Pay estimated taxes via credit card (due 9/15)
Up to date information about paying taxes by credit card can be found here: .
Third quarter estimated taxes are due this Friday, September 15th. ...
Plastiq no longer allows Amex mortgage payments
The Plastiq bill payment service offers a convenient way to pay bills with a credit card for a 2.5% fee. Unfortunately, there are a...
Staples rebate actually a Visa gift card: Buy $300 in Visa or Mastercard gift...
Update: The online ad was incorrect when it stated that the rebate was for a $15 Staples gift card. It is actually for a...
Bluebird Migration: Is this the next or final chapter?
Last week InComm and Amex announced that InComm would acquire American Express' Serve technology platform (which also includes Bluebird and REDbird) and would become...
Easy 5X: $20 rebate on $300 in Amex Gift Cards
Through Saturday, September 2nd, Staples is offering a $20 Staples Gift Card rebate for purchasing $300 or more in American Express Gift Cards. While...
$200 Staples Gift Card + $25 eBay GC + 5X
PayPal Digital Gifts is selling a $200 Staples Gift Card and bundling a free $25 eBay Gift Code with it (for $200 total). PayPal...
Make money or more coffee: $10 for $20 Starbucks + 1K Marriott points for...
Starbucks is offering a promotion through Cashstar and Visa Checkout: Buy a $10 Starbucks e-Gift card, get a $10 bonus when you pay with Visa...
Increase credit card spend (and get most of it back). What still works August...
This is the latest in our ongoing series of what's new in the world of manufactured spending. We last posted an update in June...
No-fee Visa Gift Cards at Macerich Malls this week
A reader tweeted us yesterday to give us a tip that he heard Macerich Malls would have no purchase fees on Mall Visa Gift...
Double-dipping college rewards
My son will be starting college in a few weeks, and I've been busy thinking about how to turn this event into more opportunities...
20% off + 5X at Panera & Gap through Staples
Staples is offering a 20% discount on $25 Gap and $50 Panera e-gift cards with a 3-card limit to each.
The Deal
$50 Panera e-gift...
Easy 5X or 5%: $15 back on $300 in Mastercard gift cards
Update: Many readers have reported not receiving a rebate receipt this week.
It seems that the problem this week is definitely related to which SKU numbers...
$20 rebate on $300 Visa Gift Cards + 5X
Through Saturday, August 12th, Staples is offering a $20 prepaid Visa rebate on the purchase of $300 or more in Visa Gift Cards in-store only.
The Deal
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Automating Spend
After writing up a deep dive into the Virgin Atlantic World Elite Mastercard, I decided to maximize spend on the card by spending exactly...
