When I began writing Chasing The Points, I wanted the domain chasingpoints.com – however that domain was “parked,” meaning some extortionist bought the domain and was hoping someone would buy the domain at an exorbitant price. I was not and still not, going to pay for it. Instead, someone started a blog chasingpoints.com and the Read More

I participated in the deal that Personal Finance Digest posted the other day at Best Buy’s Yellow Tag event. I did not post it because I did not want to speculate if Amazon Kindle gift cards were included. It turns out it was. Awhile ago, I also noticed that Amazon sold gift cards on their Read More

It’s been asked a couple of times in the comments section if I had tried out purchasing e-gift cards. Generally speaking, when I buy gift cards I primarily buy the physical cards because when sold, there is the option of mailing it in or selling it as an e-code. I also tend to shy away Read More

Taking the day off, unless there’s a must post gift card churn, but just wanted to wish you all a merry, happy, and festive Christmas Read More

I am lucky to be working at a place with a very efficient mail room. There have been a few times where I have thought about mailing all of the gift cards I order to the office because then I would be able to flip the cards for cash faster. In addition, because of the Read More

Last week, Lucky from One Mile At A Time posted about Lufthansa first class awards being wide open I tried to take advantage of it, but it turned out it was actually phantom space. After attempting to book I was hit with the seat was unavailable. I was highly disappointed, but then I saw first class Read More

For the month of December, I’ve nearly maxed out my credit limit on my American Express Starwood Preferred Guest card. The reason being, I wanted to ensure I had spent $30,000 on my SPG card for Gold status. I understand the status is not very useful compared to other chains for this status level. When Read More

I can count on my fingers all the bad experiences I have had with gift card churning. I bought a ‘gift card’ and turned out to be merchandise credit, and was tough to sell Cardpool and ABC Gift Cards wouldn’t accept my gift cards The trick here is to not scratch off the PIN to Read More

Hat Tip to Big Habitat for posting: Staples $10 Gift Card on $50 ePromo I bought $200 and received four $10 ePromos – the $200 gift card was issued almost instantaneously and after the Shop Discover portal click through it was used to purchase a Nordstrom gift card. Because the $10 ePromo can only be used Read More