(1) Staples is definitely not where you go to buy office supplies. You’ve never bought medicine at CVS, and Target certainly isn’t where you shop for household essentials. Customer service is the place you know best.

(2) Every time the Target employee sees you, they kindly ask, “How many are you loading this time?”

(3) The first thing you do after waking up is check major blogs like FrequentMiler, Doctor of Credit, and Boardingarea.

(4) When you walk into a new store, the first thing you look for is the gift card rack. gift-card-display(5) You can’t go three sentences without talking about credit cards and points, to the point that people say behind your back that you’re going through all this trouble just for 1% or 2%.

(6) When talking about cities, you use three-letter airport codes like PVG, LAX, JFK, SFO, NRT, and ICN.

(7) When your LD or family members talk you into buying something for them, you say, “If we buy this through this portal, we can earn a lot of miles.”

(8) You’ve gotten used to the looks people give you when buying high-value gift cards.

(9) You don’t like flying direct. When going back home from LAX, you’d rather connect through JFK or ORD.

(10) You know exactly which card to use for every category. The other day, when your LD went out to eat and didn’t pay with the authorized-user Freedom card you gave them, you were beside yourself.

(11) If something can be bought online, you absolutely won’t buy it in a physical store—unless there’s an in-store deal.

(12) Before buying anything online, you first check whether buying a gift card, or paying with a gift card, can earn cashback or points.

(13) When traveling, the first thing you do is check which chain hotels are nearby, how much they cost in cash and points, and then calculate the value you’d get from redeeming points. (14) When you redeem amazing flights and hotel stays for your family and yourself, the happy, satisfied look on their faces is your greatest reward.