Category - Manufactured Spending

There is a Visa gift card called the Five Back Visa gift card issued by Blackhawk. This card earns 5% back at select merchants. On May 11th some Simon Mall representatives stated that some of these merchants would be leaving the program... Read More →

Food Lion sells $500 Visa, Mastercard, and Amex gift cards, but as of the past couple years (at least) they didn’t allow payment via credit card. The good news is that they’ve now began accepting credit cards again. There is... Read More →

Many of us got the US Bank Altitude and want to use it to manufacture spend for the 3x rewards when using mobile payments (worth up to 4.5%) or to meet the minimum spend requirement. A few days ago, Frequentmiler chatted with one of the... Read More →

The Offer Member get a $10 Kmart award card + $2 in points with a $100 Mastercard gift card purchase The Fine Print Valid until 5/13/17 Our Verdict Reader JakeFromStateFarm was able to do more than one transaction per visit (YMMV by... Read More →

The Offer Direct Link (sample zip code to see the offer: 19702) AAA members can purchase Visa gift cards with no purchase fee at any AAA location in the Mid-Atlantic (Locator) The Fine Print Valid from May 1 – June 30 Must be AAA member... Read More →

The Offer Direct Link (Pdf) Macerich Malls are running a Mother’s Day promotion: Buy Visa gift cards of $100 or more and the activation fee is waived The Fine Print Limit 5 Visa gift cards in a single transaction per customer per... Read More →

The Offer Direct Link (upcoming ad page 14) Get a $20 Visa gift card via Staples Easy Rebates when you buy $300 in Visa gift cards at a Staples store The Fine Print Valid Sunday 5/7 through Saturday 5/13 In-store only Limit one rebate... Read More →

The Offer Direct Link (sort by Gift Cards) Buy one $100 Visa or MasterCard gift card with no activation fee. Find the coupon in your Kroger account. Should be the same at Kroger-affiliated stores. “Limit one coupon per transaction... Read More →

The Offer Direct Link Shaw’s is offering a special deal to get $10 off $50 on select gift card brands. The following gift cards are eligible: Mastercard Bath & Body Works Bedandbreakfast.com The Children’s Place Fandango IHOP... Read More →

Additional information can be found here. Background Blast from the past. In September 2015, Discover launched a promotion to get 10% back on all Apple Pay purchases, up to $10,000 in purchases ($1k cashback). This would also be doubled... Read More →

The Offer Albertson’s, Safeway, Tom Thumb and affiliated stores are offering a special deal to get $10 off $50 on select gift card brands. The following gift cards are eligible: Mastercard Bath & Body Works Bedandbreakfast.com... Read More →

The Offer No direct link Safeway (and I assume associated brands) are offering $10 off your next shopping order when you purchase $100 or more in American Express gift cards. The Fine Print Valid until 5/2/17 Not valid in VT Our Verdict... Read More →

We recently posted that RadPad is no longer earning 3x points on the Chase Sapphire Reserve. RadPad users that have used the CSR and other premium cards (e.g Chase Sapphire Preferred) have received an e-mail stating: Thanks for paying... Read More →

The Offer Direct Link Plastiq offers $1,000 in free payment processing (processing fee is waived) when referring a friend to use their payment system The new member will get $500 in free payment processing Previously, the bonus was... Read More →