Tag: Merchant Gift Cards
How to earn points and what to buy with Sears gift cards
In the past several months, Sears has been offering outstanding rewards through online shopping portals. For example, yesterday Sears very briefly bumped up their...
Predicting the imminent return of Amex gift cards
This morning I published a Quick Deal announcing that Amex gift cards have returned for only one day to the cash back portal TopCashBack. ...
Amex gift cards return to a portal, today only
Buying American Express gift cards through online shopping portals can be a great way to increase rewards or save money. On September 2nd, though,...
Amex gift card SNAFU, Premium Shipping Plan cancellations, and some hope for what’s next
I’ve been spilling a lot of electronic ink writing about Amex gift cards in the past year or so. Amex gift cards have been...
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...
