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Yesterday, I wrote about my $82,000 manufactured spending challenge and how I ventured away from my original plan by cashing out American Express gift cards via Google Wallet. I’ve gotten some emails from folks with questions about this and since…
It’s been a little over a month since I started my quest to meet $82,000 in spending requirements within 3 months and I’m happy to report I’ve made quite a bit of progress, following the plan almost exactly as I outlined it.…
One of the most frustrating parts of using shopping portals for manufactured spending is waiting for the payout. I love the Alaska shopping portal because points usually post within 3 weeks. I wish that were the case for cash back…
I don’t recommend you do this if you’re new to manufactured spending: $82,000 is a hefty amount of spend in any time frame, let alone 3 months. Last month, I picked up an SPG American Express Business card for my…
According to Frequentmiler, the daily load limit for the American Express Bluebird and Serve card has increased from $1,000 per day to $2,500 per day. Bluebird loads at the Walmart register are limited to $1,999.99 per day, which I find…
Update 9/21/14: It appears OneVanilla cards can again be used to purchase money orders and load Bluebird at Walmart. Recently, word got out that Walmart no longer accepted Vanilla Visa gift cards for Bluebird reloads or money order purchases. Several…
A reader reached out to me recently with the following question, that I thought was worth answering on the blog: How long did it take before you ramped up to $40K in MS/month? Perhaps you could share some of the…
Reader Tim forwarded an email he got from Big Crumbs, and it’s bad news for Amex gift card churners. Starting today, Big Crumbs will no longer offer coupon codes for American Express gift cards. In the past, members shopping through…
For the past few weeks I’ve been dropping hints of a possible 11% cash back opportunity that I was testing. I thought it over, it seemed plausible, and I shared it with a few folks who were excited to hear…
Update: It appears Barclay Rewardsboost has removed American Express gift cards from the portal. Hopefully this is temporary, but until it comes back, Option #1 below is out for now. Since I began churning American Express gift cards, I’ve focused…
