Without going into too many details, here is my strategy to start the #milemadness:
- Continue my normal routine that I’ve established
- Check stores to buy VR
- Get cashback from Wholefoods
- See if I can still buy prepaid cards for the gas bonus before this quarter ends – only spent $1000 so far
- Gift card churn
- Normal routine does not include weekends unless I happen to be in an area where I can MS
- Pay careful attention to the strategies of other players
- As part of the email chain of discussing the rules like T+1 Milesabound mentioned that someone will find an arbitrage opportunity within the rules and I thought that was incredibly funny so I plan to do that
- One of the portions of the game is how cheaply we can buy points according to Frequent Miler’s fair trading prices chart this where I will be gaming for the cheap points
Here are the top 25 gift card rates according to Gift Card Granny with programs that I have been approved for bulk selling (these are the public rates, it could be higher for me because of the bulk program):
Cardpool:
Gift Card Zen:
Giftcards.com:
The top 25 list of the three programs isn’t too good, and all the cards’ cost per cent would be about a cent and I know the other folks are doing much better than this.
I looked at those lists and my first thought was, “Shoot, I wish I could buy a discounted Trader Joe’s card.”
LOL me too! Great store, love the food, atmosphere, people, and prices
Is there a reason everyone goes to Wal-Mart to unload their cards via money order and not just a local grocery store where the lines are usually about 1/10th the size?
I think Walmart’s the cheapest, so you can save an extra 0.1%. I always use the grocery though.
Exactly, Walmart is the cheapest, so in the long run the profits aren’t eroded
Sorry if I missed this somewhere, but what product(s) are you using to get cash back at Whole Foods?
I have been exclusively using the Nationwide Visa Buxx card for #milemadness. There are times where I use the Paypal Business debit card, but that’s if VR’s are too difficult to come by