{"id":13987,"date":"2026-07-13T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/?p=13987"},"modified":"2026-07-12T22:45:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T04:45:27","slug":"monday-odom-sale-old-blue-cash-got-too-old-synchrony-ideas-and-a-travel-hack-is-about-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/13\/monday-odom-sale-old-blue-cash-got-too-old-synchrony-ideas-and-a-travel-hack-is-about-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday: ODOM Sale, Old Blue Cash got too Old, Synchrony Ideas, and a Travel Hack is about Dead"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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  1. Office Depot \/ OfficeMax stores have $15 off of $300+ in Visa gift cards<\/a> through Saturday. For best results:

    – Buy in integer multiples of $600
    – Look for the lower fee “Everywhere” cards if you can liquidate them

    Remember that zero is an integer too if you’re exhausted by $200s. These are Pathward \/ BlackHawk Network gift cards.
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  2. The original American Express Blue Cash, unavailable to new applications since 2018 (!), is being transitioned to a Blue Cash Everyday card<\/a> on March 4, 2027.

    It’s not too hard to spend $56,500 at grocery stores, gas stations, and drug stores in two months and American Express doesn’t care about cycling for seasoned accounts, so send it.
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  3. The Synchrony Plus World Mastercard has a targeted offer for 10% back on spend<\/a> for 60 days. If you don’t have a mailer, you’ve got a few options:

    – According to the Javascript on the site, a promo code is two letters followed by nine numbers
    – Remember that zero is also a percent and opt for the alternate, zero bonus multiplier
    – Try and browbeat a Synchrony representative into a code

    For no reason at all, here’s a friendly reminder that Synchrony cards shouldn’t be cycled, at all, ever.
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  4. A long useful travel hack is about to become less useful<\/a>, so smoke ’em if you got ’em while you still can. Also, learn from this trick because travel hacking across different loyalty programs, or even different aspects within the same loyalty program, often rhymes.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Happy Monday!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    More lessons in rhyming.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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