Maximize your Daily Getaways
As I’m sure you’ve read from many other blogs already, the fifth week of Daily Getaways is now viewable. There are some pretty sweet deals coming too! With each of these deals, you can...
Today only: big savings at OfficeMax
ShopAtHome is currently offering 10% cash back for OfficeMax purchases made today! I was just chatting with Rene’ (DeltaPoints) about his OfficeMax post, when I stumbled upon this ShopAtHome deal. You can stack...
5X Everywhere!
First, let me tell you what this post is not about. It is not about the successful experiment lab assistant Jeff conducted recently. He bought a $100 Visa gift card at Staples.com (for $105.95)...
Spreading the love
I was just working on yet another post about more ways to leverage the Chase Ink cards when I realized that I haven’t been giving attention to other cards. So, before I go back...
3450 free points from Office Depot, but I’m not buying
If you have a Chase Ink card that gives 5 points per dollar for office supplies, FAR (Free After Rebate) deals at Office Depot should be pretty exciting. Currently, if you log into the...
5X Daily Getaways… Almost
I bought $1000 worth of Marriott gift cards via Daily Getaways yesterday. As you probably know, each day at 1 PM they are offering a different travel deal through May 11. Some deals are...
Bears, cookies, and miles for Mothers Day
FTD is currently running a promotion in which you can get 1500 Delta SkyMiles per order. To get the deal, go to FTD via this link: ftd.com/deltasky20. It’s possible to optimize this by...
Drop shipping points
I’ve been meaning to write about this for a while, but it kept slipping my mind. Remember when Barnes & Noble was 10 points per dollar in the Ultimate Rewards Mall? During that time,...
Better news for gift card churning
Yesterday I published “Gift card churning gone wrong” in which I whined about a couple of misadventures I’ve had recently in buying and selling gift cards. Well, my friend Natasha at TopCashBack just emailed...
Pay taxes, earn Ultimate Rewards
This is just a quick note before the tax filing deadline: A reader reported via FlyerTalk that you can pay your taxes with Visa gift cards purchased from Office Depot. I reported recently that...
Staples Update
Staples has taken a break from giving us free points: no Free After Rebate items this week. Bummer! However there are a few bits of Staples news and conjecture worth sharing: uPromise: ...
Gift card churning gone wrong
I’ve written a few posts about how to buy and sell discounted gift cards in order to add spend to your credit cards. In general, you won’t make much money from doing this, but...
JC Penney gift cards 25% off today and tomorrow only
I just received an email from CardPool telling me: For the next 48 hours, you can get JCPenney Gift Cards for 25% off! This is a great deal if you’re interested in buying...
Credit card application planning
I’ve been getting lots of requests lately to help people plan credit card churns. I actually enjoy doing this, but I was finding it frustrating that I didn’t have all of the credit card...
