Plastiq debit card payments now fee free
UPDATE: The no fee option no longer applies to gift cards or other prepaid cards
The Plastiq bill payment service normally charges a 2.5% fee,...
Necker Island, here we come!
7 months ago I decided that it would be cool to use miles to book a week on Sir Richard Branson’s private Island. Virgin...
AA enhanced portal bonuses up to 15X. Stack with holiday bonus and Discover.
The AAdvantage eShopping portal is offering enhanced rates for a number of stores today. Here are a few examples: BackCountry 10X Elizabeth Arden...
PayPal employee answers: Faster money back? Why work for evil?
Background:
In order to earn miles & points, many people “manufacture spend”. That is, people find ways to increase credit card spend (to get rewards)...
PayPal employee answers: Safe way to increase credit card spend?
Background:
In order to earn miles & points, many people “manufacture spend”. That is, people find ways to increase credit card spend (to get rewards)...
Discover’s Deal of the Year results are in. The gift card rule IS being...
Quick background: Discover is currently running two overlapping promotions: an extra 10% cash back for Apple Pay purchases made through December 31st, plus double...
Quick Tip: Variable Load Visa/MC Gift Cards are now Cash Only at Officemax
Officemax has now started restricting variable load Visa and Mastercard purchases. As of now most registers are hardcoded as cash only for their purchase.
Sapphire Preferred 50K to 60K, and Freedom 15K offers coming soon
Via an inside source, I’ve learned that Chase plans to offer increased signup bonuses for the Sapphire Preferred and Freedom cards. The expected go-live...
Quick Tip: Don’t buy GiftCardMall Visa cards (except as a gift)
I received an email today from SimplyBestCoupons advertising 2% cash back on Visa gift card purchases. That sounds pretty good, right? Even now that...
Anonymous PayPal employee to answer questions
PayPal offers a convenient service for sending, spending, and receiving money online. They also offer the PayPal My Cash card which can be used...
Quick Tip: Discover claws back portal purchases made with non-Discover cards
Big Habitat shares a reader report that Discover is clawing back some Discover Deals portal purchases paid for with cards other than Discover cards. ...
Increase Credit Card Spend (and do good) with Kiva and Kivalens
Update 7/29/2017: US Bank no longer codes Kiva as a charity. This post has been updated accordingly.
Kiva is a nonprofit organization that facilitates micro-loans...
Discover’s Deal of the Year: The waiting game strategy
Quick background: Discover is currently running two overlapping promotions: an extra 10% cash back for Apple Pay purchases made through December 31st, plus double...
A glimmer of hope for REDbird? No, not really.
American Express sent emails to Serve, REDcard, and Bluebird cardholders today to let them know that they will be taking away the ability to...
