Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Petition For Our Right To Receive Free Credit Score

There is a petition that you can sign, if you believe that people have the "right" to not only see their credit reports, but also their credit scores. Sign up now at DefendYourDollars.org. Below you will find a video by Money Talk News on this topic.


Earn More Points with MileagePlus Shopping


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If you have a United or Continental Credit Card you have access to the MileagePlus Shopping Portal.
Going on right now they have a special for spring, where you can earn double miles at certain retailers
until March 31st.

Sears.com - 6 miles per dollars
Coupon code SEARS2012 gets you $5 off a $50 order
Coupon code SPRING35 gets you $35 off a $350 order

JCPenney - 8 miles per dollar

I know that 6 miles per dollar for Sears isn't the amazing 10 points per dollar Chase was offering for a while
at their Ultimate Rewards Mall, but it's certainly better than the 5 points they are currently offering if your main airline is United. In the past I have been able to purchase e-Gift Cards at drugstore.com and receive miles from MileagePlus, using a non-Chase credit card. So, I believe you would probably get miles for purchasing gift cards through them and then receive miles again when using the Gift Card. I would only use the coupon code when using the Gift Card. Let us know if you try this and if it worked.


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Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Update On Staples 100% More Free Rebates at Staples - Free Ultimate Rewards Points

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Sunday, I blogged about purchasing software at Staples and receiving back 100% through a rebate check. Thanks to the tip off from FrequentMiler! For some reason I could only purchase 1, and I was charged sales tax for the item. I didn't notice a sales tax charge on there when I had clicked "order". In the past, I used the same area code (a Californian one) and didn't have to pay sales tax on my orders. Not only that, I could only order 1 software download! I called Staples today to ask why a previous order didn't go through. I already called regarding this order and was told that I would get it that day. Well, the service representative said that they just needed to confirm my email address. I asked her why a downloaded order has to take
so long. She said that they are having so many orders placed on software and electronics, that they are backlogged. After that order was taken care of, I asked about the order I tried putting through on Sunday.
I told her that it would only process one, even though I wanted to order 10. She told me that one could only order 1. I directed her to the area where it states that it's 10 per customer. She gave me an explanation that
didn't really make sense to me and showed me where it now says "1 per customer" listed. I told her that
on Sunday, there was no such written statement. She told me that couldn't be the case, as they would have been notified of any changes. I think that Staples has caught on to what people are doing and is putting a stop to it all. I don't think that we will see too many offers like this in the future. See below where it now states that it is "1 per customer".






Has anyone taken a screen shot of this BEFORE they presumably changed it? 
Has anyone been able to purchase more than 1 at a time?


Update: I see that FrequentMiler has posted a screenshot from when it didn't say "1 per customer". So my memory served me correctly that it didn't say that on Sunday and the rep was completely wrong when she assumed that they would be informed if the deal was changed.

What a disappointment! I was sooo hoping to help my Mom out with her minimum spend for her Chase Sapphire! But, this doesn't surprise me.


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Sunday, March 25, 2012

More Free After Rebates Through Staples - Free Ultimate Rewards Points!

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I have written about Staples Free After Rebates products before. There are four Free After Rebates (FAR) available for purchase at Staples.com going on right now through the 31st of March. The first two listed below are not easyrebates, but mail in rebates. You can also only order one, per software and therefore don't gain you many miles. So in my opinion, unless you want this software it is not worth your time and effort and I won't be ordering them. The second two are both easyrebates and one can order 10 of each. For some reason I was only able to order 1 item though, of the 3rd product. I will try again tomorrow. Let me know if you have luck ordering 10 of each. The 4th product is a Boxed CD. I put out a question on the Fatwallet.com Forum asking "If I order 10 of these to a store (for no sales tax) and never pick them up, will I still receive the FAR, I will let you know what answer I receive. Or, if any one of you have done this and know, please comment below.
Find below the products that are FAR. Enjoy your free points and don't forget to go through the Ultimate Rewards Mall to receive your points! If you have a Chase Ink Card use that for even more points!




