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I haven’t done one of these weekly manufactured spending posts in a couple of weeks. Mainly because they get pretty repetitive. I’ve written about my current approach to manufactured spending, which is basically just liquidating a larger number of gift…
The days of free manufactured spending are indeed over and the cost of accruing points and miles can be substantial. At the moment, some of the credit cards I’m using to earn miles don’t earn category bonuses, which can really…
Update: I’ve adjusted this post to reflect the fact that the cash back rate hasn’t increased for GiftCards.com but rather GiftCardMall.com. Yesterday I wrote about finally receiving my first cash back payout from iConsumer, which took about four months. Some people commented…
It wasn’t that long ago that gift card churning was not only free but profitable. Cash back portals would offer upwards of 4% cash back on American Express gift card orders, which not only wiped away all the fees associated…
I hope you guys had a great weekend. I had my share of free time, having taken the past two weeks off. That being said, I haven’t been slacking on the manufactured spending front (just writing about it). If you’ve been…
Update: As of March 31, 2016 Giftcards.com has re-activated their affiliate links. Don’t worry, this isn’t the grim reaper making another appearance. I got a message from Adam Viener, founder of Yazing, that Giftcards.com has temporarily deactivated their affiliate tracking…
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…
I took most of last week off after having a very productive weekend. I figured I had all the miles I needed at the moment and focused my efforts on redemption ideas (the AAdvantage devaluation is happening tomorrow, so you might…
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…
It’s getting tough to keep these weekly manufactured spending posts somewhat entertaining Unless something interesting happens, it’s pretty much business as usual. I buy a bunch of cards, unload them, then do it all over again. This week it was…
