Recap: iConsumer Interview, WSJ About Companion Pass, Freebies, Amazon Refund Bonus & $500 Targeted Credit Card Bonus

What happened to the Amazon Refund Bonus? by TurboTax. Looks like they aren’t offering this bonus this year, in fact I haven’t really anybody offering bonuses for depositing their tax refunds for gift cards.
FREE FROYO at YOGURTLAND on National Frozen Yogurt Day! Man there are a lot of National <food day> these days. At least you can get a lot of freebies I guess.
Giant Eagle’s eAdvantage Club Offers A Free Item. I didn’t know this but if you join Giant Eagle’s eAdvantage Club then every week (?) they’ll offer one item for free. Could be useful for those doing it tough/regularly shopping at Giant.

The Surprisingly Easy Way to Score a Year of Free Flying by Wall Street Journal (Google the title to access the full article for free). They are obviously talking about the Southwest Companion Pass. Some interesting points below:
- Southwest says it has no plans to change the pass
- It’s a small percentage of customers who earn the pass, and most earn it with a combination of flying and spending
- One customer needing points spent more than $1,000 on flowers at a Southwest marketing partner and had boxes delivered to Mr. Clarkson’s staff as a thank you
- Any Southwest customer living in an Atlanta-area ZIP Code who registered for the deal and flew three round trips between Feb. 13 and May 17 got a companion pass for the rest of the year. Mr. Clarkson says the promotion was so successful the airline may try it in other cities
Can iConsumer really deliver cash + shares? My interview with iConsumer’s founder. by Frequent Miler. My personal view is that I doubt these shares will ever be worth anything, but fingers crossed they pay out. There is also a little bit of history/explanation about what happened with the eBay rates. Our review of iConsumer here.
Alliant CU Visa Plat Rewards Card, $500 Bonus (Targeted) by Danny Deal Guru. I wish this wasn’t targeted, I’d be all over it.