It’s time for a Friday Flight! These episodes are all about the week’s financial news and the impact on your personal finances. There are a lot of headlines out there, but we distill it down to specific takeaways that will allow you to kick off the weekend informed and help you to continue to make smart money moves. In this episode we cover some relevant and helpful stories like: capital gains taxes even if you didn’t sell, paying less at the pump, the best credit cards for cashback at gas stations, IRS refund tracker, living paycheck to paycheck on six figures, folks flocking to FIRE, higher costs for childcare, fatter paychecks, and eating organic for less.

Additional links:

• Keep up with the insane rise of gas prices over at AAA’s gas tracker.
• New post up on how to stop living paycheck to paycheck!
• Like we mentioned, we think the easiest way to maximize your cashback at gas stations is to use the Citi Custom Cash Card at 5% with no annual fee. Learn more and compare the best cashback credit cards at CardRatings.com
• If you’re looking for a financial kick to the nuts, read you some Mr. Money Mustache if you’ve been living under a rock. (channeling my inner MMM)
• Here are all the pros and cons of the FIRE movement as we see them right now.

• Credit Card Tool – Looking for the right credit card for you? Then check out our new credit card tool that’ll help you to easily filter through all the cards based on your preferred airline, whether or not they have an annual fee, or simply by the cash back offer! Just toggle the sliders and you’ll know which card to consider.

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