Category - Manufactured Spending

Cardcash no longer earns 5x when paying with the Chase INK credit card. Up until June 16, we’d earn 5x Ultimate Rewards points when buying gift cards on Cardcash.com (whether paying with Paypal or direct payment) since it came up... Read More →

The Offer Direct Link (search Blackhawk Network under Product Manufacturer to find this deal) Buy $300 in Visa gift cards and get a free $15 Visa Rebate card through the Staples Easy Rebates system Valid SKUs: 763604, 763602, 374172... Read More →

In Blackhawk’s latest earning call there was a particular interesting bit around high denomination open loop gift cards (e.g Visa/Mastercard/American Express gift cards). There is also come good news in sight. Here is the relevant... Read More →

The Offer Direct Link Starting Sunday, Office Depot is offering a discount on Amex gift cards. Looks like Office Max will have the same deal as well. Buy $150 in Amex gift cards and get an instant $10 discount The Fine Print Valid 6/19... Read More →

The Offer Direct Link (ad page 9) Purchase $300 worth of Amex Gift Cards in a Staples store and get a $20 Staples gift card using the Staples Easy Rebate system The Fine Print Valid 6/5/16 – 6/11/16 (starts this coming Sunday)... Read More →

[We’re reposting this since it starts tomorrow, June 2.] NBA Finals 5x Dates The BBVA NBA card earns 5x rewards twice a year: during the NBA Finals (coming soon) and during the All-Star weekend. Read: BBVA Compass NBA TripleDouble... Read More →

The word on Flyertalk and Reddit and Flyertalk is that, as of the past week or two, most Walmart MoneyCenter ATM machines (a.k.a. Kate) no longer work to load prepaid cards with Visa gift cards. Assuming this is a permanent change... Read More →

The Offer Direct Link (ad page 4) Buy $300 worth of Visa gift cards from a Staples store and get a $20 Visa Prepaid card using the Staples Easy Rebate system The Fine Print Valid May 22 until May 28 (starts this coming Sunday) Limit 1... Read More →

Wells Fargo Cash Back credit card offers 5% cash back on grocery, gas, and drugstore purchases for the first 6 months, a veritable gold mine for manufacturing spend. Milesperday and numerous Flyertalk posters report that Wells Fargo is... Read More →

American Express has changed the rules and now allows each person to have one Bluebird account, one Serve account, and one REDbird account. Amex has three prepaid products: Serve, Bluebird, and REDcard. Previously, each person (SSN)... Read More →

Rite Aid is now hard-coded to deny loading a prepaid card with a debit card. A number of months ago, Amex added Rite Aid to their list of partners where we can load their prepaid Serve card. Until very recently, the Rite Aid checkout... Read More →

The Offer Direct Link (Example zip code to see the offer: 19702) For a limited time, AAA members can purchase Visa gift cards of up to $500 each with no purchase fee at any AAA location in the Mid-Atlantic (Locator) This offer appears... Read More →

The Offer Direct Link (page 9 of next week’s ad) Buy $300 in Mastercard gift cards from a Staples store and save $20 after getting a rebate via the Staples Easy Rebate system Oddly, the terms don’t say whether the rebate... Read More →

The Offer Pay your bills with a Mastercard credit card using the Plastiq bill payment service and pay just a 2% service fee The standard service fee for paying a bill with a credit card bill is 2.5%. As part of a partnership with... Read More →

Since January, Radpad had a special rate of 1.99% for paying rent via Mastercard credit card. Starting June 1, the rate goes up to 3.49%, on par with Visa, Amex, and Discover payments. Many were using Radpad with their AT&T Access... Read More →