Category - Manufactured Spending

The Offer Purchase $300 worth of Mastercard gift cards at Office Max and receive an instant $15 discount. This offer isn’t published in the ads, but it’s showing up at Office Max stores. You can purchase two $200 Mastercard... Read More →

As we know, Target stopped accepting credit card loads for REDbird and Amex for Target (AFT) prepaid cards. All loads now need to be done with cash or debit cards. If the cashier allows it, debit-gift cards can also be used. We noted... Read More →

The Offer Purchase Visa gift cards from giftcards.com and get the shipping fee waived with coupon code: INDEPENDENCE. There is a $4.95 activation fee which is not waived, but this code can help waive the $1.99 shipping fee per card. You... Read More →

Numerous Flyertalk reports indicate that Target is in the process of updating their registers (POS) and that this has been impacting the process of loading the Amex Prepaid REDcard, a.k.a. REDbird. The most conclusive data we have so... Read More →

The Offer Direct Link Purchase two Vanilla Visa gift cards and receive a $5 Walgreens gift card free. Make sure to bring up to the cashier both your Balance Rewards card and a Walgreens gift card to load the $5 onto. Also, print out the... Read More →

MilesToMemories broke the news earlier today that Giftcardmall stopped carrying $500 Visa gift cards. The highest denomination then was $250, which of course kills the deal. The $500 cards are now showing on the site as before.  It... Read More →

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 →

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 →

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 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 →

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 →

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 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 →