The opportunity cost of manufacturing status
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$2K denomination limit on Amex gift card cash back
An easy way to increase credit card rewards is to go through a cash back portal to buy American Express gift cards. In that...
An awesome new 5X (and beyond) game. Let’s play…
UPDATE 5/18/2015: Based on many reader reports, I'm declaring this opportunity dead. It seems that the store in question has stopped allowing gift cards...
Amex gift cards 2.2% cash back via BeFrugal
Valid through: ? (most likely this deal is today only)
The cash back portal, BeFrugal, has increased cash back rates for American Express gift cards...
The best card for reloading REDbird
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...
My credit card spend strategy
When I meet long time readers in-person they often ask what exactly I do to manufacture spend. They want to know which credit cards...
A faster way to add money to your PayPal account
As reported by Doctor of Credit, it appears that PayPal will be replacing reload cards (MyCash cards and MoneyPaks) with a new “load at...
Top 6 REDbird solutions
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...
3 miles per dollar everywhere, uncapped
I’ve written many posts in the past about ways to earn 5 miles per dollar everywhere. The trick is to buy gift cards at...
Frequent Miler’s Top 10 of 2014
I’ve taken a momentary break from vacation at the Andaz Maui (paid for with points, of course) to look over this site’s stats for...
Amex neuters the Campus Edition card
The American Express Campus Edition card has been a nice little point earner for those with a credit card that earns a bonus at...
Vanilla Reload cards gone by April 1. Here’s the good part…
The buzz today regarding the death of Vanilla Reload cards was triggered by emails from American Express to Serve and Bluebird cardholders. Customers received...
How to cash in your PayPal My Cash cards when PayPal freezes your account
Image this scenario: Suppose a blogger you know had been buying PayPal My Cash cards at a certain three letter drug store and paying...
Serve Student Edition?
Several times in the past I’ve written about the American Express Campus Edition card. Most recently, I wrote: Exercising the Amex Campus Edition card. ...
