Category: Gift Cards

  1. Kroger has a bonus 1x fuel points promotion that stacks with its currently running 4x fuel points promotion for a total of 5x fuel points earning on One4All Ultimate cards through November 27.

    Some One4All cards convert to Home Depot.
  2. JetBlue announced new service from Boston to both Milan, Italy and Barcelona, Spain. Points availability is often best right when it’s first bookable, especially for third party airline partner bookings.
  3. Chase had been threatening an AmEx style pop-up for ink cards via their T&Cs for about a week, but it had been an empty threat until yesterday when a report surfaced that Chase presented an Ink applicant with an AmEx style popup:

    “A quick update about your application. It looks like you’re not eligible for a bonus for a Chase Ink Business Cash credit card. This can happen if you currently have this card or have had it previously. Customers who are applying for a Chase Business card without an annual fee or who have held this card are also ineligible.”

    The user had the option to continue without the bonus, no report on whether or not a hard pull occurred. #bonvoyed
  4. Virgin Atlantic is awarding 12,000 points after flying at least one Flying Club award or paid Virgin metal flight credited to Flying Club for five non-consecutive years, with a look-back to 2021. You’ll earn “High Five” status.

    You’ll also earn a 10% bonus on redeemable miles from flying with High Five. (Thanks to DLD)

Happy Thursday friends!

The Inspiration for Virgin’s High Five status.

  1. Do this now: Register for double points at Enterprise through February 28, 2026.
  2. The new Shop Your Way Rewards Visa issued by First Bank has a few targeted sign-up bonuses. You can find yours by logging into your Shop Your Way dashboard, or you may have been emailed a (possibly different offer). We’ve seen:

    – 2x points for 90 days + 50,000 points after $1,000 spend
    – 1.5x points for 90 days + 50,000 points after $1,000 spend
    – 500,000 points after $5,000 spend

    You can get the 1.5x + 50,000 points offer here. The card earns 5x at gas, 3x on grocery, dining, and travel. Currently all earnings are uncapped, and for those of you who can’t math: 2*5x = 10x and 1.5*5x = 7.5x. (Thanks to Tyler)
  3. The Chase Aeroplan Visa has a heightened signup bonus of 75,000+25,000 Aeroplan miles:

    – 75,000 miles after $4,000 spend in three months
    – 25,000 miles after $20,000 spend in three months

    Based on my super computer predictive analytics (or maybe just knowing that Mondays after heightened Chase offer are special), this offer should be available via referrals too.
  4. Two Incomm gift card shops have fee-free cards:

    – MasterCardGiftCard.com: No purchase fees through November 30 with code NOFEES25
    – VanillaGift.com: No purchase fees on $250+ through November 27 with code VGTHANKS25

    These are Pathward or Sutton / Incomm gift cards.
  5. Office Depot / OfficeMax stores have $15 off of $300+ in Mastercard gift cards through Saturday. Buy these in even multiples of two for bigger discounts.

    These are Pathward / BlackHawk Network gift cards.
  6. Raleys, Nob Hill, and Bel Air stores have 15x points on several gift cards including Amazon, Target, and BestBuy through November 27 (EDIT: Date was wrong, thanks to Bryan for the correction). I hope you need lots of cheap groceries for some random holiday that no-one’s ever heard of next week.
  7. Chase Ultimate Rewards has a 70% transfer bonus to Marriott Bonvoy through November 30. Generally this turns a really bad deal into just a bad deal, but there are opportunities and sweet spots especially outside of the US.
  8. Dollar General has a 15% discount on various gift cards through Sunday, including both Zift Zillions and Cracker Barrel gift cards.
  9. Bilt has announced that their Rakuten partnership will be devalued to some unknown transfer ratio on at the end of Q1 2026. #BiltAlwaysCuts

Happy Monday!

Probably why we’re having all of these sales.

  1. The American Express Business Platinum has a targeted offer for 300,000 Membership Rewards after $20,000 spend in three months.

    You can often get this to appear by using a combination of VPN + different browser + incognito mode, and letting the landing page timeout sometimes shows a higher offer too. Don’t let anyone fool you though, you are working for American Express to find this bonus.
  2. The Capital One Venture X Business Visa card has a heightened sign-up bonus of 200,000+200,000 miles:

    – 200,000 miles after $30,000 spend in three months
    – 200,000 miles after $150,000 spend in six months

    This card is now a Visa and continues to be a charge card. This bonus is effectively a 4.67x earner for your first $150,000 in spend, which is pretty, pretty, pretty gold good.
  3. The Capital One Venture X Personal Visa card also has a heightened sign-up bonus of 100,000+0 miles:

    – 100,000 bonus miles after $10,000 spend in six months
    – 0 bonus miles after ♾️ spend in ♾️ months

    This offer is also available via referrals, so go that route rather than applying head on.
  4. Kroger has a promotion for 4x fuel points on third party gift cards excluding fuel cards, on Amazon gift cards [ultra-rare promo unlocked], and on fixed value Visas and Mastercards for a full three weeks through December 2.

