The holiday shopping season is perhaps the best time of year for manufactured spending. If you’re throwing in the towel when it comes to Visa gift card churning because of all the negative changes, there may be other opportunities for you. Below are a few ways the holiday shopping season makes manufactured spending easier: Merchant gift … Read more
To me, I look at this hobby as the banks, airlines, hotel programs vs. us consumers, just trying to catch a break and save a few bucks on travel. The reason I think we always win is the ability to act quickly. I’ve spent most of my life working for myself. I did have one … Read more
For the last few years, I’ve been spoiled when it comes to manufactured spending. Thanks to an MS-friendly Walmart, I was able to liquidate thousands of dollars per day with minimal effort. Because it was so easy, I got kind of lazy when it came to strategy and focused on volume. I regularly ordered over … Read more
To start with, I don’t think there is any right or wrong answer, but more a matter of the circumstances we are each individually faced with. The ultimate goal of each activity is to generate as high a return on our time with the least amount of effort. I’m personally a credit card churner. Ariana … Read more
A couple of days ago I mindlessly opened two emails from Yazing, indicating they had $17.34 to each of our PayPal accounts. I mindlessly transferred the windfall into our checking accounts. It got me thinking about the ways we use our manufactured spending profits and it kind of disappointed me. We are all of different … Read more
If you want a bit of a shock, total up the annual fees you pay on credit cards. The number is staggering. But I always felt I got more than my money’s worth up until this coming renewal year. Katy and I both carry Amex Gold, Platinum and Hilton Aspire cards. And I carried the … Read more
Remember a month or so ago, I was whining about not kicking up my game on the 5X Staples Free Week. Well I kicked it up and overdid it for an old guy. In the last 21 days I’ve: 1. I spoke at the Chicago Seminars and reconnected with some great old friends. My topic … Read more
Club1 Hotels is once again offering FREE 1-year memberships to readers of this blog. To sweeten the pot, they’re throwing in 7% off all hotel, cruise, car rental, and activity bookings for the next 14 days! To take advantage of this offer, just enter promo code PC7 on the checkout page and the discount will get … Read more
A couple of weeks ago we talked about what your minimum earnings per hour must be to get you out manufactured spending. Or to put your PJ’s on and manufacture spend from the couch. I’ve now confirmed, if I’m not earning at least $40 per hour, I’m not motivated to move very fast and fight … Read more
Katy and I each got targeted to offer a referral for the NO Annual Fee AmEx Blue Business Plus Card. The offer gives the applicant 15,000 Membership Rewards points instead of the normal ZERO point sign-up bonus. You’ll need to spend $5,000 in the first 3 months of card ownership. That is a little more than … Read more