Introducing Extreme Stacking (and our new Lab Manager)
The other day I wanted to use one of my 1800Flowers gift cards to send flowers to a friend. And, believe it or not,...
Is it time to convert Discover Cash Back to miles?
If you have a stash of Discover Cash Back, but you’d rather have Southwest Rapid Rewards points or JetBlue TrueBlue points, then now may...
What happened to GiftCards.com?
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...
1750 jetBlue points per order at 1-800-Flowers. Buy miles for 1.3 cents each.
Offer valid through 2/15/2016:
1-800-Flowers is currently offering 1750 jetBlue TrueBlue points per order for orders of $29.99 or more. To get this deal, use...
A good use for Hilton free night certs — in Connecticut
The Citi Hilton HHonors Reserve Card has a very good signup bonus: 2 Free Weekend Nights after $2,500 spend. Each year, you can get...
Can iConsumer really deliver cash + shares? My interview with iConsumer’s founder.
A new cash back portal, iConsumer, made a big splash last month by offering some of the best cash back rates around. Some examples...
iConsumer increases referral bonus to $10 plus 100 shares
Valid through Feb 14, 2016: iConsumer is a new shopping portal that rewards members with both cash back and shares of stock. Last month,...
Connecting the dots: Prepaid cards that allow debit reloads
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
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...
Take 2: Buying miles and delivering flowers
This morning I published “The Rube Goldberg approach to buying miles and delivering flowers.” In that post I listed a slew of 1800Flowers offers...
The Rube Goldberg approach to buying miles and delivering flowers [Update: ShopRunner not stacking...
UPDATE 1:20 PM ET, 1/28/16: It turns out that ShopRunner free deliver does not stack with mile-earning promo codes. I'm sorry for this mix...
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...
