Category - Manufactured Spending

OfficeMax/Depot has been testing a new rewards program called ‘Rewards Everything’ since February of last year. The rewards program is fairly simple, you earn 2% back on all purchases (including gift cards). Starting July... Read More →

Life comes at you fast. Last week we reported that Plastiq no longer codes at 3x with CSR for rent and mortgage payments. CIP had mixed data points, and even one data point today suggesting that CIP is fixed and coding at 3x again. We... Read More →

The Offer Direct Link (ad page 3) Get a $20 Staples gift card via Staples Easy Rebates when you buy $300 in Amex gift cards at a Staples store The Fine Print Valid Sunday 6/11 through Saturday 6/17 (starts this coming Sunday) In-store... Read More →

The Offer Giant Eagle is offering 20¢ per $50 in gift cards purchase. Online shows retailer gift cards like Toys R Us and similar, in branch it applies to Visa & Mastercard gift cards as well. The Fine Print Valid until 6/14 Fuel... Read More →

Plastiq has been coding as Lodgings and triggering the Travel category bonus on most Visa cards, including 3x on CSR, since April. Unfortunately, this appears to have died on June 3. There are a few data points indicating that... Read More →

In October of last year we reported that Cozy Pay would be entering the rental payment space. Last month they launched their open Beta and now users can sign up to use the service. Like Plastiq & RadPad you can use a credit or debit... Read More →

The Offer Direct Link  (sort by ‘General’) Load the digital coupon to get $5 off your groceries with the purchase of a $50 Visa or Mastercard gift card There’s also currently a digital coupon valid until June 6 which... Read More →

The Offer Direct Link (ad page 20) Get a $10 instant discount on the purchase of $300 or more in Visa gift cards at Office Depot or Office Max The Fine Print Valid 6/4/17 – 6/10/17 (starts Sunday) Limit one offer per customer... Read More →

The Offer Cub Foods Farm Fresh Hornbacher Are all offering $10 off your next shopping trip when you spend $100 or more on Visa gift cards. The Fine Print Valid until June 7th Limited to $25/$50/$100 gift cards Our Verdict I suspect this... Read More →

The Offer Buy $100 in Mastercard gift cards at Stop&Shop or Giant or Martin’s and get a $10 shopping voucher The Fine Print Valid until 06/14/2017 Offer can only be redeemed once Must add offer to club card Our Verdict Not as good... Read More →

The Offer Sign into your Just4U account to see if you got the following coupon which can be loaded to your J4U card: Get $10 off $100 American Express gift card purchase The Fine Print Limit 1 per household Valid through 6/20/17 Our... Read More →

From June 1 through June 15th, the BBVA BNA credit card will offer 5% cash back on up to $5,000 in purchases. You can read more background on this in our previous post. Here we’ll discuss the best ways to rack up spend for the... Read More →

Giftcardmall used to allow you to purchase gift cards in denominations of $10-$500, the maximum is now $250. This is significant as you pay a flat $5.95 fee (previously ~1.2% of gift card value, now 2.4%). I know some people were doing... Read More →

The Offer Sign into your Just4U account to see if you got the following coupon which can be loaded to your J4U card: Get $10 off $100 Visa gift card purchase The Fine Print Limit 1 per household Valid through 6/3/17 Our Verdict These... Read More →