{"id":10841,"date":"2024-12-16T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/?p=10841"},"modified":"2024-12-15T23:22:11","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T06:22:11","slug":"monday-quad-5x-fun-spending-offers-hilton-answers-and-discount-gift-cards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/16\/monday-quad-5x-fun-spending-offers-hilton-answers-and-discount-gift-cards\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday Quad: 5x Fun, Spending Offers, Hilton Answers, and Discount Gift Cards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

MEABNOTE: I\u2019ll be going on a blogging vacation at the end of the year and there won\u2019t be any daily posts between December 18 and December 31. After that, we\u2019ll 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\u2019s ok if you\u2019re up in legs<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By popular demand we\u2019ll have at least a few guest posts during the break. If you\u2019d like to write one, please reach out, I’d like to find guest posts for the whole break!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Do this now<\/strong>: Register for 5x categories on quarterly cards:

    – Chase Freedom and Freedom Flex<\/a>: Grocery, fitness, gyms, hair, nails, spas, and Norwegian Cruises (welcome to the world of sponsored 5x categories friends)
    –     Discover IT<\/a>: Restaurants, home improvement, and some streaming
    –     Citi Dividend<\/a>: Amazon and some streaming
    –     US Bank Cash+<\/a>: I choose utilities and electronics stores

    I try and knock these out on the first day or two of the quarter so I don’t have to think about them after.
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  2. The Citi Shop Your Way Rewards card<\/a> sent new mid-month targeted spending offers for online spend through January 14, 2025. We’ve seen:

    – 250,000 Shop Your Way Rewards points with $1,000+
    – 200,000 Shop Your Way Rewards points with $750+
    – $70 statement credit with $1,000+
    – $50 statement credit with $750+

    As usual, these stack with other offers. (Thanks to birt, Adam, Lindsay, and Tyler)
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  3. Giftcards.com has 10% off of its own gift cards through December21<\/a>. These cards can be used to buy other, third-party fee-free gift cards on the site with promo code EPICGIFT<\/em>. These probably won’t track on shopping portals when you buy them, but when you use them on another purchase that’ll probably track. There are several credit cards that earn 3x on giftcards.com.
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  4. Answering a few of the questions we asked on Friday with American Express’s new Business Platinum $50 quarterly Hilton credit<\/a>:

    – Will this work with\u00a0    HiltonGiftCards.com<\/a>? Yes
    – Will this work buying gift cards at a hotel? Yes
    – Will this work at Hilton restaurant? Usually, watch for a 15% extra hold for tip
    – Will this work for a regular hotel to pay your bill? Yes, depending on the front desk’s skillset
    – Who is John Galt? I dunno; or if I do, I don’t want to talk about it here, why do you ask?

    Also, orange-you glad I didn’t say banana? (That’s called a “long con” friends, at least on internet time scales.)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n
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    Yes, I know I deserve this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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