3226 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"48d3226\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-23bbd15\" data-id=\"23bbd15\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-03c3f38 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"03c3f38\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While I was happy with my previous VPN, my promotional pricing had run out so I went looking for a new VPN where I could once again take advantage of promotional pricing.\u00a0 Most stores that focus on service offer promotional pricing. For example: SurfShark offers a VPN service and they gave me a promotional offer of $2 a month for 2 years rather than $5\/month regular pricing.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With a quick search in the Rakuten search bar, I found SurfShark was offering 90% cashback!\u00a0 With another quick search I found SurfShark is a reliable VPN service and I decided to go for it.\u00a0 After researching SurfShark, I went to Cashback Monitor to see which portal I wanted to buy through.\u00a0 I almost always use Rakuten as a portal because it gives me points that I use flexibly on hotels, airline tickets, rental cars etc..\u00a0 You can see that I paid $115.83 for SurfShark and that I got 10,425 points ($104.25).\u00a0 Rakuten is usually a cashback portal but since I have a Membership Rewards-earning credit card, I have mine set to give me cashback in the form of MR.\u00a0 I\u2019ll touch on MR in a bit\u2026.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7e2cb93 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7e2cb93\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4e20f66\" data-id=\"4e20f66\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b457fde elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b457fde\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"587\" src=\"https:\/\/hello-from.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Tropicana-9-e1715391457178.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-980\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hello-from.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Tropicana-9-e1715391457178.png 940w, https:\/\/hello-from.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Tropicana-9-e1715391457178-300x187.png 300w, https:\/\/hello-from.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Tropicana-9-e1715391457178-768x480.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ee89b60\" data-id=\"ee89b60\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c70e80 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6c70e80\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So basically, I paid $11.58 for 2 years of VPN and personal web security from Surfshark.\u00a0 Since the $104.25 (90% of $115.83) that I got back was money that was spent for the VPN service it goes into a bucket of money that I earmark for travel.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-707bf5d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"707bf5d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3168e05\" data-id=\"3168e05\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35d4deb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"35d4deb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can see in the screenshot above that I also got points back on American Eagle($1.30), Aerie(.31), the Google Store($8.98) and TurboTax($10.41).\u00a0 By purchasing things that I was already going to buy through a portal, I have saved $125.25 which I can put towards travel.\u00a0 That is enough for a night stay at a hotel or possibly a fun excursion.<\/span><\/p><p>When you look at the screenshot of my account, you see that instead of cashback which most users get I have mine set to give me AMEX Membership Rewards (MR).\u00a0 If you have an AMEX card that earns MR, you can set your Rakuten account to do this as well.\u00a0 MR are transferrable points that can be used to book travel at many airlines and hotel as well as rental cars, excursions, etc.\u00a0 Transferrable points are the most valuable type of points when using points to travel.\u00a0 If I get paid in cash back, that $125.25 will always be $125.25 but by getting that cashback in 12,525 MR instead, I can possibly turn that into travel worth 2 or 3 times that amount.\u00a0 Here is an example:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-738af34 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"738af34\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"539\" src=\"https:\/\/hello-from.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-447-e1715381963627-1024x539.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-782\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hello-from.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-447-e1715381963627-1024x539.png 1024w, https:\/\/hello-from.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-447-e1715381963627-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/hello-from.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-447-e1715381963627-768x404.png 768w, https:\/\/hello-from.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-447-e1715381963627-1536x808.png 1536w, https:\/\/hello-from.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-447-e1715381963627-2048x1078.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-faf0414 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"faf0414\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-09ee9f5\" data-id=\"09ee9f5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca85697 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ca85697\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The two screenshots above are of the same flight.\u00a0 The flight costs $390 on American Airlines website or I can book through their partner British Airways with 8,250 Avios and $5.60.\u00a0 So here is how it goes&#8230;.. I have MR that I earned from regular shopping through my Rakuten portal and I transfer to British Airways.\u00a0 Now I have 8,250 Avios with which I can book my flight.\u00a0 If that were cashback, it would only be worth $82.50 but I am converting $82.50 worth of MR and purchasing a $390 flight with it which makes each point worth 4.7 cents each as opposed to 1 cent each!!!!\u00a0 That is almost 5 times the amount of the original value.<\/p><p>So to wrap things up: using a shopping portal is useful to saving money for travel.