After you have ordered you will get a confirmation email. Click on the link that says "Submit your rebate online at www.stapleseasyrebates.com". Your order number will be filled in, and then you will need to enter the rebate offer. This can be found in your confirmation email. Follow the instructions. When you are filling out the easyrebates make sure to click on

I would like to see other options
for my reward [Rebate Check, Staples Gift card]
and click on "rebate check" in order to receive a check that you can deposit into your bank account. They say that it will take 4-6 weeks for receive the check. Some people on Fatwallet have stated that it has taken much longer for them at time.

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Thursday, March 22, 2012

Free Shutterfly 8x8 Photo Book until March 28th & My First Pinterest Post!

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Check your email to see if you also received this. Or sign up with shutterfly to receive their emails. Maybe you too will get this.
I am going to try this deal via Chase's Ultimate Rewards Mall and see if I get awarded any miles.
I will update you.





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Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Virgin America 72 Hr. Sale Non-Stop From Philadelphia

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Virgin America is having a 72 hour Sale on flights from Philadelphia. You have until 1 minute before midnight March 22nd to book these deals. See the chart below for the deals.
For another 10% off Virgin America, like American Express on Twitter and then sync your American Express Card and then click on the hashtag (hashtag = #)  , read this post to see detailed instructions on this.



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20 Free Roundtrip London Tickets Daily With British Airways and VisitBritain Sweepstakes

$5 For $10 Amazon Gift Card at AmazonLocal

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I know saving $5 is not a very big deal but all these deals add up. Isn't $5 worth 2 minutes of your time? That's all it took to purchase this $10 Amazon Gift Certificate for $5.
Some readers of Dansdeals mention that they are getting a bunch of these by using differen't email addresses and using a differen't credit card each time. I, myself have been able to purchase a few this way.





Monday, March 19, 2012

100% Back in Staples Rewards On Custom Return Address Stamp

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From the weekly ad spread:


Order your custom address stamp by March 24th, valued at $21.99  in store or online, but you must pick it up in store. You will receive 100% back in Staples Rewards, excluding taxes. Make sure you sign up for Staples Rewards Membership to receive back money when you reach at least $10 in awards.

Don't forget to go through Chase's Ultimate Rewards Portal for 4 extra points per dollar and then with using Chase's Ink Bold Card you get 5 points per dollar for a total of 9 points per dollar or 198 Ultimate Rewards  Points.

When you sign up for Staples Rewards, you earn 10% back from your purchases of toner, ink, case and ream paper, copy and print purchases and ink recycling and receive FREE shipping on all orders. Sometimes Staples has promotions where you can earn 10% Staples Rewards on other products.

Staples Rewards Membership Benefits:
$500 purchases/within 1 yr. = Plus Member = will receive $5/month when earned instead of $10, balances get rolled over for 5 months and FREE delivery on all orders.
$1,000 purchases/within 1 yr. = Premier Member = will receive $5/month when earned instead of $10, balances get rolled over for 5 months  and FREE delivery on all orders. May recycle up to 20 ink or toner cartridges per month instead of 10.

When you go to the Rewards Home Page and click on Year To Date Summary you can view how much you have spent year to date.

From their website:
The following Qualifying Purchases are eligible toward earning Rewards:
  • Ink and toner used in copiers, fax machines and printers excluding printer, fax and copy machine drums, label maker ribbons, and refill kits;
  • Case and ream cut sheet paper excluding photo paper, dot matrix/"computer" paper, fax thermal paper, résumé, stationery, invitations and specialty paper, paper rolls, labels, carbon and carbonless forms, notebooks, pads and filler paper;
  • Copy & Print services excluding postage stamps, shipping and shipping supplies, merchandise used in assembling Copy & Print jobs, custom printing orders placed online, and third party services;
  • Other products or services as may be included from time to time by Staples, in its sole discretion.

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Earn 10 Miles/$ From Delta at Sears.com Through The Skymiles Shopping Portal - Today Only!


