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Minor Updates: Staples Visa GC Rebate, Amazon GCs at Lowe’s, and Tape at FedEx Office

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Good afternoon everyone, this is an update to a few of my recent posts.  Yesterday, Staples ran an Easy Rebate on Visa Gift Cards (purchase $250 or more in Visa Gift Cards and receive a $20 Visa Gift Card as a rebate).  I called around to a few local Staples stores and only one had a few $200 VGCs in stock.  I told the cashier to hold 2 cards for me and I quickly drove over.  After talking to the cashier, he mentioned that they should receive a new shipment of gift cards that evening.  If I wanted more, I should call back tonight or tomorrow morning to see if the gift cards arrive.  If you have not picked up your VGCs, I would call around to see if your local Staples stores have any VGCs available or when a new shipment of VGCs should arrive.

Staples Visa Gift Card Rebate 3-16-2015

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Staples Visa Gift Card Promo and Easy Rebate Deals on Paper

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(Hat Tip to Miles to Memories)

Good afternoon everyone, this is old news at this point, but there is currently a Staples Visa Gift Card promo going on through Saturday (the gift card stock will probably run out by today/tomorrow, so act fast).  Purchase $250 or more in Visa Gift Cards and you will receive a $20 Visa Gift Card as a rebate.  There is a limit of 1 rebate per household, so get creative.

Staples Gift Card Promo 3-12-2015

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My Review of FTU Advanced San Diego and Tacos el Gordo

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Good morning everyone, I hope you all had a great weekend.  Myself and approximately 200 other miles and points “collectors” gathered at the Hyatt Regency Mission Bay in San Diego this past weekend.  We had several speakers from Boarding Area (Greg @ Frequent Miler, Ben/Lucky @ One Mile at a Time, Gary @ View from the Wing, Scott @ Travel Codex, and Stefan @ Rapid Travel Chai) along with Mathew @ Upgrd.  The event began Friday night with a cocktail reception out on the lawn and it was my first chance to meet the other attendees.  I must confess, I had appetizers in the Regency Club before the reception and went back afterwards for some dessert.  The food in the Regency Club was very fresh and the desserts were delicious.

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Requesting New Chase EMV Cards: Freedom, United MileagePlus, and Southwest Airlines Plus & Premier

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(Hat Tip to Doctor of Credit’s post)

Good evening everyone, there is no doubt in my mind that I love Chase and Chase loves me.  I have quite a few credit cards (both personal and business) with Chase.  I always want the latest card design (remember the new Citi American Airlines Executive Credit Card? or the new Chase Ink Bold/Plus Business Cards?) and am a big fan of EMV (aka Chip and Signature) credit cards.  After reading Will’s recent post about the Chase United Airlines MileagePlus Credit Card adding EMV chips to their card, I decided to call Chase.

Chase United Airlines MileagePlus Credit Card

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Travel Challenge: Could you MS During the Week to Pay for a Weekend Trip?

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Updated at 9:30am PST on 1/31/2015: the winners of the contest have been chosen.  Scroll to the bottom of this post to see who won.

This is an idea that came to me a few weeks ago, but I never gave it much thought until writing my recent tell-all MS posts (Part 1: My Manufactured Spend and Redbird Loading Strategy and Part 2: My Manufactured Spend Strategy with PayPal, Chime, Meetups, Reselling, and More!).  If you assumed the miles, points, or cash back posted right away (rather than when the statement closed), could you MS during the week to pay for a weekend trip?

The Rules

To make things more realistic, let’s ignore credit card sign up bonuses and only focus on using the credit cards and prepaid cards you currently have today.  Timing is everything, so let’s assume today is the first of the month and all your monthly MS limits have been reset (Bluebird, Serve, Redbird, PayPal, etc.).  Your net out of pocket expenses should be $100 or less.

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