Great Posts from Around the Web

Here are some great posts from the around the Blogosphere to know about:

Great Posts from Around the Web

Here are some great posts from the around the Blogosphere to know about:

Great Posts from Around the Web

Here are some great posts from the around the Blogosphere to know about:

Great Posts from Around the Web

Here are some great posts from the around the Blogosphere to know about.

Great Posts from Around the Web Part 2

Here are some great posts from the around the Blogosphere to know about:


There were so many posts that I broke it up into 2 parts.  Part 1 can be found here.

Great Posts from Around the Web

Here are some great posts from the around the Blogosphere to know about:

Great Posts from Around the Web

Here are some great posts from the around the Blogosphere to know about.

Fishing for Miles - Macy's eGift Card Purchases - This Might be Huge but It Won't Be

Travel with Grant posted today about a new targeted American Express Offers for You.  He monitors these well so he is a good person to follow regularly.

My mind is a little twisted, but I get real excited when these come out.  How can we game this?  Let's try to figure this out.

I will tell you ahead of time that this is pure speculation and honestly I think it is far more likely to fail than work, but there is nothing to lose other than time and sanity.  The upside potential is fantastic so let's get to work.

Great Posts from Around the Web

Some Great Posts from Around the Blogosphere to know about from the last 5 days or so.  

• Chase Ink Plus, A Quick & Easy Retention Call
• Michael W Travels
• Good to hear someone had some success with Chase.  It seems that most of the reports out of Chase lately have been pretty negative regarding churners.
• Double dipping Discover’s 3rd quarter categories
• Frequent Miler
• He keeps plugging away with great Discover information.

Great Posts from Around the Web

Some Great Posts from Around the Blogosphere to know about from last week or so.  I'm trying to empty my Feedly so here goes:

• Amazon Allowance Set Up Automatic Debit Or Credit Card Transactions
• Doctor of Credit
• This is a great way to set up automatic transactions on your credit or debit cards.  Can be used for Better Balance Rewards or for cards like the AMEX everyday or AMEX everyday preferred which requires 30 transactions a month for the highest earning rate.
• $20 Upromise Referral Bonus Returns
• Big Habitat
• All you need to do is be referred by someone who got an email from Upromise, make one purchase and you will get $20.  Feel free to leave a comment with your email to refer others.  Limit of 10 per person.  You can also look at the comments section there for people who are looking to refer others.

Great Posts from Around the Web

Some Great Posts from Around the Blogosphere to know about from last week or so.  I'm a little behind on this so there are a whole bunch of them.

• New Targeted AMEX offer - Get $75 back with $250 or more Purchase at Staples, Home Depot & More (Use 5x)
• Frequent Miler Quick Deals
• This is one of the best AMEX offers ever available.  I was not targeted, but definitely check if you were.  Only on AMEX business cards.
• Staples Easy Rebate: Purchase $300 in Visa Gift Cards and Receive $20 Visa Gift Card (June 21-27)
• Travel with Grant
• There have been a lot of these lately.  I never get upset.

• Best Buy - $15 promo gift card per $150 eGift Card.  Up to 26% off online with Discover Deals
• Big Habitat
• Great promo if you are planning on shopping at Best Buy anyways.  Not always something available to resell but flash sales have been good lately.
• Maximizing the Discover Double Cash promo: Huge Rewards via Online Shopping!
• Frequent Miler
• Great post.  50-70% off Sears Purchases in July?  Count me in!  50% is more realistic, but it may drop to as low as 30% off everything.  Oh no.
• How to Receive Mobile Notifications for Hot Deals that Will Likely Die Quickly.
• Doctor of Credit
• Doctor of Credit is flat out one of the best blogs out there.  The only problem is that there was no way to get the best deals quickly to your phone or inbox (too many posts to check everything).  Frequent Miler solved the problem with a separate site called Quick Deals.  Doctor of Credit started a new Twitter handle that you can set up for mobile notifications.  I highly recommend you jump on board to not miss out.
• Santander Adds a Definition for What is a Direct Deposit for Their Extra20 Deal
• Doctor of Credit
• Basically, switch to real direct deposit to get your $20.  Loopholes will eventually be shut down.  They're on to us!
• New Targeted eBay Coupons - I got a free $70!  Stacks with Discounted eBay Gift Cards
• Miles to Memories
• I wasn't targeted, but it's worth looking in your account to see if you were
• Top Cashback Offering $14 for Your First Purchase on Fiverr, Profit of $8.50
• Doctor of Credit
• Quick, easy, pajama money.  My favorite kind.
• Chase Sapphire Preferred is terrible, get Slate Instead
• Freequent Flyerbook
• Ever the contrarian, Freequent Flyerbook is always worth a read.
• Upgraded My Toolbox to Gift Card Churning Means Increased Efficiency and Execution
• Chasing the Points
• Interesting idea. If you are doing a lot of gift card churning, this is something to consider.
• 5,000 Points Per Hilton Stay Through July 6 at all Properties Worldwide
• View from The Wing
• Extra points if you are planning on staying at a Hilton anyways
• A Way Around Chase's New Rules
• Doctor of Credit
• Going into a branch to sign up for a credit card isn't as convenient, but it might be the difference between getting approved and not approved.  You also might get a bigger sign up bonus than online.

Sam's Club Mastercard Gift Card Orders Cancelled! This is too far even in My Book

Recently, Sam's Club came out with a very lucrative offer of $20 off $20 when you use your American Express card online.

I argued that you should consider buying $50 Mastercard gift cards with 2 American Express gift cards, thereby saving $40.

I even signed up as a new Sam's Club member for this offer.

Sam's Club apparently felt that low cost gift cards were against their best interests so they decided to start charging shipping fees to discourage anyone from buying them (HT Miles to Memories and Travel with Grant)

Activating Visa Gift Cards without Activation Code

Recently, I bought a $200 Visa gift card from Staples and I either threw out the activation code or I lost it and I didn't have my order number either.

I thought I had just lost out on $200.  Manufactured spending has really low margins so if you lose $200 it can take some time before you make that back.


Luckily, I saw that Travel with Grant gave some advice on how to active your gift card before the activation card comes.  I assumed it should work just as well for me.  I called Gift Card Mall and was able to activate the card by talking to a rep who only asked my name and address and the gift card number.  2 hours later my card was active.  Boom!  Thank you Travel with Grant