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Credit Card Spend

Manufactured Spend

An opportunity for increased credit card spend for Canadians?

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Earlier this month I came across a press release for a digital wallet service called UGO Pay.  Here’s a snippet: UGO launches peer-to-peer money transfer...
GiftCards.com Missing from Portals

What happened to GiftCards.com?

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UPDATE 2/21/2016: Portal Rewards are Back Recently, GiftCards.com became the place to buy Visa gift cards.  With Simply Best Coupons offering 1.5% cash back and...
iConsumer

Can iConsumer really deliver cash + shares? My interview with iConsumer’s founder.

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A new cash back portal, iConsumer, made a big splash last month by offering some of the best cash back rates around.  Some examples...
Which cards allow debit reloads

Connecting the dots: Prepaid cards that allow debit reloads

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Following the widespread shutdowns Amex inflicted on Bluebird and Serve cardholders, people are rushing to find alternatives.  There are many manufactured spend opportunities that...

Earn 300 Plenti points reloading your Green Dot card at Rite Aid

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Rite Aid is running an ad this week offering 300 Plenti points when you swipe your Green Dot card and reload at least $50...
prepaid card manufactured spend

Best practices for increasing credit card spend through prepaid cards

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Earlier this week, I published “My winter 2016 approach to manufactured spending.”  In that post I mentioned that all 6 of the Serve cards...
miles from Prosper

Should you borrow money to get up to 35,000 United miles from Prosper?

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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...
iConsumer

Quick Tip: iConsumer Double Cash Back rates “already shown”

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There has been considerable interest lately in a new portal called iConsumer due to it having significantly better cash back rates than most rivals...
a screenshot of a credit card

My winter 2016 approach to credit card spend

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I write frequently about techniques for manufacturing spend.  And, occasionally, I write about my own personal approach.  Inevitably, though, my approach changes soon after...
staples rebate

Bet You Didn’t Know: A New and Improved Staples Rebate Option?

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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...
$500 Visa gift cards online

Low fee $500 Visa gift cards online after rebate (now 1.6% back)

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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. UPDATE:...
5 Year Retrospective

Your Serve or Bluebird is still alive. Now what?

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Late last week, Amex delivered bad news to huge numbers of Bluebird and Serve account holders.  They shut down accounts due to “unusual usage...
Liquidate Visa and MasterCard gift cards

Bluebird Serve Birdpocalypse: How to liquidate remaining gift cards

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This morning Amex delivered bad news to huge numbers of Bluebird and Serve account holders.  They shut down accounts due to “unusual usage patterns...
Bluebird and Serve accounts frozen

Amex kills Bluebird and Serve for many

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Amex seems to have swept through all Serve and Bluebird accounts to identify any that were being used to manufacture spend.  Identified account holders...

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