Create Your “Don’t Forget This” System

Points and miles come with a lot of moving parts.

You don’t need to remember all of them. You need a system that does.

This guide shows how to create one simple,accessible place to track the things where forgetting can actually cost you.

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• Tracking active welcome-offer spending and deadlines
• Separating remaining spend from spending you’ve already earmarked
• Keeping tabs on points, certificates and other instruments with meaningful expiration dates
• Tracking monthly, quarterly and annual credits you actually intend to use
• Why you don’t need to track every benefit a card technically offers
• How a simple Notes file can work in practice
• Other tools you can use if Notes isn’t right for you
• The three characteristics that matter most: accessible, editable and simple

Your system doesn’t need to be sophisticated. In fact, if it’s complicated enough that you stop maintaining it, it isn’t a very good system.

Start with SUB deadlines, expiring value and credits you  intend to use—then build only as much system as you need.

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