Tag: Manufactured Spending
How to prevent your brain from exploding
Lately, thanks to Rolling Stone magazine, our hobby has become “The Hobby”. I prefer to think of it as The Game. Regardless, while this...
How to increase credit card spend. Announcing a new resource page.
Whether your goal is to meet minimum spend requirements for new credit cards, or to earn credit card big spend bonuses, you can find...
Options for paying to increase credit card spend. Are they worth it?
Signing up for credit cards is, by far, the easiest and quickest way to get huge numbers of points and miles. By signing up...
Free credit card spend. What’s left?
The end of free credit card spend
One by one, most free and easy options for increasing credit card spend have fallen by the wayside. ...
$5 Walgreen Gift Card with the Purchase of 2 Vanilla Visas
Through May 9, Walgreens is offering a $5 gift card when you purchase any two Vanilla Visa cards in-store.
Food Lion Visa/MC/Amex GC Deal – Get $10 on Your Next Shopping Trip with...
East Coast grocery chain Food Lion is offering $10 back with a $100 or more gift card purchase. This works well with variable load cards & credit cards with the grocery bonus category.
Two days of spend revenge
Last week, Point Princess and I spent two days driving all around Ann Arbor with the primary goal of using up Lyft credits and...
Send Payments for Free Through Facebook Messenger
Today Facebook announced their new peer-to-peer payment system. Utilizing Facebook's own technology, it allows people to send money with a debit card for free.
Staples $20 Rebate on $250+ In Visa Cards
Staples is offering a $20 rebate this weekend with the purchase of $250+ in Visa gift cards. Find out the details and which cards are best to maximize this deal.
Barclaycard possibly charging cash advance fees on Amex gift card purchases
One reader has reported that he was charged a cash advance fee when purchasing Amex gift cards. Was it a glitch or is this the new normal? Please report your experiences.
REDbird: What’s safe?
Note: As of October 13, 2015, the Target REDcard (REDbird) can only be loaded with cash in-store at Target. Gift cards and/or debit cards no...
Increasing credit card spend: What’s safe?
I write often about techniques for manufacture spend. These are techniques designed to increase credit card spend in ways that result in getting most...
The opportunity cost of manufacturing status
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My credit card spend strategy
When I meet long time readers in-person they often ask what exactly I do to manufacture spend. They want to know which credit cards...
