While I was away, United and Hyatt announced devaluations to their loyalty programs. United substantially raised the rates of redemption for premium products on other Star alliance partners, while on United they were a more modest change. Hyatt added another category and raised the rates of redemption for categories 5 and 6. They also added Read More
I did it! Last I wrote, I had mentioned I was close. Over $30,000 has been “spent” on my American Express Starwood Preferred Guest card. I applied for this card in March and averaged about $3500 per month with the bulk of it being gift card churning. My November statement closed and we are looking Read More
Back in April 2013 and before I retired from churning gift cards, I was churning gift cards from the arbitrage between Raise and Plastic Jungle with TopCashBack. I was earning 2% cashback from the purchase on Raise plus any coupons, then selling on Plastic Jungle for 2.5% back. One of my purchases with Raise was Read More
Gift Card Zen has a ton of $250 Walmart e-gift cards for 2.79% or 2.81% off. Most gift card exchanges have Walmart cards at 2% or less off. You could apply up to four gift cards per Walmart order. The $200 Visa gift cards have a $6.88 fee which equates to 3.44%, but if you snap Read More
Starting on December 16 to 18, 2013 Starbucks is offering extra Stars when purchasing any food items. To maximize this offer, you should buy cake pops as they are under $2, at least in New York City. Everything else including coffee are more than $2 Read More
I received an email from NationWide Visa Buxx stating that if I load my Visa Buxx card I will receive $5 back if I load $50 or more. Give your teen or that young adult in your life a gift that will make you both smile with an extra $5. Just add $50 to your Read More
Discover has an interesting proposition redeeming their cash back and gift card churning from 2% to 4% back. You save 20% of your Discover cash with Gap and Lands End and selling the aforementioned cards you would receive 82% or 84% back respectively. Netting an arbitrage of 2% for Gap and Lands’ End with 4% Read More
American Airlines has another bonus for spending $250 for 3,000 bonus miles. I still have a few American Express Sync offers that I have not redeemed and plan to click through the AA mall to hit the spending threshold for an easy 3,000 miles. The offers I plan to redeem with American Express + AA Read More
Another American Express Sync offer, this time it is J Crew. You could be earning 5% back with this offer. The math: Spend $100 and receive $25 back. That means you will be buying the gift card at 75% and according to Gift Card Granny when you resell at 80% of the value you will Read More
If you’re in the market for a Rimowa luggage piece and flying with Cathay Pacific through the month of December, you could order through their duty free magazine. The prices are comparable to MSRP (Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price), but you would earn extra points if you used your Chase Sapphire Preferred as well as Cathay Read More
