Tag: Manufactured Spending
Hilton Amex to drop drug stores & telecom bonus categories
Update: This post includes offers that were valid at the time of publication, but have since expired. Please click here to see the best offers...
The reload game is on
On Saturday I reported that Office Depot has stopped selling Vanilla Reload cards. This came as a shock and disappointment to many because it...
Office Depot discontinues Vanilla Reload cards
Ever since May when I published "One card to rule them all," I've received emails and tweets about once a week from different people...
The 5X everywhere backup plan
UPDATE 1/12/2016: The American Express for Target card has been discontinued
Many people who live or work near well stocked Office Depot stores have been...
Bluebird lands. Questions answered
Last week, in the post "Bluebird takes flight and changes the game," I described a new product from American Express that has some terrific...
Prepaid musings
Bluebird I'm still excited to see what Amex has in store for us regarding the new Bluebird Prepaid product. Last week, they said that...
American Express Campus Edition
Is this a worthy alternative to Vanilla Reload cards? For many months, the following proposed experiment has been listed in the Frequent...
Vanilla Reloadables
Vanilla Reload cards are the key to earning 5X everywhere. They can be purchased at many Office Depot stores with Chase Ink...
MyVanilla finally appears
A reader emailed me last night to let me know that the MyVanilla reloadable prepaid Visa card is now available for order online. For...
How to earn 5 points per dollar paying taxes
Thanks to Chase’s line of Ink charge and credit cards, it is fairly easy to earn 5X on virtually all credit card purchases. If...
How to pay Federal taxes with a Vanilla Visa
There are many good reasons to buy $500 Vanilla Visa cards. Here are a few:
To earn 5X Ultimate Rewards Points with a Chase...
Vanilla Scare
For some odd reason, Vanilla reload cards have become quite popular (see “One card to rule them all” for a potential reason). However, recently...
The many flavors of Vanilla
I write a lot about Vanilla. In the post “Almost too good to be true” I wrote about the Vanilla Prepaid Visa card. The...
How to spend $10,000 in three months, and earn 90K Ultimate Rewards along the...
We’ve all been there. We get excited about a credit card signup offer… or two… or three… Next thing we know, we have card(s)...