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Sunday, March 18, 2012

Fee free American Express Gift Cards

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You can now get fee free American Express Gift Cards! You can give these as gifts or just use them as you would a credit card. This is great to achieve minimum spend on a new credit card to receive free points or miles, then just use the Gift Cards for all your spend. I will be doing this for my mom as she needs to put $3,000 on her Chase Sapphire Preferred Card and is having trouble doing this. So, this is the perfect solution.

Coupon Codes


Fee-Free Codes:

  • EMADMCM1 when purchasing the Gift Card with an Amex Credit Card Exp. April 25, 2012
  • EMADWEL   when using non-Amex credit cards
  • EMSVCA1    when using non-Amex credit cards
Free Shipping Code:
  • GEN374 
OR
  • Sign up for "Premium Shipping Plan" for a free 90 day trial to receive free shipping.
Thank you HustlerMoneyBlog!

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Thursday, March 15, 2012

Ebates Double Cashback for Fashion Week

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Ebates is doubling their cashback with some retailers for Fashion Week.


Wednesday, March 14, 2012

NYC to Tel Aviv, Nonstop $857 (includes tax)

DansDeals.com posts this great price for tickets New York to Tel Aviv!

Delta And United: NYC To Tel Aviv Nonstop For Just $857 Round-Trip With Tax!


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This week, Groundlink Private Car Transfer between JFK & EWR 1/2 price, just $39
If you sign up with your mobile app, you can get $75 worth of Groundlink Mobile credit for $35!

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

How does Staples Rewards Work? Can I really get Free After Easy Online Rebates?

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Part 1 Rewards Programs For Free Items


In this series, I will be speaking about three Office Supply online stores that I have been purchasing FREE items from. That is, they become FREE after the rebate. This is the first installment in the series.

1- Staples
2- Office Depot
3- OfficeMax

I will just be discussing  Staples Rewards in this post and in the future will write about the OfficeMax and Office Depot rebates. In my opinion Staples has the best rebate offer because one can order a rebate check, visa card or Staples Gift card to receive your money back. Your check can be directly deposited into your bank account. OfficeMax and Office Depot give you rewards that are credited to your account for future purchases. The great thing is that with Staples rebates there is no paperwork involved and everything is done online in a matter of a couple of minutes. I recently bought some software earning me lots of miles from Staples.com. Currently there is a deal where you can purchase up to 10 downloads of Trend Micro Titanium Internet Security 2012 (1-User) per person Item: 368660, Model: 8086301, which is originally $49.99. With a discount of $4.99 and a rebate of $45.00 this becomes FREE. Your credit card gets charged $450 and then you can get a rebate check in the mail which you can deposit into your bank account. Make sure to use a California zip code, like 92274, or a Staples ship to address in California in order not to pay any taxes. Also, by checking evreward.com you can see that you will earn miles, points or cashback for Staples. I prefer the valuable Chase Ultimate Rewards Points (you can do this if you have the Chase Freedom, Sapphire Preferred or Ink Card) or Cashback with ShopDiscover. Also, if you use your Chase Ink Card you get 5 points per dollar for charges made at Office Supply Stores.


Points Earned
Ultimate Rewards Mall - $450 x 4pts/$1 = 1,800  UR Points
Any 1pt/$1 credit card = 450 points or miles
Chase Ink Credit Card = 5pts/$1 = 2,250 UR Points
OR
ShopDiscover = 5% cashback = $22.50 Cashback with Discover More Card


Total Points Earned
Chase Ink CC = Total 4,050 UR Points
Regular CC with UR Mall = 2,250 UR Points
or
ShopDiscover = $22.50 Cashback


Check out FrequentMiler's step by step post on how to take advantage of this offer.  Thanks FM!


Also, before purchasing your software, sign up for Staples Rewards where you earn 10% back from your purchases of toner, ink, case and ream paper, copy and print purchases and ink recycling and receive FREE shipping on all orders. Sometimes Staples has promotions where you can earn 10% Staples Rewards on other products.

