American Express is pretty good about offering cardholders discounts and freebies, and now they’ve extended some of those perks to Bluebird cardholders. I got an email from Bluebird, offering me 10% off La Quinta hotel stays and 15% off at Denny’s if I charge those expenses to my Bluebird card. […]
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Bluebird and Serve increase daily load limits to $2,500
According to Frequentmiler, the daily load limit for the American Express Bluebird and Serve card has increased from $1,000 per day to $2,500 per day. Bluebird loads at the Walmart register are limited to $1,999.99 per day, which I find odd. Why not round it up to $2,000? Anyway, the […]
How not to ruin manufactured spending for everyone
I’ve been manufacturing spend for about two years now and doing it in a fairly cautious, responsible way. Back when Vanilla Reloads were sold at Office Depot and people were getting their Ink accounts shut down for abusing the 5x point office supply category, I played it safe by staying at […]
Walmart and Target crack down on manufactured spending?
Since the demise of Vanilla Reloads, I’ve written about several manufactured spending alternatives. When a reader reported that Walmart was no longer accepting gift cards for money orders, I wrote up Plan C in my manufactured spending strategy. It looks like I’ll need to draw up even more plans, because […]
On a PointChasing mission in Santa Clara, California
I am heading off to Santa Clara for a really boring weekend. I once again got suckered into taking my sister and her debate team to another Junior State of America event. During these events, watching her debate is completely out of the question, leaving me with little to do. […]
CVS to stop accepting credit cards for Vanilla Reloads on April 4, 2014
Not that I’m ever wrong about anything, but it turns out I was wrong in my assessment that CVS’s cash-only policy would be regional only. The deadline of March 31 came and went, and I was still able to buy them at my local stores. Today, Daraius posted a memo […]
CVS stops accepting credit cards for Vanilla Reload purchases
Update: As of 4/5 CVS is no longer accepting credit cards for Vanilla Reload purchases. As I predicted, the news that CVS would implement a cash-only policy for Vanilla Reloads was simply a regional change. That didn’t stop folks from going on a buying spree this weekend (guilty) and the […]
A Vanilla Reload feeding frenzy at CVS
So much for my internet fast. There has been a lot of speculation about CVS adopting a “cash only” policy for Vanilla Reloadson March 31. I commented on this possible development and offered some tips on what to do if this does happen. While I’m not concerned about how this […]
What to do if CVS stops taking credit cards for Vanilla Reload purchases
4/2/14 Update: CVS will in fact be implementing a cash-only policy nationwide on April 4, 2014. I took a break from my self-imposed internet fast this morning when Tim sent me the following message and picture on Twitter: For those of us picking up our second, third, fourth, of fifth Citi AAdvantage Executive card, the […]
Reader Question: Churning PayPower cards vs. ReloadIT cards
Reader David sent me this question over the weekend about ReloadIT and PayPower cards. I thought it would be helpful to publish it because it relates to the recent Manufactured Spending series and brings up a recent trend with PayPower cards: So I found a store that sells $950 Reloadit […]