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Buy Gift Cards On Amazon With Amazon Gift Cards
Amazon gift cards are always almost as good as cash. You can load them to your gift card balance on Amazon and use them to purchase goods from Amazon. Now they got even better as you can use them to buy other gift cards as well. When purchasing gift cards, you now have the option…
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Citi AAdvantage Bonus Now Every 24 Months Instead Of 18
Citi has taken another step to curve churning for their credit card. After putting a stop to the World/World Elite loophole (kind of), they have also extended the timeframe for receiving another bonus. It used to be that you have to wait 18 months since you last opened or closed a Citi card, in order to receive the bonus…
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Marriott Introduces Lower Rates for Rewards Members
Hotel chains are trying to get customers to book directly with them, cutting the middleman, and they’re rolling out offers make it worthwhile. Marriott started the “It Pays to Book Direct” campaign last year, to show that they Online Travel Agencies don’t always have the best prices. Now Marriott is taking an extra step. Beginning in April…
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Tougher To Buy Gift Cards? Blame Those New Chip Credit Cards
It has been getting harder and hardet his year to liquidate gift cards, but it’s also getting harder to buy gift cards at many merchants. The main reason for the latter is those new credit and debit cards we received, with that shiny chip that is supposed to keep us safe. More merchants are requiring…
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GiftCards.com Ends PicPaid Program, No More Commission
I wrote in January about the PicPaid program at GiftCards.com. You can submit your gift card designs and if they’re approved, you would get paid 15 cents for every card that is sold with your design. I was able to earn about $20-30 a month from them, and the image below was my best selling…
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NYC Area Airports Ranked Worst In The Country
Global Gateway Alliance released today the Bureau of Transportation Statistics airport rankings for annual on-time performance. Only the 29 major airports are included. New York City’s three area airports ranked last in the country in on-time arrivals in 2015, according to a new survey from Global Gateway Alliance. The absolute worst was LaGuardia, with only 70.91%…
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New Chase Freedom Unlimited Will Earn 1.5% UR Points
There’s been talk about the new Chase Freedom Unlimited card for a while now and we knew that it was expected to come out soon and that it would earn 1.5% and it wouldn’t have an annual fee. What we didn’t know was whether that 1.5% would be just a flat cash back (similar to…
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Aldi Supermarkets Start Accepting Credit Cards
The German grocery chain Aldi offers cheap prices but until recently, only accepted cash and debit cards as forms of payment. That probably kept a few people away, since they couldn’t earn a 5% category bonus. But even without that 5%, Aldi was probably the better choice due to their low prices. Now they have started…
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Amex Adds “Once Per Lifetime” Restrictions To Business Cards
The bad news keep on rolling in this year. Some of the best churnable cards out there will be limited to once per lifetime. It’s the American Express Business cards. Amex already has this limit in place for personal credit cards. If you’ve had a certain card previously, then you can’t get a bonus even…
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Starbucks Rewards Changing To Revenue Based
Starbucks announced Monday that starting in April, customers will no longer receive one star per visit. Instead, they will receive two stars for each dollar spent. That sounds pretty good, but as you’d guess, there’s a “star devaluation” to go along with it. Starbucks is also changing how “gold” status and perks are calculated. Right now, customers receive gold…
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Amazon Free Shipping Now Has $49 Minimum
Amazon has raised its free shipping minimum to $49 for its non-Prime customers for most products. That’s up from $35, the first time it increased the minimum order requirement since 2013. Back then the increase was from $25 to $35. At least one category isn’t affected, though: book orders only need to hit $25 to qualify for…
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Gyft Axes Rewards Program
Gyft has axed the 2% reward program that made it a good option for buying gift cards. Gyft users will not be able to earn Points on gift card purchases anymore. Users will still be able to use their Points they’ve already earned and those Points will not expire until the end of the calendar…
