Tag: Merchant Gift Cards
Meeting minimum spend on an Amex business card
A reader contacted me yesterday asking about the best way to meet minimum spend on her American Express business card. She has $1000 left...
How to buy Ultimate Reward points for 1.05 cents
UPDATE: Once you factor in shipping charges, the real cost per point is 1.1 cents. See comments section for details. Barnes & Noble is...
Top 20 Best Value Gift Cards
A new option for meeting minimum credit card spend! On Friday, I reported that one can save money almost anywhere by buying discounted...
Save money almost anywhere
I’ve received a number of reader emails recently that go something like this: I am about to spend a lot of...
Chase Ink Bold 10 Points Per Dollar
As you probably know, the new Chase Ink Bold business credit card is a great option for credit card churning. It offers 50,000 valuable...
Turn your Amex into Visa and Save $
American Express has some of the most generous rewards cards available. Some can be used to earn valuable, flexible points (e.g. Amex SPG,...
Frequent Miler’s Mad Laboratory
I can’t keep it all in my head! Frequent Miler’s frequent readers know that I frequently post information about tricks for gaining miles...
Evening News
My double dip experiment with the Aadvantage eShopping mall worked! I received 10 points per dollar for making a Sears.com purchase using gift...
A four step Perpetual Point Machine
In previous posts (such as this one), I defined the Perpetual Point Machine (PPM) as “a scheme in which, after a little push,...
The Ins and Outs of the Sears Double Dip
Since I began blogging over 4 months ago, I’ve frequently written about variations of “double dip” opportunities in which you can earn points...
Double Dipping Dangers
I write a lot about opportunities to “double dip” through online shopping malls. The typical double dip I write about involves going through an...
Points at the Pump
There are a number of credit cards that offer extra points or extra cash back when used in gas stations. If you don’t...
Mileage Run Shopping Results
December 9th 2011 was a big day! It was the day in which Sears brought back 10 points per dollar in the Ultimate Rewards...
Ultimate Rewards Mall Updates
The Ultimate Rewards Mall is showing some changes for the beginning of 2012. Here is what I’ve found so far: Sears drops to...
