NOTE: As of May 2019, Ebates has changed its name to Rakuten. If you’re in the market for some new luggage, this is the perfect time. Not only is eBags having a huge sale right now, but Ebates is offering 20% cash back. The best part? Ebates is honoring coupon code DEALS, which gets you … Read more
UPDATE: While the Cyber Monday code is no longer valid, you can save $20 on registration + get a free copy of Chris Guillebeau’s Side Hustle with promo code FTUSTOCKINGSTUFFER. Valid through December 31, 2017 Wanna learn more about points, miles, and manufactured spending? On February 23 – 25, 2018 I’ll be speaking at FTU Seattle, an … Read more
If you’re purchasing large amounts of gift cards online, you’re not going to like this: Starting December 1, Giftcards.com, GiftcardMall, and Cardpool will all be imposing a $30,000 monthly limit on cash back portal payouts. That’s bad news, considering in the past you could earn 1% cash back on up to $5,000 worth of Visa gift … Read more
There are lots of tips out there about how to save on hotel bookings. My go-to method is to check a series of tested OTA’s, Amex Fine Hotels & Resorts, and hotel websites to find the best deals. But there’s another method that most people skip over: Searching and booking hotel nights separately. What does … Read more
One of the biggest challenges when you’re manufacturing large amounts of spend is trying to keep your personal budget on track. Sure, it’s possible to off-set most manufactured spending fees, but when you’re trying to normalize spending patterns by channeling your personal spending across a dozen credit cards, it’s easy to lose track and go … Read more
A few weeks ago, a Twitter follower asked me about whether it makes sense to pay a 2.7% fee in order to earn miles on rent payments through Plastiq. After all, considering there are ways to generate free manufactured spending, why would anyone pay almost 3% in fees? My answer was, yes. I got a bit of blow-back … Read more
Who says there’s no such thing as a free lunch? Well, Delivery.com sort of does. Through December 11, Delivery.com is offering $10 off all orders of $10.01 paid with MasterPass. That’s right: For an entire month, you can get one meal per day for as little as $0.01. It wouldn’t surprise me at all if this … Read more
Last week, American Express announced their new Amex Hilton credit card line-up. In addition to introducing two new credit cards (the Aspire and Hilton Honors American Express Business Card), existing Citi Hilton credit cards would be transferred to American Express in January 30, 2018. The new card line-up is great and I’m sure the sign-up … Read more
It’s been a while since I’ve done a monthly manufactured spending report, so I thought I’d share one now that my new MS routine is pretty much set. In October, I managed to liquidate about $20,000 worth of Visa gift cards. Less than that, really, if we want to round down instead of up. For the … Read more
Last week, Miles Per Day shared a US Post Office memo, directing staff to stop accepting Visa gift cards for money order purchases. A few readers have reached out to me since, slightly panicked about this latest dead deal. But…is it really dead? The memo states, “If a clerk is able to confirm that the … Read more