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I recently had my first Covid-19 test in Indiana prior to visiting my family. While it was fairly easy and didn’t require an appointment or symptoms it required waiting in a parking lot for a long time to have a heavily PPE’d tech tickle my brain. I needed to register with Quest Diagnostics and everything was done through insurance. As a result, I’m sure my istagram account got targeted for an at home Covid-19 test because of my search history, but I received an ad for the Everlywell at home Covid-19 test.
I’ve taken quite a few Everlywell at home tests to check vitamin absorptions, nutritional type stuff in the past and have been pretty pleased with the ease of the process. They mail you everything you need, you collect your own samples, mail them, and then you can access them digitally.
Everlywell now offers this same at-home Covid-19 test that is fully reimbursable from your insurance and allows you do to the nasal swab at home and have your results in 3 days of receiving your sample. My negative result took 5 days.
With more and more travel restrictions including Covid-19 tests this may be easier than getting an appointment or waiting at a drive thru testing center. With that said, I do know that some centers are offering cheek swabs which would be far more comfortable. You can read
You can click through to Everlywell to see the list of restrictions and who exactly should take the test. It’s pretty similar to the requirements of any testing site, but if you think you may have it, or think you may have been in contact with someone, exhibiting symptoms…then you qualify. Of course, if you’re a caretaker, looking to travel, etc I would assume these are qualify as well.
Everlywell COVID-19 Test Home Collection Kit – $109
- FDA authorized to test safely at home.
- Fast digital results within 72 hours of the lab receiving your sample.
- Free telehealth consultation with a physician to guide you through next steps.
- Test cost reimbursable by healthcare insurance and priced at no profit to Everlywell.
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Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card
Welcome Offer
60k Points after $4k spend in 3 months
Annual Fee
$95
Points Earned
Transferrable Chase Ultimate Rewards
- 60k points after $4k spend in 3 months
- Worth $750 in Chase Travel℠ and way more if you maximize transfer partners
- 5x on all travel purchased through Chase Travel℠
- 3x on dining, including eligible delivery services for takeout & dining out
- 3x on select streaming services
- 3x on online grocery purchases
- (excluding Target, Walmart and wholesale clubs)
- $50 Annual Chase Travel Hotel Credit via Chase Travel℠
- The begins immediately for new cardmembers and after your account anniversary for existing cardmembers
- 2x on all other travel
- 10% Anniversary Bonus
- Every year you keep the card, your total spend will yield a 10% points bonus. If you spend $10k in a year, you’ll get 1k bonus points
- Chase Sapphire Preferred continues to redeem at 1.25c in the Chase Travel℠ and the slew of other benefits remain in tact including Auto Rental Collision Damage Waiver ( primary ), purchase protections, etc.
- Points are transferrable to 14 Ultimate Rewards partners
- Redeem in Chase Travel℠ for 1.25 cents per point
- No foreign transaction fees
- Suite of Travel and Purchase Coverage
- Auto Rental Collision Damage Waiver is my favorite
- Get complimentary access to DashPass which unlocks $0 delivery fees and lower service fees for a minimum of one year when you activate by December 31, 2024
- $95 Annual Fee
We keep an up to date spreadsheet that lists the best ever offers: You can find that spreadsheet here.
Historically 80k is a very, very good offer and hit in both 2022 and 2023. In 2021, we saw the offer hit an all time high of 100k. Who knows if that will ever come back.
Main Cast:
Cards that earn flexible points and should be used on the bulk of your purchases.
Supporting Cast:
Cards that earn fixed points in the currency of the airline/hotel and can not be transferred at attractive rates. These cards yield benefits that make it worth keeping, but not necessarily worth putting a lot of your everyday spend on.
The Chase Sapphire Preferred® is exceptional starter card and offers transferrable Ultimate Rewards, and pairs well with other Chase cards.
If you carry this card alongside Chase’s cashback cards like the Chase Freedom Flex℠and Chase Freedom Unlimited® or the business versions: Ink Business Cash® , Ink Business Unlimited® you can combine the points into Preferred account and transfer into hotel and airline partners
Annual fee is quite low at $95 a year + you get a 10% anniversary bonus on points + $50 hotel credit in Chase travel.
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