Tag: Extreme Stacking
Sears Quintuple Dip Results, and why I should have bet more on Discover
In December, I published “A fantabulous but risky quintuple dip.” Those with Discover It cards that were enrolled in the Double Cashback promotion, had...
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,...
A fantabulous but risky quintuple dip
This week, the stars have aligned to potentially make your holiday shopping much cheaper. Let’s look at a bunch of deals that stack together.
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The Sears double dip roller coaster
Background: Sears used to be one of the most reliable online merchants for portal “double dips”. A Sears double dip goes as follows:
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Is the Sears double dip dead for real this time?
Sears used to be one of the most reliable online merchants for portal “double dips”. A Sears portal double dip goes as follows:
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The promo of the year lives on
UPDATE 9/14/2015: Updated experiment results listed below
This year’s best promotion has little to do with airline miles or hotel points. Instead, it comes from...
Double dipping Discover’s 3rd quarter categories
Thanks to Discover’s offer to double all cash back for a year, their quarterly 5% categories are more interesting than ever. Now, instead of...
Maximizing the Discover Double Cash promo: Huge rewards via online shopping!
This is the third of a series of posts describing how to make the most of Discover’s Double Cash Back promotion. Discover is offering...
Lowering the bar and raising returns
Shopping through online portals is often a great way to increase points earned (or to get cash back) for things you would have bought...
Practice makes points
This past weekend, Sears ran a promotion in which they offered 9 points per dollar through the Southwest Rapid Rewards Shopping Portal. 9X is...
Doubling portal promos, and more. A 50X example
While researching a post from a couple of days ago ("Sears 25X via an interesting confluence of events") I realized something that probably should...
Sears 25X via an interesting confluence of events
A confluence of events and offers has made it possible to earn up to 25 miles per dollar when buying merchandise at Sears.com via...
Plinking Sears
Last week, in the post "Plinking gift cards" I described the rewards program called Plink, and I showed that it should be possible to...
Bloomingdale’s Only 10X
For the month of September, Chase Sapphire cardholders can get 10 points per dollar for shopping at Bloomingdale’s as long as they start in...
