Tag: Manufactured Spending
Pursuing the Other Vanilla Reload card
Did you know that there is a second type of Vanilla Reload card? They all look something like this from the front (although the...
The Bluebird Metric
Note: On January 8, 2015 American Express sent out a notice to a large number of Bluebird & Serve cardholders informing them that loading...
Best options for buying $500 Visa gift cards
Recently, Visa and MasterCard gift cards became great tools for earning points and miles thanks to the new ability to assign PINs (see "Gift...
$500 Visa gift cards return to Office Depot!
UPDATE: This was great while it lasted, but the opportunity closed quickly. Please see: $500 Vanilla window slams shut at Office Depot. In February...
Vanilla hunt
Last week I was excited to see that Point Princess had found Vanilla Reload cards at a TA gas station. I immediately checked online...
Will $500 Visa cards appear on Monday at Office Depot?
Last night I passed along a report from the blog Travel with Grant saying that $500 gift cards are back at Office Depot. He...
$500 Vanilla window slams shut at Office Depot
On Monday I wrote about my quest to find $500 Vanilla gift cards and/or reload cards at Office Depot (see "Many flavors of Vanilla...
Vanilla Hunt Part 2. Success!
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote the post "Vanilla hunt" in which I described my attempt to buy Vanilla Reload cards at...
Reload updates
Quick weekend news about Walmart, the three letter drug store, and the numerically named convenience store... The numerically named convenience store While I...
Reader reload research
Below is the latest gift card and reload news, with thanks to many readers... Fee free gift cards... Nope On Friday, I published a...
The true cost of reload points
If you use a point-earning credit card and pay $3.95 for a $500 reload card, what is your cost per point? The answer may...
Vanilla Reloadables
This is an update to a post of the same name published a year ago. A lot has changed since then so I thought...
Buying miles and points from the IRS with reloadable prepaid cards
This is the sixth and final post in a series dedicated to analyzing options for earning points and other rewards when paying federal taxes. ...
Bye bye Mio
A few days ago, I received a letter from InComm Inc. The letter was sent to inform me that my Mio card was going...