Staples Rewards Membership Benefits:
$500 purchases/within 1 yr. = Plus Member = will receive $5/month when earned instead of $10, balances get rolled over for 5 months and FREE delivery on all orders.
$1,000 purchases/within 1 yr. = Premier Member = will receive $5/month when earned instead of $10, balances get rolled over for 5 months  and FREE delivery on all orders. May recycle up to 20 ink or toner cartridges per month instead of 10.

When you go to the Rewards Home Page and click on Year To Date Summary you can view how much you have spent year to date.

From their website:
The following Qualifying Purchases are eligible toward earning Rewards:
  • Ink and toner used in copiers, fax machines and printers excluding printer, fax and copy machine drums, label maker ribbons, and refill kits;
  • Case and ream cut sheet paper excluding photo paper, dot matrix/"computer" paper, fax thermal paper, résumé, stationery, invitations and specialty paper, paper rolls, labels, carbon and carbonless forms, notebooks, pads and filler paper;
  • Copy & Print services excluding postage stamps, shipping and shipping supplies, merchandise used in assembling Copy & Print jobs, custom printing orders placed online, and third party services;
  • Other products or services as may be included from time to time by Staples, in its sole discretion.
Also, today The Awesome FrequentMiler posts about earning 40 points per dollar by purchasing Magazines.com Gift Cards through the Ultimate Rewards Mall. You can further dip, by going to Ebates.com and using the GC to purchase books for 2.5% cashback. Prices aren't much more than Amazon, but definately do a price comparison to make sure that your book doesn't cost much more.

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Saturday, March 10, 2012

The New Penfed Platinum Rewards Visa Card

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Penfed Platinum Rewards Visa Card


Key Features

Earn 5 points per dollar spent on gas purchases

Earn 3 points per dollar spent on supermarket purchases

Earn 1 point per dollar spent on all other purchases

No annual fee

No foreign transaction fee

Earn 5,000 points upon first purchase with the card


Earn an additional 20,000 points when you spend $1,000 in the first 3 months of opening the Card - that's equal to $200 toward the reward of your choice. I already have the Penfed Premium Travel Rewards card which I get 5 points per dollar on Airline Tickets. I will keep on charging my airline tickets on that card and when I get this one, charge my gas and supermarket purchases on this one. I have calculated that I can get a free International ticket just by charging my groceries on this card! The only bad thing is that one can't transfer points over to Airlines and one must use their booking tool. Also, you should only redeem your tickets with this card in low season since the number of points you need during high season is astronomical. Also, if you are only interested in Business or First Class tickets, then this card isn't for you. This card works well for people that are flexible in their travel dates and are interested in Economy tickets, since for example, one can redeem a $1,000 Economy ticket in low season for only 62,500 points. See chart below for details.


Ticket cost 
$350 : 21,875pts
$500 : 31,250pts
$750 : 46,875pts
$1,000 : 62,500pts


To travel round trip from the US to the Middle East for example it would cost 80-90k miles, but as you see above, with this card it is only 62,500 miles. This is only during low season.

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Thursday, March 8, 2012

Earn 3 Points on Dining Purchases Through Aprl 30th With The Penfed Premium Travel Rewards American Express Card


In addition to the 5 times per dollar for Airfare Purchases you normally earn on the Penfed Premium Travel Rewards American Express Card, you can now earn through April 30, 2012, 3 points per dollar on Dining purchases. Apparently this offer was available from February 1st, but I seemed to miss the email. What is so great about this card, besides normally earning 5 times per dollar is that it has no foreign transaction fees. So, while you are doing a bit of traveling you can now use this card on your foreign dining purchases. The sign up promotion for this card is 20,000 points which is not amazing, but considering you get so many miles for your Airfare Purchases I think this is a worthwhile card to have. My normal spend is about $6,000 - $6,500 spend per year on Airline Tickets, which I always place on my Penfed Credit Card. So, about every 2 years per years I can get a free Economy Coach Airline Ticket that also earns frequent flyer miles. Now, if you get friends and family to place their Airfare Tickets on your Credit Card you can earn even more miles!



