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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.

Random News: New AMEX Offers for AT&T / Sprint / T-Mobile / Verizon, Best Buy, PF Chang’s, Elephant Bar, and Nestle Life Water Delivery; Targeted 2,500 Alaska Airlines Bonus Offer; Free $5 Starbucks eGift Card from Discover Card; and New Chime Offers

AMEX Offers

Random News: New AMEX Offers for AT&T / Sprint / T-Mobile / Verizon, Best Buy, PF Chang’s, Elephant Bar, and Nestle Life Water Delivery; Targeted 2,500 Alaska Airlines Bonus Offer; Free $5 Starbucks eGift Card from Discover Card; and New Chime Offers

It’s been a while since I last posted a few good AMEX offers.  These are all targeted offers, but hopefully you have some/all of the ones below.

The first offer seems like a great deal.  I’m guessing that 90% of you have a cell phone from one of the big 4 cell phone providers.  AMEX wants to save you some money.  Up to $30 per registered AMEX card toward your cell phone bill.  This is one of the few offers that allows you to triple dip on the cash back.  Enrollment is limited, so you should hurry and register your AMEX card with this offer.

Cell Phone Bill AMEX Offer

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$20 Staples Gift Card After Purchasing $300+ of MasterCard Gift Cards at Staples

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$20 Staples Gift Card After Purchasing $300+ of MasterCard Gift Cards at Staples

(Hat Tip to Frequent Miler (link) – he is on vacation and still has time to find great deals)

This is similar to other Staples Easy Rebates, but this time, you will get a Staples Gift Card as a rebate, instead of a prepaid Visa/MasterCard gift card.  The terms of the offer say you can only get the rebate once per household (think out side the box neighborhood).  Offer valid from July 13th – 19th.

$20 Staples Easy Rebate $300 GCs

Since you have to buy MasterCard gift cards, you will have to go to a Staples store.  Staples.com only sells Visa Gift Cards.  You must buy MasterCard gift cards to qualify for the Easy Rebate.  If you have never completed an Easy Rebate, they are really easy (link).

$200 Visa GC Only

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2 $10 Amazon eGift Card Winners and $50 Serve Direct Deposit Bonus

2 Amazon Gift Cards

2 $10 Amazon eGift Card Winners and $50 Serve Direct Deposit Bonus

Thank you for everyone who participated in the contest.  There were many close guesses, but there can only be two winners.  The correct answer (including today’s Walmart Kicks) is 39,720 All-Time Kicks.  I have earned a huge number of Kicks from referrals (2,000 Kicks for every 3 referrals), so that is 50 / 3 = 16 x 2,000 = 32,000 Kicks from you guys.  I could not have done it without your help.  The rest of the Kicks come from scanning bar codes and walking into stores.

Actual Shopkicks

The two closest guesses come from Arsenal and Tate (never thought I would say that phrase before).  Guys, please check your email for your $10 Amazon eGift Card.

Arsenal and Tate

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Refresh your Memory: Plink, Shopkick, Visa Savings Edge, Checkout51, and Chime Card (Plus Enter my Contest for 2 $10 Amazon eGift Cards)

2 Amazon Gift Cards

Refresh your Memory: Plink, Shopkick, Visa Savings Edge, Checkout51, and Chime Card (Plus Enter my Contest for 2 $10 Amazon eGift Cards)

If you are interested in winning one of the two $10 Amazon eGift Cards, just leave a comment below with your guess between 20,000 – 50,000.  Good luck.

Since there are so many rewards programs out there, it might be good to refresh your memory on them and point out some of the benefits of each program.  I will link to all relevant posts since I talked about all of these programs at least once my blog.

1 – Plink – Sort of like your best friend in high school.  You were really close for a long time, but then your friend changed and now you barely talk or think of the other person.  What I mean is, Plink used to partner with Staples and Office Depot and you used to earn oodles of Plink Points by buying gift cards in-store and online.  Unfortunately, Plink no longer partners with Staples or Office Depot.  Instead, they have the following partners:

Plink Merchants 7-10-14

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