50 FREE PHOTOS FROM TARGET: Thanks to Slickdeals for pointing out that you can get 50 4×6 photos free of charge from Target. You’ll need a printable coupon–go here and then search for ‘4×6’ in the search box.
STAPLES FOLLOW-UP: Remember yesterday’s paper towel deal at Staples? There’s toilet paper too. You’re welcome.
KEYBANK $50 REFERRAL BONUS: As long as we’re following up on stuff: on Friday I mentioned the $200 KeyBank bonus, but it turns out there’s also a $50 bonus if you refer a friend to open an account. Your friend will still get the $200. I’m not eligible for the KeyBank bonus, but anybody who did open an account can feel free to use the comments section below to try to grab some referral money. Come to think of it, if there are any other good referral bonuses out there for pretty much anything else, you’re welcome to use the comments section to see if anybody’s interested.
WHERE TO BUY VANILLA RELOADS: For those posters on certain internet forums who like to bemoan deal-killing bloggers: did you notice how Frequent Miler referred only to a “numerically named convenience store” when telling us all one place where you can still buy VRs with a credit card? I think that’s a reasonable way of doing things, though I’m sure there are people out there who think even that’s too much public discussion.
CITI THANKYOU PREMIER DEVALUATION?: According to Flyertalk, the Citi Premier is being devalued:
Positive changes:
- 3x TY Points/dollar at restuarants
- 2x TY Points/dollar at travel (airfare/hotel)
- No annual fee for adding an AU
- 400 TY points for enrolling in Paperless
Negative changes:
- No more flight points
- No more companion airfare through Spirit
- No more anniversary bonus
- 1.25x rather than 1.33x bonus on airfare purchases with TY points
- No 20% bump on everyday spend (1 pt/dollar)
Commenting on the changes, Gary at View From The Wing reminds us all of one of the great travel hacks of years past:
Years ago you could get Citibank to buy you a ticket at any price if you met the conditions of the Thank You points program. People would manage to buy themselves $8000 coach tickets to Japan, cancel, and retain the airline credit.
Not surprising that they shut down that sort of gaming by implementing maximum ticket values into their award chart.
The sweet spot used to be redeeming for business class tickets inside the US and Canada at a value of 3 cents per point — 90,000 points bought a ticket of “up to” $2700. The trick people came up with was a ‘business class’ (rather than first class-marketed) flight to Canada for as close to $2700 as possible, plus taxes. As long as one segment was refundable, then cancel the ticket and retain a credit.
Someday we’ll be pining for the days of 5% rewards on PIN-enabled prepaid debit cards. Enjoy it while it lasts…
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