    Each thousand Kroger fuel points is good for $1 off per gallon of fuel, or worth somewhere in the mid-teens of dollars on the resale market.
  5. Southwest has a promotion for double companion pass qualifying points at wholesale clubs and department stores through December 31. (Thanks to FM)
  6. Wyndham has a couple of promotions, both of which expire at the end of 2025:

    – Promos: +5x earning on paid stays (registration required: Diamonds, everyone else)
    – The annual limit for transfers to Caesars Rewards doubled to 60,000 points

    (Thanks to lenin1991)

Happy Thursday!

Even more 4x ultra-rare.

  1. Safeway, Albertsons, Vons, and other Just4U brands have 10x points earning on Zift cards through Saturday, and because in J4U land 10+4 = 12, you’ll probably get 12x earning on Saturday too.

    Some Zift cards can be converted to high value bulk brands like Amazon and Home Depot, for the others, well, I hope you like Cracker Barrel.
  2. Staples has fee-free $200 Visa gift cards through Saturday, limit nine per transaction.

    These are Pathward / BlackHawk Network gift cards.
  3. Giftcards.com has a promotion for a $10 giftcards.com gift card with a $100 Visa, Mastercard, or One4All card using promo code BONUSSEASON for purchases through tomorrow, limit one per transaction and three per account.

    These promo codes are showing on portals, so you should earn shopping portal rewards and seasonal bonuses too.
  4. The American Express Hilton personal cards have increased targeting on no-lifetime language (NLL) links:

    – Aspire: 175,000 points after $6,000 spend in six months
    – Surpass: 155,000 points after $3,000 spend in six months
    – Honors: 100,000 points after $1,000 spend in six months

    These are also available via referrals albeit with lifetime language, so go that route if NLL doesn’t matter. (Thanks to DDG)
  5. ShopRite stores have a promotion for $25 off of groceries with $100+ in One4All gift cards. Some One4Alls can be converted to high value bulk brands like Home Depot and GameStop.
  6. Chase Ultimate Rewards has a 40% transfer bonus to Virgin Atlantic through November 20.
  7. American Express offers has a card linked offer for $100 back on $300+ at Small Luxury Hotels through December 31.
  8. Chase Offers has multiple card linked offers:

    – 5%-7% back at Hyatt House & Studios, max $28-56 through December 15
    – 7% back at Park Hyatt, max $28-$56 through December 15
    – 10% back at Kimpton, max $62 through December 19

    Gamers gonna game, but these prizes aren’t as good recent ones so I guess #shrinkflation?

Hint? Troll? You decide.

  1. Bank of America “More Rewards Day” is today, and you’ll earn +2% or +2x on all Bank of America credit cards on up to $2,500 spend each as long as the spend happens before midnight Eastern time, sorry west coast night owls, BofA doesn’t love you.

    If you don’t regularly exercise your Bank of America cards, be prepared for a litany of fraud alerts.
  2. Hy-Vee stores have $10 off of $150+ in Mastercard gift cards through Saturday. Notably this doesn’t require clipping a digital coupon, so multiple transactions back-to-back will work really well.

    These are Pathward / BlackHawk Network gift cards.
  3. MastercardGiftCard.com has fee free gift cards through November 30 with promo code NOFEES25. Limits are $10,000 per account per rolling 24 hours, and first party American Express cards don’t earn points.

    These are Incomm / Vanilla gift cards.
  4. TheGiftCardShop.com has fee free Visa and Mastercard custom design gift cards through November 16 with promo code SHOPEARLY25.

    These are also Incomm / Vanilla gift cards.
  5. Kroger has a 4x fuel points promotion on One4All and Choice gift cards and for dining gift cards through Tuesday. There’s also 4x fuel points on fixed value Visas and Mastercards, and 400 bonus points on a fixed value or variable load gift card too.
  6. The FNBO Amtrak Visa has a heightened sign-up bonus of 40,000 points after $2,000 spend in the first three statements. The $99 annual fee is not waived for the first year, and the main bonus category for the card is 2x on dining and travel. Points are worth approximately 2.6 cents each for train travel.

    FNBO is often down to clown too.
  7. JetBlue has a promotion code for 20% off of domestic economy flights for a laughably small travel window for travel booked today and flown between December 2 and December 18. To make it worse, both Fridays and Saturdays in that window are excluded too. Use promo code TAKE20 for travel on the other 12 days I guess.

    Why even mention for something so lame? Some of you are doing 25 for 25, and it will work for that.
  8. Citi now allows product changes via chat, and let’s just say Citi gonna Citi unintentionally too.