\u00a0 It is even more useful to leverage the Rakuten portal if you have an MR earning AMEX card.\u00a0 If you plan ahead,\u00a0 know where you want to go and what airline is best to get you there, you can shop through their portal and earn their points.<\/p><p>I have not been sponsored by any of the companies I mentioned on this page but I am going to pitch &#8216;signing up for Rakuten&#8217; under my referral code.\u00a0 Right now if you sign up and make a purchase, I will get 4,000 points and you will get $40 in your Rakuten account.\u00a0 After May 13th I think it goes down to $30 but hey that&#8217;s $30 you didn&#8217;t have, right?<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ea155b5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ea155b5\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9f7de2c\" data-id=\"9f7de2c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b7d574 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6b7d574\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rakuten.com\/r\/MISSA018?eeid=28187\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"528\" src=\"https:\/\/hello-from.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-448-e1715383064507-1024x528.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-784\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hello-from.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-448-e1715383064507-1024x528.png 1024w, https:\/\/hello-from.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-448-e1715383064507-300x155.png 300w, https:\/\/hello-from.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-448-e1715383064507-768x396.png 768w, https:\/\/hello-from.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-448-e1715383064507-1536x792.png 1536w, https:\/\/hello-from.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-448-e1715383064507-2048x1056.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-45410e2\" data-id=\"45410e2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4df25b6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4df25b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d71ebe elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"1d71ebe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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elementor - v3.11.1 - 15-02-2023 *\/\n.elementor-testimonial-wrapper{overflow:hidden;text-align:center}.elementor-testimonial-wrapper .elementor-testimonial-content{font-size:1.3em;margin-bottom:20px}.elementor-testimonial-wrapper .elementor-testimonial-name{line-height:1.5;display:block}.elementor-testimonial-wrapper .elementor-testimonial-job{font-size:.85em;display:block}.elementor-testimonial-wrapper .elementor-testimonial-meta{width:100%;line-height:1}.elementor-testimonial-wrapper .elementor-testimonial-meta-inner{display:inline-block}.elementor-testimonial-wrapper .elementor-testimonial-meta .elementor-testimonial-details,.elementor-testimonial-wrapper .elementor-testimonial-meta .elementor-testimonial-image{display:table-cell;vertical-align:middle}.elementor-testimonial-wrapper .elementor-testimonial-meta .elementor-testimonial-image img{width:60px;height:60px;border-radius:50%;-o-object-fit:cover;object-fit:cover;max-width:none}.elementor-testimonial-wrapper .elementor-testimonial-meta.elementor-testimonial-image-position-aside .elementor-testimonial-image{padding-right:15px}.elementor-testimonial-wrapper .elementor-testimonial-meta.elementor-testimonial-image-position-aside .elementor-testimonial-details{text-align:left}.elementor-testimonial-wrapper .elementor-testimonial-meta.elementor-testimonial-image-position-top .elementor-testimonial-details,.elementor-testimonial-wrapper .elementor-testimonial-meta.elementor-testimonial-image-position-top .elementor-testimonial-image{display:block}.elementor-testimonial-wrapper .elementor-testimonial-meta.elementor-testimonial-image-position-top .elementor-testimonial-image{margin-bottom:20px}<\/style>\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-content\">Apply for an American Express Card with this link. With your new card, you could earn a welcome bonus  of 60,000 MR and I could earn a referral bonus of 10,000 MR. Terms Apply.\nhttps:\/\/americanexpress.com\/en-us\/referral\/gold-card?ref=MELISC5vEZ&XL=MNANS Copy paste the link into your browser or click my picture or name to be take to the page.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-meta elementor-has-image elementor-testimonial-image-position-aside\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-meta-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/americanexpress.com\/en-us\/referral\/gold-card?ref=MELISC5vEZ&#038;XL=MNANS\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/hello-from.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_20210724_184250367-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-198\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hello-from.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_20210724_184250367-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/hello-from.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_20210724_184250367-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hello-from.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_20210724_184250367-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hello-from.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_20210724_184250367-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hello-from.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_20210724_184250367-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hello-from.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_20210724_184250367-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/hello-from.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_20210724_184250367-1140x855.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-testimonial-name\" href=\"https:\/\/americanexpress.com\/en-us\/referral\/gold-card?ref=MELISC5vEZ&#038;XL=MNANS\">Missy Cannon Helgason<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-testimonial-job\" href=\"https:\/\/americanexpress.com\/en-us\/referral\/gold-card?ref=MELISC5vEZ&#038;XL=MNANS\">Hello From<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9ea83c3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9ea83c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Happy shopping and saving!!! 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