Just a quick update on the BBVA NBA card which is currently earning 5x everywhere. BBVA NBA card earns 5x everywhere twice a year. The card now comes with a $100 signup bonus  and a temporary offer which makes it fee-free for life. More... Read More →
Category - Manufactured Spending
TD Adds Huge Limitation to Their 5% Cashback Credit Card
We’ve written before about the TD 5% cashback credit cards. It comes with a signup bonus of either $100 or $200. The bigger interest in the card is due to the fact that it offers 5% cashback on gas and groceries which should make... Read More →
Maximizing the NBA Card 5x Rewards for Two Weeks
We’ve written about how it’s possible to get 5x everywhere twice a year with the BBVA NBA card. The card is now available with no annual fee and a $100 signup bonus. Final season runs from June 4 – June 19, 2015. Of... Read More →
Evolve Stops Supporting Some Gift Cards
Evolve just sent out an email stating that they’ll no longer allow all debit/credit cards when the address doesn’t match the address on file by the bank. They specifically mention that the change will affect some gift cards... Read More →
Plastiq: New Option for Paying Rent, Mortgage, Tuition & More with a Credit Card
See our updated Plastiq review here. We’ve written before about numerous services which will allow you to pay your rent via credit or debit card, usually with a fee. You can see the Complete List Of Options For Paying Your Rent With A... Read More →
Target Gift Cards Now Being Sold on eBay and Why That’s Awesome
Gift Card Churning on eBay For those into buying and reselling gift cards, eBay has become a real powerhouse player in the game. There’s recently been a few more sellers who started selling new gift cards on eBay and there are... Read More →
Thoughts On Calculating Manufactured Spending Costs
On Monday, I posted one of my pet peeves on Twitter: I hate when people look at the hard costs (e.g gift card activation fees) to calculate their manufactured spending costs when relating to award travel (whether it be for flights or... Read More →
Discover Tip, Wyndham, $1,000 Bank Bonus & Death Of MS Deals
Discover Card – How to get a Cash Advance without a Fee by Miles to Memories. Nice little tip to get cash out without the usual cash advance fee when using a Discover card such as Discover it or Discover it Miles. Wyndham Rewards’ Cash... Read More →
Gift Card Churning at Staples This Week
The Staples gift card deals are coming out weekly now. Last week we had Sephora and Gap, this week it’s Nike… The Offer Direct Link (ad page 11) Direct Link Purchase a $100 Nike gift card from Staples or staples.com and... Read More →
Buy $400 Visa Gift Cards at Target
We’re all trying to figure out how to go forward now that REDbird can’t be loaded with a credit card directly. Naturally, we’ll turn to buying Visa/Mastercard gift cards with a credit card and using those to load... Read More →
REDbird: What’s Left?
Credit Cards No More As we know, REDbird stopped allowing credit card loads today. This was heavily reported yesterday on many blogs, based on a memo which was circulating in Target stores saying that as of May 6, 2015 credit cards... Read More →
More on Gift Card Deals at Staples
Staples.com We wrote about the discounted gift cards available at Staples this week. Both Gap and Sephora are gift cards which can be easily resold at 80% of its value which makes these deals an easy way of racking up INK points or... Read More →
Fee-Free Visa Gift Cards for AAA Members [Mid-Atlantic]
The Offer Direct Link For a limited time, purchase Visa gift cards of up to $500 each with no purchase fee at any AAA location in the Mid-Atlantic. AAA Locator It appears on the Mid-Atlantic AAA web page and does not seem to be... Read More →
Gift Card Reselling: Changes to Giftcards.com/Saveya
Background Giftcards.com is one of the options for reselling gift cards that you aren’t planning on using yourself. We documented in The Complete Guide to Selling Your Unwanted Gift Cards that the company is actually from the best... Read More →
Evolve Money Now Charging 3% Fee On UFB Debit Cards
Evolve Money seem to be hell bent on shutting down any possible use of their service for points & miles enthusiasts. The latest victim is the UFB debit card, which earns 1 American Airline mile for every $2 spent. You used to be... Read More →

