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Update: Deal is dead Right on the heels of Amex gift cards being withdrawn from other portals, the cash back portal hoopla doopla seems to...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...
The door slams shut on Amex gift card cash back, 17K Singapore miles posted,...
Amex gift cards disappear from portals Recently, the best cash back rates for buying Amex gift cards have been through BeFrugal and TopCashBack. Yesterday...
Amex gift cards withdrawn from portals
As of early this afternoon (9/2/2014), several portals stopped offering cash back for American Express gift cards. Now, it looks like they are withdrawing...
United MileagePlus portal offers 10X for selected merchants. Today only.
9/2/2014 only: The United MileagePlus portal is offering 10 miles per dollar for shopping at Sephora, eBags, Nordstrom, and Macy's.
He was wrong, these cards don’t suck
Drew must have been having a bad day. On Sunday, Drew (author of Travel is Free) published “Please, Stop Listening to Bloggers and Getting...
Challenge accepted
You know the drill. I was nominated for the ALS ice bucket challenge by my uncle Lew, and by Mommy Points (link). I’ve pledged...
15% off many gift cards via TwoSmiles: Southwest, Gamestop, more…
Get 15% off select gift cards at TwoSmiles using coupon code SUMMER15 during checkout.The discount is valid for:Aeropostale AMCBanana RepublicBass Pro ShopsForever 21GameStop GapKohl'sOld NavySouthwest AirlinesSports AuthorityToysRUs /...
Will the real Virgin Atlantic offer please stand up?
Bank of America recently introduced a new signup offer for their Virgin Atlantic credit card. The bank describes it as chance to earn up...
Office supply 1X, Devolvolution, FlexPerks minus AA, and more
Miscellaneous thoughts and happenings… Online Office Depot and OfficeMax not posting as office supply A reliable source has informed me that all of his...
