Since I’m still sort of new to really begin manufacturing spend, I went through my credit card statements and created a spreadsheet of how much I am paying per point through gift card churning. This does not include points generated from Vanilla Reload or any of the debit cards that can be loaded with credit Read More

As mentioned in the past few months, I have been trying to manufacture spend through gift card reselling/churning. In order to make it a little easier for me, I have been letting the statements close with the pending charges, in which I pay in full before the due date. The charges have been fairly high Read More

Today I spotted on PlasticJungle.com another deal. Sell $250 in one transaction receive $25. This is a great opportunity to manufacture spending because if you sell just $250 you will receive 10% back. Don’t forget to use TopCashBack because you’ll receive 2.5% of the sale price. TCB erroneously states you’ll receive 2.5% back on the value of Read More

For the last few months, I have been thinking of ways to manufacture spend/buying points cheaply. Let’s do my favorite part of the post, some math on manufacturing points. As of this month, Sears.com offers you 5x bonus points per $1 spent. Let’s look at the figure below on using the Chase Freedom or Sapphire Read More

I tried using a coupon that would have given me $5 off $50+. I read through the fine print and no where did it say I had to be one of their frequent customer member.   The cashier took the coupon and said I had to be a Kmart rewards member before I could use Read More

I saw on this thread, “Discover card $500 cash back for $3k spend per month for 6 months – existing user” that a targeted Discover promotion is offered if you spend a certain amount in a defined about of time. Some are posting creative ideas to send money which would increase the monthly spend, but they Read More

On Flyertalk.com, sk8uno posted a great explanation on time shifted spend and manufactured spend. A good distinction to learn early on in this game is that of time-shifting spend vs. manufacturing spend. Time-shifting spend just allows you to move your future spend up to the present. This doesn’t increase your overall spend, it just moves your future Read More

From today until Saturday, 1/19/2013, Plastic Jungle is running a special Sell us $200 and get $20 off your next Purchase!Sell us $200 or more worth of Gift Cards in a single transaction this week and we will give you a $20 credit off of your next Gift Card Purchase from Plastic Jungle! This promotion Read More

Currently, there are five flavors of Visa Buxx. Navy Federal Sandy Spring Bank Pay Jr. US Bank Nationwide I personally have the US Bank and Nationwide Visa Buxx. Let’s start off with the cards I do not have and why: Navy Federal In order to fund, they will only accept Navy Federal issued debit or Read More