Unexpected Alpha in your Expense Reports

You could be leaving $10k on the table if you're not using these tactics

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Another reader got their promotion this week!

A special congratulations to BowTiedFocus, who joined as a paid sub a few months ago, and just got his next promo faster using the tactics shared in this Substack.

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He turned $60 into $10k. What could you turn $60 into?

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Boring expense reports can have surprising pockets of alpha if you know where to look.

Each extra dollar you can extract from your employer adds up. 

Maxing out your expense reports can let you pay off debt, even travel when combined with credit card churning, or can let you hit that KVM switch and build wifi-money during your day job.

To max out your benefits is straight forward. Your insurance or wellness portal will outline your remaining room for the year. Book those massages and dental cleanings. You’re done.

But, to max out your expense reports, you need to know what and how to expense.

In this post, we’re going to cover some basic tips how you can get an additional $10k in combined spend and additional expenses reimbursed.

Read that again. You could be leaving $10k on the table. Everything adds up.

The final tactic might surprise you. It shocked some readers I told about it earlier.

Let this post be your motivation to comb through the dozens of internal wiki pages, handbooks, or guidelines, so you can start expense report max-ing your W2.

Team Meals

Whether you work in office or only get together a couple times a year, team meals are an opportunity.

You can build rapport while people’s guard is down (from the informal dining setting, and alcohol). Being liked is a big part of being promoted and effective at your W2.

Offering to pick up the tab also is a humble flex to the uninitiated. Wow! You are the big guy with the huge credit limit who can casually cover a $2k meal until next payroll when expenses are paid out.

Some folks on your team will see through the act if they’ve gotten into any points or churning, but it doesn’t matter.

Toss that $2k on the right card and you can get $40 cash back, $100 in travel points, or cover minimum spend towards a welcome bonus worth $2k. Check in with BowTied Bum for details.