Tag Archives: Gift Cards

Random News: Gas Savings with Bluebird, Free Avis and National Car Rental Elite Status, Cautionary Tale for Loading at Family Dollar, and Many AMEX Offers: Fig & Olive, Kate Spade, Wine.com, and Others

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Random News: Gas Savings with Bluebird, Free Avis and National Car Rental Elite Status, Cautionary Tale for Loading at Family Dollar, and Many AMEX Offers: Fig & Olive, Kate Spade, Wine.com, and Others

Good evening everyone, I haven’t talked about Bluebird much since I switched over to Serve, but I received an email from Raul about a cool promo from Bluebird and Walmart.  If you go to this site, you can see if your state is eligible for a gas saving offer.

Bluebird Gas Savings

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Weekend Cash Back Update: AMEX Offers (Bed, Bath & Beyond, Courtyard Marriott, and Five Crowns), Staples ($5 Chime Rebate + Easy Rebate Paper), Vons / Pavillions / Safeway (MasterCard Gift Card Promo)

Gift Cards

Weekend Cash Back Update: AMEX Offers (Bed, Bath & Beyond, Courtyard Marriott, and Five Crowns), Staples ($5 Chime Rebate + Easy Rebate Paper), Vons / Pavillions / Safeway (MasterCard Gift Card Promo)

Happy Sunday afternoon everyone, I hope everyone is having a great weekend so far.  I don’t know about you, but I’ve been busy this weekend.  Busy saving money!

Yesterday afternoon, I stopped by my local Bed, Bath, & Beyond store and bought 4 $25 gift cards (Chipotle, Panera, and 2x Subway) to qualify for the $5 AMEX statement credit offer (link).  I used 4 different AMEX credit cards.

Bed Bath Beyond AMEX Offer

My iPhone was going crazy, thank you AMEX.

AMEX Offers iPhone

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Random News: OC Meetup Saturday Night, Citi Thank You Points, Chime Staples Offer, Frontier $39 Flights, AMEX Offers for Bed, Bath, & Beyond and Verizon FiOS

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Random News: OC Meetup Saturday Night, Citi Thank You Points, Chime Staples Offer, Frontier $39 Flights, AMEX Offers for Bed, Bath, & Beyond and Verizon FiOS

Some quick random news stories before I head out to Buffalo Wild Wings…

Just a reminder, I am holding another OC Meetup at the Tustin District In-N-Out this weekend.  I believe Travel-Summary will be joining me and maybe some LA bloggers who want to come down to the OC *hint, hint*

I have some very good tips and tricks to share, so good that Marathon Man would not approve if I shared them online.  Please let me know if you can/will try to make it to dinner.

  • When: 6PM – 8PM on Saturday, August 9
  • Where: In-N-Out at the Tustin District: 2895 Park Ave, The District, Tustin, CA 92782 (map)
  • Why: Talk miles and points with me and other locals (possibly share some secrets too)

In-N-Out Address

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Random News: AMEX Offers for Courtyard Marriott, Lucille’s BBQ, Whole Foods, and JC Penneys; up to 1,000 Bonus Southwest Airlines Shopping Portal Bonus Points; and New Office Depot / Office Max Rewards Program for 2015

AMEX Offers

Random News: AMEX Offers for Courtyard Marriott, Lucille’s BBQ, Whole Foods, and JC Penneys; up to 1,000 Bonus Southwest Airlines Shopping Portal Bonus Points; and New Office Depot / Office Max Rewards Program for 2015

Good evening everyone, what a long day it has been.  I woke up at 4am so I could get to Oakland Airport and catch my 6:15am flight back to Orange County on Southwest Airlines.  I am happy to report that my first use of my Southwest Companion Pass (since last November) went smoothly.  The only hick-up was when I checked in for my flight, I had TSA Pre Check both ways, but my companion only had it on the outbound flight.  It wasn’t too bad, I breezed thru TSA security and only had to wait for her for 10 minutes :)

My buddy Greg (aka Frequent Miler) was able to buy a physical gift card at his local Courtyard Marriott and receive the $20 statement credit (link).

Courtyard Marriott AMEX Offer

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How to Book Airfare with US Bank FlexPerks

FlexPerks Visa Signature Card

How to Book Airfare with US Bank FlexPerks

I’ve talked about US Bank FlexPerks a few times in the past:

I *highly* recommend reading the post from May 11 that highlights my way of MSing FlexPerks.  The brief run down is:

  • 20,000 FlexPoints = up to $400 in travel
  • To earn 20,000 FlexPoints, you need to spend $10,000 in grocery stores (2x on all grocery store purchases)
  • $10,000 / $500 Gift Cards = 20 Gift Cards
  • 20 Gift Cards x $5 activation fee = $100 out of pocket expense
  • $400 in travel – $100 out of pocket expense = $300 “free travel money”

Some other interesting points of FlexPoints:

  • Get 3,500 FlexPoints each cardmember year you spend $24,000 in net purchases, which can be redeemed for your annual fee or towards other rewards of your choice.
  • Get up to a $25 airline allowance with every award travel ticket good towards baggage fees, in-flight treats and more. (Ohhh in-flight treats/food/drinks – After travel, just call Cardmember Services at 877-978-7446 to request a statement credit within 90 days of your award ticket travel flight.)
  • Earn frequent flyer miles on the airline you fly for your award travel flight.

To read the entire article, please click here.