Tag: Merchant Gift Cards
Evening News
Online Shopping Portals. What’s next? All of the online shopping portals, including my favorite Ultimate Rewards Mall have been advertising Valentine’s Day specials for...
United Airlines offers to take your money. Say no.
United has unveiled a new service in which they will let you trade gift cards to them in exchange for miles. If you’re interested,...
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...
