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Double dipping Discover’s 3rd quarter categories
Thanks to Discover’s offer to double all cash back for a year, their quarterly 5% categories are more interesting than ever. Now, instead of earning 5% for those categories, cardholders enrolled in...
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Predicting the next Amex gift card deals
Those who subscribe to Frequent Miler’s Quick Deals know that we often write about Amex gift card deals. The cool thing about Amex gift cards is that it’s possible to click through a portal to earn...
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Trying to get Amex gift card orders to track through TopCashBack
Online shopping portals are awesome because they provide a way to earn extra rewards for stuff you buy online. The problem is, they don’t always work. In order to get rewarded for clicking through a...
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Improved Amex gift card deal predictions
A number of online portals offer cash back or miles when purchasing American Express gift cards. This presents a great opportunity to run up spend on credit cards to meet minimum spend requirements,...
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Increase rewards, liquidate gift cards: New resource pages
A couple of weeks ago I announced a new resource page: How to increase credit card spend. One of the many techniques listed there is to use prepaid cards. Specifically, the idea is to buy Visa or...
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How to increase credit card spend from your couch, (almost) fee-free
UPDATE 8/21/2015: Amex has changed their terms for portal cash back. They now only allow cash back for gift card denominations of $200 and below. As long as this restriction is in place, the process...
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How to sign up for the Amex gift card Premium Shipping 3-Month Free Trial
I’ve written a lot lately about Amex gift cards. They’re special because it’s possible to click through a cash back portal to buy Amex gift cards and get cash back. In this way, you can earn credit...
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Buy MasterCard gift cards and Stand Up To Cancer
A new Vanilla branded MasterCard gift card has appeared: I found the above card at my local CVS store. I find it noteworthy because of the promise to donate $1 to Stand Up To Cancer for every card...
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Amex gift cards: Is the deal done?
Last Thursday I made a big mistake. I published a Quick Deal before drinking coffee. From past mistakes that were caused by my caffeine starved brain, I should have known better. While my coffee...
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Sears nixes portal rewards on gift cards. There may be hope yet.
Yesterday, via Quick Deals, we reported that Sears is no longer allowing portal rewards to be earned when buying gift cards. Previously, many portals had the following Terms & Conditions for...
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Discover’s Deal of the Year: Excludes gift cards
I’ve written a lot about Discover’s current overlapping promotions: an extra 10% cash back for Apple Pay purchases, plus double all cash back for a year. You can find full details here and here....
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Is there hope for Amex gift card rebates?
Buying Amex gift cards through cash back portals had been a key part of my strategy for increasing credit card rewards. When buying Amex gift cards, it was possible to earn credit card rewards for the...
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Amex claws back old portal payout
A couple of days ago I logged into my TopCashback account and found something disturbing. My pending cash back for Amex Gift Cards had dropped to negative $195. I clicked the dollar amount to see the...
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Discover’s Deal of the Year: Still Waiting
Quick background: Discover is currently running two overlapping promotions: an extra 10% cash back for Apple Pay purchases, plus double all cash back for a year. Each promotion is amazing on its own....
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Is the Sears double dip dead for real this time?
Sears used to be one of the most reliable online merchants for portal “double dips”. A Sears portal double dip goes as follows: Click through an online portal to Sears.com and buy gift cards Click...
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Quick Tip: Variable Load Visa/MC Gift Cards are now Cash Only at Officemax
A few weeks ago Officemax once again began carrying variable load Visa & Mastercard gift cards. Better yet, they were allowing these cards to be purchased with credit cards. Since cards like the...
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How to increase credit card spend from your couch, (almost) fee-free
UPDATE 8/21/2015: Amex has changed their terms for portal cash back. They now only allow cash back for gift card denominations of $200 and below. As long as this restriction is in place, the process...
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5% Back on eBay, Staples & Other Merchant eGift Cards through Simply Best...
For a limited time Simply Best Coupons is offering 5% cashback at GiftCardMall for the purchase of several popular merchant gift cards including Staples and eBay. Cashback Terms 5% cash back on eBay,...
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Amazon Bonus $5 with a $25 Gift Card (Amazon Student members ONLY)
UPDATE: This offer is valid ONLY to Amazon Student members with a free trial or paid membership to Amazon Prime. Not an Amazon Student? Go here to learn about and sign up for the program. Through...
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$300 Visa gift cards now available online at Staples.com
Staples.com is now offering $300 Visa gift cards for purchase online. Each card has a fee of $8.95 ($7.95 purchase fee + $1 shipping fee). While that sounds steep, it’s better than Staples’ previous...
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