Earn 300 Plenti points reloading your Green Dot card at Rite Aid
Rite Aid is running an ad this week offering 300 Plenti points when you swipe your Green Dot card and reload at least $50...
Best practices for increasing credit card spend through prepaid cards
Earlier this week, I published “My winter 2016 approach to manufactured spending.” In that post I mentioned that all 6 of the Serve cards...
Should you borrow money to get up to 35,000 United miles from Prosper?
Yesterday morning, I received an offer to get up to 35,000 United miles with a personal loan from Prosper. The offer is for 1...
Quick Tip: iConsumer Double Cash Back rates “already shown”
There has been considerable interest lately in a new portal called iConsumer due to it having significantly better cash back rates than most rivals...
My winter 2016 approach to credit card spend
I write frequently about techniques for manufacturing spend. And, occasionally, I write about my own personal approach. Inevitably, though, my approach changes soon after...
Bet You Didn’t Know: A New and Improved Staples Rebate Option?
By Julian, author of Devil’s Advocate...
Despite the recent untimely death of Bluebird and Serve for many Frequent Miler readers, it can sometimes still be useful...
Low fee $500 Visa gift cards online after rebate (now 1.6% back)
UPDATE 2: A new portal named iConsumer is currently offering 1.6% cash back at GiftCards.com. I tested and received email confirmation the next day.
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Your Serve or Bluebird is still alive. Now what?
Late last week, Amex delivered bad news to huge numbers of Bluebird and Serve account holders. They shut down accounts due to “unusual usage...
Bluebird Serve Birdpocalypse: How to liquidate remaining gift cards
This morning Amex delivered bad news to huge numbers of Bluebird and Serve account holders. They shut down accounts due to “unusual usage patterns...
Amex kills Bluebird and Serve for many
Amex seems to have swept through all Serve and Bluebird accounts to identify any that were being used to manufacture spend. Identified account holders...
Credit Card Spend in 2016 and Beyond
There was a time when the US Mint sold dollar coins online at face value, with free shipping, and allowed customers to pay with...
Nationwide Buxx far less useful as of January 11 2016
Doctor of Credit warned us yesterday. Nationwide Bank had changed the terms on their Visa Buxx cards. Previously, you could load Nationwide Buxx debit...
How bad were my 2015 predictions?
I probably should have just swept these predictions under the rug and forgotten about them. In January, I published my predictions for 2015. Every...
Increasing credit card spend with Serve
Note: On January 8, 2016 American Express sent out a notice to a large number of Bluebird & Serve cardholders informing them that loading...
