I’ve had both a Serve and a Bluebird account since October 2012. Today, I received two emails from American Express stating they will close one of my accounts and I must call them by July 27 and let them know which account I’d like to keep. Their IT department must have reconciled the social security Read More
Starwood Preferred Guest – Go For Gold?
I signed up in March 2013 for the American Express Starwood Preferred Guest Card and I have already racked up almost $12,000 worth of charges in 3 months. For the rest of the year, if I average about $3,100 a month for a total of $18,600 I could obtain SPG Gold without setting foot inside Read More
Gift Card Churning – Discounted Prepaid Cards
Since someone posted about it on Flyertalk, the cat is now out of the bag. Ricohitman posted it first, and then the question was posed on Flyertalk. Here are two receipts of my earlier discovery of buying discounted prepaid cards. I’ve tried every portal to double dip that I am a member of and I Read More
More Monday Matches
Can Vanilla Reload be found at 7 Eleven? Yes, the last two I purchased are from there. I’ve been to 5 in NYC and they all have them. Can I use my Walmart gift card to buy a reload pack or do rapid reload? I doubt it. Walmart gift cards are only usable at the Read More
What Not To Do With Cash Back
I came across a scenario accidentally where I would receive cash back for my purchase. I tried it out a few times and realized that it’s easily repeatable and exploitable. My advice to you is to not exploit and abuse the system. Hat tip to aegt123 for posting the fascinating article on Flyertalk. Brothers Who Read More
Gift Card Churning – How To Find A Deal
Often times, many people who gift card churn post “buy Walmart or Target gift cards” because they sell for the highest rate. That certainly may be the case, but is that the best deal? 3 Ways To Find A Deal Gift card arbitrage is best found on eBay where you can bid on the gift Read More
Upgraded Discover Card
In November 2012 I signed up for a Discover More card for the $200 sign up cash back and 5% back for any online purchase in that quarter. However, the Discover card’s cash back is not very good. Spend $3000 and receive I believe .5% cash back, after that it would be 1%. With the Read More
More Monday Matches
Can you buy MoneyPak with a gift card? – Yes, you could I was successful in doing that when the Rite Aid forced debit on me. Therefore, I used a gift card with a PIN. How to Gift Card Mall “double dip”? – You would have to buy a Gift Card Mall gift card from TopCashBack Read More
Where I Buy My Reload Packs
When I started gift card churning, I slowed down my purchases of reload packs. Since running into troubles selling gift cards, I have slowed substantially on purchasing gift cards and ramped up production of reloading prepaid cards. I still enjoy gift card churning, but Here is my list of where I buy my reload packs Read More
Thinking Of Opening New Cards
I have no desire to open many credit cards for the sign up bonus and leave the card unused after the minimum spend is complete to then cancel the card. However, recently I found a “grocery store” and a “gas station” so I have been thinking of opening a new card or two to capitalize Read More
