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Today only: churn gift cards towards a Southwest Companion Pass for less than 1...

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Today only, the Southwest Rapid Rewards portal is offering 15 points per dollar at Saks: And, via the Frequent Miler Laboratory, we see that a reader named Josh reported earning portal rewards at...
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Mint survey suggests new card similar to Bluebird, REDbird, and Serve. MintBird?

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A reader reports being asked to fill out a survey by the online money tracking service Mint.  In the survey, he was asked his opinion about a new product from Mint.  Specifically, the survey...
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Amex business gift cards 2.25% via TopCashBack today only

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Today only: TopCashBack is offering Business Amex gift cards for 2.25% cash back. If you don’t already have a TopCashBack account, you can find a signup link and many other cool things here. Notes Do not use...
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Tying loose ends: Prestige 4th night, 5X everywhere, retrieving points, Necker Island

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Today I have a grab bag of follow-ups from previous posts… Citi Prestige 4th Night Fee Hotel Benefit One nice perk of the Citi Prestige card is the ability to book a four night...

Simply Best Coupons to offer 2% cash back for Amex gift cards on Thursday

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I received an email this morning from the cash back portal, Simply Best Coupons, stating that the cash back rate for Amex gift cards will jump to 2% cash back this Thursday (4/16/2015).  The...

Two days of spend revenge

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Last week, Point Princess and I spent two days driving all around Ann Arbor with the primary goal of using up Lyft credits and the secondary goal of manufacturing spend.  Point Princess happens to...

Nearly complete guide to Frequent Miler resources, and more

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In January, I welcomed Shawn Coomer to the Frequent Miler team.  Since then, he has helped tremendously by writing Quick Deal posts, Saturday “week in review” posts, Sunday “It’s not too late – deal’s...
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United MileagePlus Shopping Portal: 8X Sears, 10X Neiman Marcus, more…

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Most likely today only (3/17/2015): The United MileagePlus Shopping Portal is offering enhanced earnings for a number of stores.  Here are a few opportunities found in today’s Portal Alerts: Neiman Marcus: 10X New Balance: 10X Sears: 8X (16X...

20% off almost anything (via Lowes and Amex). Hurry, enrollment is limited.

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Offer Valid 3/16/15 - 4/17/15: Enroll in the latest Amex Offer for Lowe’s and get a $10 statement credit for $50 or more of spend.  The terms exclude gift cards from Lowes.com, but do...
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Amex Serve Credit Card Loads to End in April

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American Express has announced via their website that they will no longer allow third party credit card loads to Serve starting in April.
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Chasing Ultimate Rewards

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I was bummed the other day when I logged into my Chase account and saw that my Ultimate Rewards point total had dropped to a meager 100,000 points.  In the past, I’ve earned what...
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Barclaycard possibly charging cash advance fees on Amex gift card purchases

One reader has reported that he was charged a cash advance fee when purchasing Amex gift cards. Was it a glitch or is this the new normal? Please report your experiences.

Amex business gift cards 2.25% cash back, today only

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The cash back portal, TopCashBack, has increased cash back rates for American Express business gift cards to 2.25% for today only (3/6/2015). The next best rate is 1.5%. Update: A reader has written in to...
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REDbird: What’s safe?

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Note: As of October 13, 2015, the Target REDcard (REDbird) can only be loaded with cash in-store at Target. Gift cards and/or debit cards no longer work to load REDcard. For more info, see: Here...

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