Penfed Premium Travel Rewards American Express Card Click here to apply. In order to apply for this credit card you need to first be part of Pentagon's Credit Union. All you need to do is pay $5 to join their Union and then you can apply for their credit card. Some experts don’t think that this is a good credit card, since you need to purchase the airline/travel purchases through their booking tool. But I think it’s a great deal, if you are willing to buy tickets through them when it’s not high season and only are interested in economy seats. When it’s high season the miles you need are astronomical! But if you are flexible and can purchase your tickets not during high season, tickets cost much less. At the end of 2011 they had a promotion where one earned 25% more on all earnings. So, this card also has great promotions from time to time.
Did I mention that this card if free? You heard me right! There are NO ANNUAL FEES!!!


Ticket Cost:
$350  :  21,875 points
$500 :   31,250 points
$750 :   46,875 points
$1,000: 62,500 points (80,000 miles/points with airlines)

To travel round trip from the US to the Middle East for example it would cost 80-90k miles, but as you see above, with this card it is only 62,500 miles. This is only during low season.

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Tweet For Savings With American Express

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I just received this email from American Express.


Now you can save money by tweeting American Express Special Offers on Twitter. Read below for details on how to take advantage of this offer.


To receive this special offer you must:

1 - Sync your American Express Card with your Twitter Account, click here to register.
2 - Tweet the special offer you are interested in, with your linked Twitter Account.
3 - Save when using your linked Amex card with an automatic statement credit from the merchant you have signed up with, when meeting the terms of the offer.

Current  special offers:

1 - DellHomeUS www.dell.com Valid 3/6 - 4/30/2012
$100  Statement Credit with single $599 online purchase
Quantities limited!

Great Deal!!!



2 - Zappos.com - Valid 3/6 - 4/30/2012
$10 Statement Credit with single $75 online purchase

3 - 1-800-FLOWERS.COM Valid 3/6 - 4/30/2012
$10 Statement Credit with single $50 online purchase

4 - McDonald's Valid 3/6 - 3/31/2012
$5 Statement Credit with single $5 in-store purchase
Excludes McDonalds that are in Walmart.

5 - H & M USA Valid 3/6 - 4/30/2012
$10 Statement Credit with single $50 US in-store purchase

6 - Century 21/C21Stores.com Valid 3/6 - 4/30/2012
$10 Statement Credit with single $50 online purchase

7 - Whole Foods Market Valid 3/6 - 4/30/2012
$20 Statement Credit with single $75 in-store purchase

8 - Seamless Valid 3/6 - 3/20/2012
$10 Statement Credit with single $25 online store or Mobile App purchase

9 - Virgin America Valid 3/6 - 3/31/2012
10% Statement Credit for purchase of main cabin seats
One time, first purchase only.

10 - Fedex Valid 3/6 - 5/31/2012
$5 Statement Credit with single $20 in-store purchase
Not valid on shipping services, 1 per cardmember.

11 - The Cheescake Factory www.thecheesecakefactory.com Valid 3/6 - 4/30/2012
$10 Statement Credit with single $50 in-store purchase

12 - FTD Flowers at www.ftd.com Valid 3/6 - 3/20/2012

$15 Statement Credit with single $50 online purchase


13 - The Sports Authority Valid 3/6 - 4/30/2012
$15 Statement Credit with single $75 in-store purchase

14 - Best Buy www.bestbuy.com Valid 3/6 - 4/30/2012
$10 Statement Credit with single $100 in-store or online purchase

15 - Gulf Oil - Valid 3/6 - 4/30/2012
Make an in-store purchase of $25 and receive a 1 time statement credit of $5
Gas purchases only.

Some Terms: 1 per cardmember, usually takes 2-3 days for credit (can take longer). Registration limited on lots of these offers.
P:rogram Special Terms and Conditions: https://sync.americanexpress.com/Partner/Terms.aspx

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