Tag: Merchant Gift Cards
The walls are closing in on Amex gift card spend
The ability to earn points or cash back when buying Amex gift cards has long been one of the best ways to increase rewards...
Help solve the case of Amex gift card portal failures
In recent weeks, I’ve been hearing more and more complaints about cash back portals. In particular, people have been reporting that they have not...
Easy Credit Card Spend
Yesterday I described a number of “easy wins”. These are tricks for obtaining free or improved travel quickly and easily. Most of the listed...
Merchant gift cards, best options for stacking deals
Last Updated: 10/19/2017
If you're in the market for gift cards, you’re probably interested in finding the best options for saving money and/or earning extra...
100K AA no more, Singapore’s portal error, Amex gift cards, and the new Chime...
Bye bye 100K offer For the past several months, the Citi Executive AAdvantage World Elite MasterCard has offered 100,000 miles plus a $200 statement...
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...
Vanilla devalues, large denomination MasterCards, and Amex Gift Cards still a deal
Less useful Vanilla
Update: Many people have reported that Vanilla Visa gift cards do still work at Walmart when loading in denominations of $49.99 or less.
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The ultimate free shipping code
One of the best current deals for buying American Express gift cards is to shop through BeFrugal for 4% 3% cash back. This can...
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...
Distance based earning from Citi, less 5X from Wells, Southwest wackiness, gift card woes,...
Distance based mileage earnings live on The big news this week was United’s announcement that mile-earnings from flying will change from a distance-based to...
The deal without portals
Two weeks ago, I wrote about one of the most exciting triple dip opportunities currently available: Go through online portal to Staples...
How to buy $500 Visa gift cards online with Amex gift cards [No longer...
Update 8/5/2015: Unfortunately, GiftCardMall no longer accepts Amex gift cards for payment
I have written quite a bit lately about buying Amex gift cards for...
Best ways to use $200 Visa gift cards
I doubt this will last long, but for now it is possible to earn 5X points and a profit from buying $200 Visa gift...
Amex gift cards… beyond everything
In the post “Everything you ever wanted to know about Amex gift cards” I seem to have left out a few important details. So,...
