By now, you must have heard Bluebird has changed their policies to have free loads from $2. The limits are still the same, $100/day and a max of $1000 per month. I learned my lessons from Serve and will only link reloadable prepaid cards. This is how I will load my Bluebird go forward: Paypal Debit Read More

This past weekend, I saw a post on The Points Guy from a reader’s question on what should be the best card to sign up while learning the in’s and out’s of credit card points. The Points Guy suggested the Chase Sapphire Preferred because of the 2x bonus on Travel and Dining with the 7% Read More

I will let Deals We Like explain Plink because she has explained it fully. You can start here: Spend $20 at Gap or Old Navy and Receive a $20 Gift Card! (the deal expired, but outlines the details about Plink) and all of her Plink posts The one post that caught my eye was Staples to Join Plink.com! My first Read More

American Express has another Sync offer and it is $10 off $50 at Lowe’s which means you could save up to 20%. The best bet for gift card churning is to buy $50 worth of BP (not listed on Dan’s Deals) or Shell gas cards and resell them at 90% according to Gift Card Granny and Read More

Every credit card that I have started off with paper statements except for the Citi Forward. Upon opening the Forward, they offered an extra 100 Thank You points per month for paperless statements. Recently, US Bank and Barclay’s emailed me stating they will offer me extra Flexperks and US Airways Miles, respectively, for switching over Read More

I’ve been frequenting a CVS in Manhattan where they have a decent inventory of PayPal cash cards. I typically buy $500 each time and on occasion do $1000 at the self checkout. The self checkout is annoying because every time a card of $500 is run up, a cashier needs to scan their ID badge Read More

As described in my previous post about the differences between Hyatt Gift Checks and Gift Cards, this post will describe the best way to redeem for Hyatt gift checks through points. My current favorite way to earn the gift checks are through manufactured spend using any Citi card that offers ThankYou points. I earn almost Read More

If you have the Barclay’s US Airways Mastercard, you should check your emails. The other day I received this from Barclay’s regarding my US Airways card: Use your US Airways Dividend Miles MasterCard October 1 through December 31, 2013 and earn 2 bonus miles for every $1 you spend—up to 2,500 bonus miles—on purchases you Read More

I attempted to pay my Chase United card with my US Bank Visa Buxx the other day and the transaction was declined. So far this is what we know. What doesn’t work: Nationwide Visa Buxx US Bank Visa Buxx Gift cards with PIN What does work: Hat tip to piecerate: My Vanilla Debit Paypal Debit Read More