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The hits keep coming. There was bad news for manufactured spending a couple of days ago when GiftCardMall announced that they’d be limiting the cashback you can... Read More
Interested in how Simon bulk gift card online ordering works? Here are all the details and how I earn tens of thousands of points monthly! The post How I Use Simon Bulk... Read More
Manufactured spending. What does that mean? It’s not apparent from the name, but a good guess would be that it has something to do with spending money in relation... Read More
Groceries are a staple purchase category for most U.S. households so we wanted to put together a list of the best credit cards for groceries. The post Save Money On Your... Read More
One path to earning credit card rewards is to find ways to increase credit card spend and get most of your money back (see our guide here). Visa and Mastercard... Read More
American Express is again making it clear that they do not like manufactured spending. But, are moves like this by Amex short-sighted or are they smart business? The... Read More
Simon Malls are in the midst of a promo enabling Manufactured Spenders to purchase Visa Gift Cards with a load value of up to $1,000 for an activation fee of just $3.95... Read More
As we reported last week, starting yesterday and running through 8/4/19, Simon Malls are offering $1,000 Visa Gift Cards with an activation fee of $3.95 to those folks... Read More
Today is also the first day of a new quarter and a new set of 5% bonus categories for the Chase Freedom credit card. This quarter (July 1, 2019- September 30, 2019),... Read More
Safeway / Albertsons / Vons and other just4u affiliates have digital coupons good for $10 off when you buy two $50 Mastercard gift cards and $15 off when... Read More
Today is also the first day of a new quarter and a new set of 5% bonus categories for the Chase Freedom credit card. This quarter (April 1, 2019- June 30, 2019), the... Read More
Happy New Year! Today is also the first day of a new quarter and a new set of 5% bonus categories for the Chase Freedom credit card. This quarter (January 1, 2019-... Read More
Greg recently wrote a post about The Tools We Use (for playing the game) that talked about many of the tools we use to earn more miles and points. In email chatter... Read More
The Chase Freedom 5% bonus categories for the first quarter of 2019 have been announced and can now be activated. The Chase Freedom 5% categories are... The post Chase... Read More
Discover has released the 2019 5% bonus categories for the Discover card are there are a few good ones useful for manufactured spending as well as everyday spending.... Read More
Almost every week, there is an available offer somewhere to save on the purchase of Visa or Mastercard Gift Cards. These cards are popularly purchased as gifts, but can... Read More
Office Max / Office Depot will be offering $20 off of $150 or more in select Happy Gift Cards starting tomorrow (11/25/18) and ending on Saturday 12/1/18.... Read More
A reader reached out to let us know that they received a free Google Home Mini at Office Max / Office Depot when buying Visa Gift cards just a little while ago. Office... Read More
Starting this Sunday, 11/18/18, Office Max / Office Depot will offer an instant $10 off $300 or more in Visa Gift Cards through 11/24/18 (or while... Read More
Delta has joined the fray! Just last week, we posted on all the shopping portal bonuses out there right now, and noted that Delta was missing from the list. Well,... Read More
Those who have long manufactured spend by using gift cards to purchase money orders at Walmart will now find themselves running into a new roadblock: cashiers are now... Read More
The holiday shopping season is starting, get ready! You can take the sting off that holiday shopping bill with these airline shopping portal bonuses. Earn up to 5,000... Read More
Today is the first day of a new quarter and a new set of 5% bonus categories for the Chase Freedom credit card. This quarter (October 1, 2018- December 31, 2018), the... Read More
Join us for the next edition of Ottawa Points and Miles meetup at The Albion Rooms, on Sunday, September 16th, 2018 at 4:00pm. Please remember... Read More
Latest manufactured spending news: Gift card churning in trouble; Good news regarding buying Visa/Mastercard gift cards, mixed news regarding liquidating gift cards, a... Read More
Staples will be offering fee-free $200 Visa Gift Cards starting tomorrow – Sunday, September 2nd, 2018 through Saturday, September 8, 2018. The add... Read More
Good news on the MS front — it appears that the opportunity to earn cash back on Visa Gift Card purchases is back through some portals at GiftCardMall and... Read More
Live in the DC area? Want to know advanced strategies on earning the most miles possible? And, how to use them to travel the world? There's still time to purchase a... Read More
Over the weekend, Travel With Grant reported that portal Yazing was reversing payouts on GiftCards.com Mastercard gift card purchases from July 14th onward. When they... Read More
Safeway / Vons / Albertsons and the associated Just4U stores have a new coupon out this week to save $10 instantly when buying $200 or more in... Read More
We maintain a Manufactured Spending Complete Guide and periodically publish an update on “what still works” (which is due for an update), so I dabble in the... Read More