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$99 Amazon Prime starting March 20, $30 Office Depot Plink Cap, and a Small VRC Change

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$99 Amazon Prime starting March 20, $30 Office Depot Plink Cap, and a Small VRC Change

According to the Wall Street Journal (article), Amazon will raise the price of their Prime Membership from $79 to $99 starting March 20.  If your subscription renews after that date, you will be charged the new subscription price.  Luckily, Dan’s Deal has all the details here.  Dan shows you how you can “gift yourself” a year of Amazon Prime.  You can gift yourself another year of Amazon Prime here.

If you are new to Amazon Prime, you can try a 30 day free trial here.

I almost forgot to mention, you can take advantage of this trick to give Amazon Prime to family members for free here.

I don’t want to say that I warned you, but I warned you… Here is what the Office Depot Plink offer looked like on Day 1:

Office Depot Plink

And here is what it looks like today (Day 3):

New Office Depot Plink Details

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Office Depot now in Plink… Until April 10, 2014

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Office Depot now in Plink… Until April 10, 2014

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Can’t we just all get along (and have both Staples and Office Depot as Plink participating merchants)?  Well today is the day that Staples says good bye and Office Depot says hello.

Plink Staples and Office Depot

Here are the full terms for Office Depot and Plink.  They have the same points-earning structure as Staples, but this offer will only be around until April 10.  Then what?  Office Max’s turn to be a Plink merchant?  If you look at the terms of the offer closely, you will see that there is no “limit 10 transactions per month” clause.  I bet we will see that line appear soon.

Office Depot Plink

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Can’t make it to a Staples Store before 3/11? Shop for Gift Cards Online

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Can’t make it to a Staples Store before 3/11? Shop for Gift Cards Online

As we all know, Staples and Plink are separating on March 11, only to be replaced by Office Depot.  Therefore, you only have 3 more days to earn Plink Points for your Staples purchases.  If you are busy and can’t squeeze in any last minute visits to Staples, why not shop online?  You cannot buy $200 Visa or Mastercard gift cards online, but you can buy $100 Visa gift cards (gift card link).  The price comes to $106.95 with free shipping.

$100 Visa Gift Cards Staples

To sweeten the deal, there are plenty of cash back and miles/points-earning shopping portals to choose from on Cash Back Monitor.  My favorite would be the Chase Ultimate Rewards Mall, but chose whichever portal you want.

Staples Shopping Portals

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IHG Cash and Point Stays do not Earn Bonus IHG Points

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IHG Cash and Point Stays do not Earn Bonus IHG Points

My Chase IHG Rewards Club Visa credit card statement closed a few days ago and I just wanted to share some of my findings with you.  This is in reference to 2 Cash and Points stays.  I am planning a trip to Utah over Memorial Day Weekend and have plans to stay at the Holiday Inn Price, Utah, and Holiday Inn Express Moab, Utah.  Both reservations are 1 night stays on Cash and Points.

Holiday Inn Price

Holiday Inn Express Moab

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