MEABNOTE: I’ll be going on a blogging vacation at the end of the year and there won’t be any daily posts between December 18 and December 31. After that, we’ll ring in the new year on January 1, 2025 with the 2024 version of Travel Hacking as Told by GIFs though, so no need to be up in arms, but I guess it’s ok if you’re up in legs.
- Do this now: Register for Chase’s giveaway of one million Ultimate Rewards. You can
botenter once per day through the end of January. There will be 10 winners in March, and they might as well be you guys. - Target has its annual 10% off of Target gift cards sale tomorrow and Sunday, limit $500 per Target Circle account. A few notes about this deal:
– You’re now limited to one per Target Circle account, so I guess get more of those?
– Pepper has pushed the resale value of $500 Target cards to about 90-91%
– Target RedCard 5% discounts won’t work
– DiscoverIT cards have Target at 5% in Q4
This deal scales somewhat easily in store, but historically Target gift card resale prices dip after this sale in December and don’t recover until mid-January. - Chase Ultimate Rewards has a few transfer bonuses through January 15, 2025. Ordered by longest transfer partner program name to shortest because sometimes aesthetics matter:
– AirFrance / KLM FlyingBlue: 20% bonus
– Air Canada Aeroplan: 20% bonus
– IHG One Rewards: 70% bonus
It’s easy to get great value out of the top two programs, but hard for the third. - Staples stores have fee-free $200 Visa gift cards starting Sunday and running for two weeks through December 21.
These are Pathward gift cards. - The Shop Your Way Rewards portal has a 5% discount when redeeming points for Visa gift cards through December 31. You’ve probably earned these points from a Citi Shop Your Way card, but it is technically possible to earn them by buying stuff at Sears.com too.
- Chase Offers has an offer for 10% back on AirCanada purchases of $100 or more, limit $40 cash back. Game? Yes, game.
- Giant, Giant Foods, Martins, and Stop & Shop stores stores have 3x points on Visa gift card purchases through Thursday, December 12, limit $2,000 per account except at Giant, where the limit is $1,500 per household, because they also ordered their limits by name length presumably for aesthetic reasons.
These are Vanilla gift cards. - VanillaGift.com has a promotion for a bonus $10 Visa gift card with the purchase of $100+ in Visa gift cards. Side note: Yes this is a nice return in absolute percentages, but have you ever tried to drain a $10 Vanilla Visa card?
These are (obviously) Vanilla gift cards.
Have a nice weekend friends!
Even tool manufactures arrange for aesthetics, don’t judge.