Last week, I made a routine stop at my MS-friendly Walmart. I’ve been going to this location for years. I know the manager, staff and even trained a few cashiers on how to deal with “gamers.” [UPDATE 8/15/19: I returned to the Walmart location this morning and was informed the […]
Tag: manufactured spending
The perils of gift cards and money orders
I’ve been doing this gift card thing for a long time now. So long, in fact, I remember buying money orders directly with my rewards credit card. That’s right. Buy the money order with my credit card. No gift cards needed. Now that I’ve dated myself, I’ll tell you about […]
My week in manufactured spending: $394.95 cash back and 614 points
Last week, I bought $29,000 worth of Visa gift cards at Simon Mall across two visits. The total was split across three credit cards: The Discover it Miles Card, Fidelity Rewards Visa and Chase Ink Plus. The reason I used the Chase Ink Plus was because I miscalculated my remaining […]
Simon Mall $1,000 Visa gift card promo extended to August 31!
I just got word that Simon Mall is extending the $1,000 Visa gift card promotion through August 31! This is exciting news if you’ve been maxing out this promotion since it started two weeks ago. If you’re like me and mostly waiting until the weekend to bulk up on $25,000 […]
My week in manufactured spending: 2,068 points and $374.19 cash back
I think this may be the first manufactured spending week where almost all of my rewards consisted of cash back. Normally I’m using cash back rewards to cover manufactured spending fees. But this week I was trying to maximize Simon Mall’s $1,000 Visa gift card promotion. Since the fees are […]
Big cash back potential through iConsumer
iConsumer’s payout on giftcards.com fits manufacturing spenders perfectly. Here’s the deal: When you make an initial $25 purchase, they give you 500 shares of stock in the website. It is currently trading for 17 cents per share (symbol RWRDP). That’s about $85 if my math is correct. Update 8/1/19: iConsumer […]
Amex to stop issuing points on gift card purchases?
It has been reported that Amex is cracking down on issuing points on purchases made to buy gift cards. That is a major blow to us churners, as they appear to have expanded their previous policy of not crediting gift card purchases for minimum spending requirement. I understand it is […]
Mix it up to maximize points, miles and cash back
Ariana has done us all a great service by publishing her weekly hobby results. I started recording my earnings the first of this year and have been intrigued by the results. It is the mix of techniques that caught my attention and how the cumulative efforts of multiple approaches have […]
My week in manufactured spending: 27,725 points + $188.17 cash back
Last week was probably big for most of you. The Simon Mall $1,000 Visa gift card promo started and while we’ve established that it’s not the cheapest way to earn points and miles, it’s certainly faster than GiftCardMall. Raise your hand if you like buying Visa gift cards in $1500 […]
Credit cards I’m using for Simon Mall’s $1,000 Visa gift card promotion
It’s finally here! The day Simon Mall rolls out $1,000 Visa gift cards just for the manufactured spending crowd. Some of you have asked me which credit cards I plan on using during this promotion, especially now that we’ve established this promotion isn’t the cheapest way to buy gift cards. American Express […]