The Spectrum Rewards offer–what is it worth?
Most credit card signup bonuses follow a simple pattern: Spend $X in Y months and get bonus Z. For example, quite a few offers...
Safeway deal: Buy 2 variable load MasterCard or Visa gift cards and get $15...
Valid through October 7 2014:Buy two VARIABLE load MasterCard or Visa gift cards (e.g. cards loadable up to $500) and get a coupon for...
Amex gift cards double or nothing, bye bye Amazon Payments, and a sign of...
Hoopla Doopla says “no way” Last week I published a Quick Deal about the cash back portal Hoopla Doopla: “An obvious portal price mistake:...
Amazon Payments to stop allowing person to person payments
We knew it had to end sometime. Amazon has announced via their Annual Notice email that person to person payments will no longer be...
Sears offering 9X via AAdvantage eShopping Portal. Double dip for 18X!
UPDATE: DEADThrough the AAdvantage eShopping Portal, Sears is currently offering 9 miles per dollar. Terms & Conditions do allow gift cards so it is...
$100 Staples gift card for $85
UPDATE: DEADGiftCardMall, on EBay, is currently offering Staples $100 gift cards for 15% off face value.It used to be possible to use Staples' gift...
Searching for points and finding a Point Cascade (and a dead PPM)
Lately I’ve been receiving emails from Virgin America telling me that my 1,500 Elevate points are about to expire. First I had 90 days...
$20 (or more) off a $55 Costco membership.
Through September 14, when you buy a $55 Costco membership through Living Social, they will throw in a $20 Costco gift card, plus a few extra...
Exercising the Amex Campus Edition card
It’s been almost two years since I first wrote about the American Express Campus Edition card. At the time, I found the card interesting,...
The many flavors of Amex Prepaid cards
I’ve been getting a lot of questions lately about Amex prepaid cards: Bluebird, Serve, Amex for Target, etc. If you’re wondering how to use...
The Mint returns, eh?
Back in the day, the US Mint was the manufactured spend technique. The Mint used to sell dollar coins for $1 each with free...
Amex gift card SNAFU, Premium Shipping Plan cancellations, and some hope for what’s next
I’ve been spilling a lot of electronic ink writing about Amex gift cards in the past year or so. Amex gift cards have been...
An obvious portal price mistake: 40% cash back for Amex gift cards. Who’s in?
Update: Deal is dead Right on the heels of Amex gift cards being withdrawn from other portals, the cash back portal hoopla doopla seems to...
Citi event invite/unvite/revite; Andaz pancake evaluation; and NYC accidentally for free
About three weeks ago I was invited to a launch event for a new Citibank cash back product. The invitation read in part as...
