Bet You Didn’t Know: Sears Shutdown, RadPad Issues, and Southwest Standby
By Julian, author of Devil’s Advocate...
Normally the "Bet You Didn't Know" series is focused on tips and tricks rather than news, but there have been several recent items of interest that I've seen only lightly...
Manufacturing Spend: What still works September 2016?
UPDATE: Please find an up-to-date version of this post here:
Manufacturing Spend is the process of increasing credit card spend to earn rewards in ways that results in getting most of your money back....
FU Sapphire Reserve: Better combos exist
The title of today's post purposely has a double meaning. Many who's applications have been denied for the "amazing!", "awesome!", "INCREDIBLE!" Sapphire Reserve card are bitter about the constant coverage of the card. For...
How to avoid the PayPal freeze
Background:
In order to earn miles & points, many people “manufacture spend”. That is, people find ways to increase credit card spend (to get rewards) while getting their money back. There are many techniques for...
3 easy ways to meet the Sapphire Reserve minimum spend requirement
The Chase Sapphire Reserve card offers a standard signup bonus of 50,000 Ultimate Rewards points (worth $750 in travel!). To get that bonus you have to pay the $550 annual fee and you have...
Earn miles via rent payments
Update: RadPad ended this promotion prematurely on August 24, 2016 due to a lack of funds. You can find the announcement here.
Via Quick Deals, we previously reported that you can now use RadPad with Android...
The Dining Everywhere Visa. Is 5X or 2.65X worth the headache?
A new Visa gift card has appeared in many Office Depot stores: the Dining Everywhere Visa. On the surface this card appears to be limited to use in restaurants and bars, but Travelling Well...
Kickfurther review 2. Manufacturing profit and spend.
Kickfurther is a platform that lets companies seek funding from the Kickfurther community by offering a return on investment (such as 8% profit in 10 months, for example). Technically, these offers aren’t loans. When...
The Fine Print: Consumer Arbitration — an unfamiliar weapon for battling corporate mischief
Editor’s Intro: In the points & miles game there are huge potential rewards (Free travel! Big savings! Free upgrades!). Those rewards are real, but unfortunately things sometimes go awry. You can have your bank...
9 ways to increase credit card spend without leaving home
Whether you need to meet minimum spend requirements for large credit card signup bonuses, or you want to collect a big-spend bonus, or you simply want to earn additional credit card rewards, you may...
My half-baked Kickfurther Review
Kickfurther is a platform that lets companies seek funding from the Kickfurther community by offering a return on investment (such as 8% profit in 10 months, for example). Technically, these offers aren’t really loans. ...
The art of gift card churning in 2016
What is gift card churning?
Gift card churning is the art of buying and liquidating gift cards for the purpose of saving money, earning money, earning extra points, and/or increasing credit card spend. Here are...
Amex freezes Bluebird and Serve cardholders off-schedule
UPDATE: This round may be limited to people who somehow opened a new card on March 4th after having their old card frozen. See post comments for details.
Amex has again sent out emails to...
Starbird? Will the Starbucks prepaid card be the next big thing?
Starbucks has announced that they will introduce a prepaid card by the end of the year. Will this be the next big thing? For years, American Express prepaid products, Bluebird and Serve, made it...
