This article is Part 3 of our “What’s In Our Wallet 2020?” series. Here are links to Parts 1 and 2, and once published, we’ll add a link to the Epilogue. * Part 1 – What’s In Our Wallet 2020?…
What’s In Our Wallet 2020? Part 2: Why We Acquired and Hold Each Card
This article is Part 2 of our “What’s In Our Wallet 2020?” series. Here are link to Parts 1 & 3, and once published, we’ll add a link to the Epilogue. * Part 1 – What’s In Our Wallet 2020?…
Amex Gold Retention Offer Data Points
Introduction The Amex Gold personal card can be a very valuable card for many miles-and-points enthusiasts, with its 4x Membership Rewards (MR) point-earning bonus categories for restaurants worldwide and US supermarkets (up to a $25k cap). It also comes with…
Huge Gift Card Sale Week (Oct 20-26, 2019) – Office Depot/Max; Staples; Safeway/Just 4 U; Sam’s Club
Just a couple of weeks ago, during the first week of October, we proclaimed the week “the best gift-card buying week of the year. Well, this week is here to challenge with 4 very good (profitable if you know what…
MS DP Series – Follow-Up Part 1 – Reviewing Episodes 1-4
Introduction Our recent Manufactured Spend Data Points (MS DP) series proved to be very popular. As regular readers will recall, we started off as total rookies on the subject of MS with Visa Gift Cards (VGCs) and Mastercard Gift Cards…
Update to MS DP Episode 8 – Doxo No Longer Working to Liquidate US Bank VGCs
Executive Summary In Episode 8 of our Manufactured Spend Data Points (MS DP) series, we discussed successful online liquidation for US Bank-issued Visa Gift Cards for low fees using the DoxoPlus subscription feature at Doxo.com. At this time, these cards…
MS DPs – Episode 8 – $500 VGC from Kroger
[IMPORTANT UPDATE as of 8/24/2019 – This article talks about successful online liquidation for US Bank VGCs for low fees using the DoxoPlus subscription feature at Doxo.com. At this time, these cards are no longer working with Doxo. If you…
MS DPs – Episode 6 – two $100 VGCs from Tom Thumb grocery store
In Episode 6 of our Manufactured Spend Data Points (MS DPs) series, we’ll review our purchase of two $100 fixed-value Visa Gift Cards (VGCs) that we purchased from Tom Thumb on July 25. For those who don’t know, Tom Thumb…
MS DPs – Episode 3 – $500 VGC from Central Market
In Episode 3 of our Manufactured Spend Data Points (MS DPs) series, we’ll look at a $500 Visa Gift Card (VGC) that we purchased from Central Market on July 23, 2019. The card was a variable-load Vanilla VGC, loaded to…
Our Cheap AA Flights Did *Not* Trigger the Amex Airline Fee Credit – Experiment Failure!
Background In light of American Airlines gift cards (AA GCs) no longer triggering the Amex airline fee credits (see our article here: Are AA Gift Cards Really Triggering the Amex Airline Fee Credit Again? As of Now, We Don’t Think…