Here are some great posts from the around the Blogosphere to know about.
Manufactured Spending:
Credit Cards/Banks:
Deals:
Miscellaneous:
Manufactured Spending:
- Why Gift Card Reselling Probably Isn’t Worth the Time & Effort
- Miles to Memories
- I pretty much agree with Shawn. I've been doing gift card reselling for a few months. The only ones I now find worthwhile usually involve eBay or an AmEx Offer for you. Otherwise too much effort, too much risk and too little reward. There are some who love it though. Keep doing what you love.
- Six Different Flavor of Serve and How to Remain Fee-Free
- Doctor of Credit
- Wow, Serve went from two versions to six very quickly. A great post by Chuck, as usual. This is big news if you are interested in Serve. Sign up now before you start having to pay a monthly fee.
- #AmexGap: Spend $75+ At Gap In Store & Receive $25 Statement Credit, $10 Profit Per Card
- Doctor of Credit
- The exchanges are buying them for less, but look hard, there still might be some at 80%. Keep in mind that these gift cards can be used at multiple store brands.
- How to sign up for the Amex gift card Premium Shipping 3-Month Free Trial
- Frequent Miler
- I just finished my one year free shipping plan so this is very timely for me. Make sure you read until the end.
Credit Cards/Banks:
- The only way I know how to value miles and points
- The Free-quent Flyer
- It is an interesting perspective. I'm a cashback man myself and I don't travel much so I rarely earn miles unless I am earning a equivalent number of miles compared with cashback (1miles:1cent) since I know that when I redeem them they will be worth at least that much. I don't hoard miles for FQF's exact reasons and I usually earn enough from sign up bonuses and portals to cover my travel.
- Bank of America WorldPoints: A Forgotten Program, Get Up To 1.76¢ Per Point
- Guest Post on Doctor of Credit
- The truth about Delta
- Frequent Miler
- I've never earned any Delta miles other than from flying. I don't focus my energy on Delta. If you do, check out the post.
- Refer Your Friends to American Express Starwoods - 5k for you, 30K for them
- Miles per Day
- Someone should make money off this!
Deals:
- Giant/Stop&Shop: 4x Fuel Points on Select Gift Cards Including eBay, 8/14-8/20
- Doctor of Credit
- I love eBay gift cards and I love fuel points. Put them together and I don't think there will be many eBay gift cards on the rack. Sale starts tomorrow.
- New AMEX Offers: Hard Rock Cafe, Houlihan’s, Orvis, & Montblanc; Chime Card: $5 Off $50 @ Target
- Travel with Grant
- Nice to see more Chime offers. I need a $3 off $3 purchase at Amazon to make jump back in.
- Quick Easy Free 100 Marriott Points in 20 Seconds
- Points, Miles and Martinis
- If nothing else, this will extend the life of your Marriott points.
- Every Kid in a Park – FREE national park access for families
- Points with a Crew
- Kind of random, but if you have a 4th grader, your whole family gets free access to national parks. Whatever, I'll take it.
- Amtrak is About to Gut Its Rewards Program Again, Go Revenue-Based
- View from the Wing
- It seems like talking about Amtrak on Blogs is all the rage.
Miscellaneous:
- The Tax Consequences Of Helping United Fix Bugs On Their Site
- Dan's Deals
- Didn't think of this. Very interesting.
- Bet You Didn’t Know: Avoid Getting Suckered by International ATM’s
- Devil's Advocate on Frequent Miler
- I didn't know, but now I do.
- Introducing PayPal Digital Gifts Rejects Anonymous
- Points for Later
- If you have ever been rejected by PayPal trying to buy a gift card on eBay, this post will make you laugh. Hopefully someone can come up with a formula to figure this all out (I'm looking right at you, Chuck).
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