Happy Thursday!

Real Bank of America fraud alert or fake? It can be hard to tell with BofA IT.

  1. The Rove Miles shopping portal added Lufthansa Miles & More as a transfer partner. This is great because:

    – There wasn’t previously a great way for US members to earn Miles & More
    – Lufthansa and Swiss availability is much better with Miles & More
    – Swiss First is bookable with matchable Miles & More Senator status

    With this development and with Rove’s ability to maintain elite benefits on hotel bookings, it’s probably a good idea to include Rove in your comparison shopping when booking paid hotel nights. Rove has referral bonuses, so use someone’s referral link if you’re going to join.
  2. The major airline portals have shopping portal bonuses (ordered by expiration date):

    – American: 4,000 bonus miles with $1,600+ (+2.5x) through November 17
    – Alaska: 1,500 bonus miles with $650+ (+2.3x) through November 19
    – Delta: 4,000 bonus miles with $1,500+ (+2.67x) through November 21
    – United: 5,000 bonus miles with $1,100+ (+4.55x) through November 22
    – Southwest: 4,000 bonus miles with $900+ (+4.44x) through November 24

    Each of these portals has giftcards.com as an option, and Chase Offers has a targeted offer for 5% back on up to $1,000 spend too.
  3. Staples stores have fee-free $200 Mastercard gift cards through Saturday, limit nine per transaction.

    These are Pathward / BlackHawk Network gift cards.
  4. Stop & Shop, Giant, and Martins have 6x point earning on third party gift cards through Thursday, limit $2,000 per loyalty account (or 4x earning for Giant Food because apparently it’s a running joke at the parent company).
  5. Wyndham and Vacasa’s partnership is ending for reservations after November 30 and stays after January 31, 2026. Here’s your obligatory wah-wah trombones sound.
  6. Rakuten has portal bonuses for applying for several Chase cards through their links:

    – $30 for the Freedom Unlimited (or $50 for almost no one)
    – $30 for the Sapphire Preferred (or $50 for almost no one)
    – $25 for the Ink Unlimited (or $50 for exactly no one)

    Referral offers for the Freedom and Sapphire Reserve are generally a much better deal for the referrer, but Chase Business referrals are restricted to new businesses (to Chase) only, so the Rakuten bonus is often the best choice. (Thanks to DoC)

Happy Monday!

Embargoed oil is also a thing.

  1. American Express has a few generic links for targeted new card offers meant for existing card holders:

    – Business Gold: 125,000 Membership Rewards after $15,000 spend in three months
    – Business Gold: 200,000 Membership Rewards after $15,000 spend in three months

    If you’re targeted for both, I hope it’s obvious which one you should chose [both]. (Thanks to SideShowBob233)
  2. Meijer stores have $10 off of $150+ in Visa or Mastercard gift cards through November 11, limit one per digital coupon. With the right liquidation channels this deal can be worth traveling to Meijerland even if you’re nowhere near.

    These are Pathward / BlackHawk Network gift cards, though Meijer occasionally also sells Sunrise gift cards.
  3. Clear has a promotion for 5,000 bonus United MileagePlus miles for new memberships. Multiple Platinum cards with multiple players could make this worth your time, but you do you.

Happy Thursday!

SideShowBob233’s clown car runs into issues on its way to Mejierland.

  1. Wells Fargo added JetBlue TrueBlue as a transfer partner at a 1:1 ratio. This is mildly interesting because:

    – TrueBlue can book United and JAL tickets at not-wholly unreasonable rates
    – TrueBlue points are worth ~ 1.35 cents each for low demand tickets

    It’s mildly uninteresting for the same reasons.
  2. Office Depot/ OfficeMax stores have an offer for $15 back on $300+ in Visa gift cards through Saturday. As usual:

    – Try for the lower fee variants if you know how to liquidate them
    – Even multiples of $300 are better than odd multiples

    These are Pathward / BlackHawk Network gift cards.
  3. American Express has a few new interesting targeted offers:

    – $100 off of $300+ at Hyatt Regency properties
    – $100 off of $300+ at Radisson Blu and Cambria Hotels in the Americas
    – $100 off of $500+ at Mandarin Oriental in US, Europe, and Asia

    All of these have participating property lists, and both cover most properties in their geographic regions.
  4. American Airlines is resuming its schedule to Tel Aviv on March 28, and as a result there’s an atypical glut of saver award space in both business and economy. The same is expected of United this week.
  5. Bilt footnote-worthy news:

    – On November 1, there will be a 25-100% transfer bonus to Etihad Guest
    – Milestone rewards are being replaced with Bilt Cash (Itchy and Scratchy money)

    Maybe I’m being too hard on Bilt Blit, but also, maybe not.

Happy Tuesday!

The Bilt footnote (thanks to John-K).