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Someone on Twitter once called me the Grim Reaper of manufactured spending – I really hope that’s not the case here. Gloria from Southern California sent me an email a few days ago saying her local Walmart discontinued split payments…
A few weeks ago, the Yazing shopping portal appeared on my radar when they began offering 2% cash back at giftcards.com. I placed several gift card orders and subsequently received tracking notices from Yazing. Shortly after this, a few readers…
After yesterday’s post about my productive week of manufactured spending, I received many questions from people about how I spend my points and miles and whether I even need to earn that many to begin with. To be clear, I…
Update: At 4:30 PM today, Yazing confirmed they are in fact still paying out 2% cash back at GiftCards.com, despite their listing showing only 1.5%. Update: It seems Yazing dropped the payout prematurely. As of 3:50 PM, they’re only offering…
Update: As of Sunday, February 22, the issue has been resolved. I’ve been MIA (aka in Canada) lately and just got back on Tuesday. Yesterday, I headed out to unload a few gift cards and ran into some issues. I…
Update: As of January 22, it seems all Safeway stores have in fact removed Visa gift cards from their racks. Yesterday, I reported that Safeway stores were pulling Visa gift cards from their shelves. Some reports indicate that this would…
Update: The Value Traveler spoke to a store manager at a VA Safeway and confirmed they’re pulling gift cards due to issues with fraud. Several readers from around the country have also emailed to confirm their Safeway stores have pulled Visa…
I woke up today, well past noon, from a Nyquil induced sleep to some terrible news: Both the American Express Bluebird and Serve prepaid cards are dead as far as manufactured spending goes. Several readers got email notices that their…
Every year, we’re faced with a series of devaluations and general setbacks in the hobby that leave people with a doomsday perspective. Programs devalue and everyone starts blaming the newbies and the bloggers who introduced them to this world. The…
One of the benefits of the Citi AAdvantage Executive World Elite Mastercard is Admirals Club Lounge membership, which normally costs $400 – 500 per year for new members. Starting today, Citi is extending Admirals Club lounge access to all authorized…
