Pulling the plug on Home Depot
When Home Depot first began offering 10X through the Ultimate Rewards Mall, the question on everyone’s mind was how best to double dip? Could we go through the mall to buy gift cards...
Is Staples the Perfect PPM?
A while ago I posted a series about the search for the perfect perpetual point machine (PPM). In those posts, I asserted that the following characteristics would make a PPM perfect: The...
Staples Delivers Free Points Again!
This deal is good until March 31.
A few days ago I posted "Sorry, an error has occurred". In that post I explained my disappointment that the Staples site only allowed one copy of Trend...
TopCashBack is a game changer
Recently reader John W tipped me off about a new cash back site named TopCashBack. He had found that TopCashBack offered the best cash back rates for buying and selling gift cards through...
EveryLodge
This is cool. A friend forwarded to me this Techcrunch article about a startup website called EveryLodge. EveryLodge presents a clean Kayak-like interface to help you find flash-sale hotel deals. These are the hotel...
Back to the basics
When I started this blog last September my intention was to give step by step easy instructions showing how to travel for free. I wanted to share what I’ve learned with family and friends,...
Cashback Holics still best despite lousy name
Yesterday I published a competition called "The best portal finder" in which I compared a number of sites that aim to help you identify which portal to go through to get the most points...
Freebies from Staples
UPDATE: You can now buy 10 Trend Micro Titanium Antivirus 1 PC: $35, Free after rebate !!!
Below are a number of FAR (free after rebate) items from Staples this week. If you use a...
Sorry, an error has occurred
I just got off the phone with a Staples' web guy to see if they were going to fix the item limit issue with the current Free after Rebate Trend Micro deal. For those...
Check for your Staples rebate check
I just received my first rebate check in the mail from Staples’ Free after Rebate purchases. I previously received a rebate visa gift card which came in a regular envelope. However, for those who...
The best portal finder
MARCH 27 2012 UPDATE: SINCE THIS WAS FIRST PUBLISHED (MARCH 26), I ADDED A NUMBER OF SITES TO THE TEST: RewardsDB, CashReporter, Webflyer’s Mileage Mall, and CashBackMonitor When shopping online, it’s always a...
Sunday News
For those eagerly awaiting news about the latest Staples free after rebate items, here’s an update: The good news is that Staples has a new Free After Rebate item for which you are allowed...
The best way to Ink Money
I’ve reported in the past that those with Chase Ink cards (the ones that give 5 points per dollar for office supplies) can profit from buying Visa gift cards at office supply stores. There...
The final word on Hawaii for $182.24
A few days ago I published a complicated scheme that I thought could get you to Hawaii round trip for $182.24. Then, the next day, I posted a caution saying that some of my...
