{"id":14175,"date":"2026-08-25T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/?p=14175"},"modified":"2026-08-24T22:35:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T04:35:49","slug":"tuesday-imprint-bonus-citi-thankyou","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/25\/tuesday-imprint-bonus-citi-thankyou\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday: Imprint Bonus, Citi ThankYou at 1.9ish, Pathward double, and. Kroger Fail"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rakuten.com\/american-express-card\">The Imprint Rakuten American Express card has a $200 or 20,000 Membership Rewards, or 20,000 Bilt Rewards sign-up bonus<\/a> after $2,000 spend in 90 days depending on your Rakuten account. The heightened bonus ends today.<br \/><br \/>Imprint American Express cards are useful for several reasons, not the least of which being that you probably shouldn&#8217;t be concerned about an Imprint shutdown so go wild.<br \/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thankyou.com\/partnerProgramsListing.htm\">Citi ThankYou has a 25% transfer bonus to Leading Hotels of the World&#8217;s Leaders Club<\/a> through September 19. The transfer bonus brings the ratio to 4:1, or exactly the same as the regular American Express transfer rate.<br \/><br \/>David shared <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maxmilespoints.com\/blog\/amex-points-leading-hotels-of-the-world-value\">an interesting analysis of Leaders Club redemptions<\/a> showing a post-tax value of generally 1.9 cents per Membership Reward transferred, or I guess now per ThankYou point transferred so it is worth paying attention.<br \/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.staples.com\/visa-virtual-200-00-gift-card-email-delivery\/product_24596403\">Staples online has fee-free $200 Visa virtual gift cards<\/a> on sale, limit four per transaction and five total.<br \/><br \/>These are Pathward \/ BlackHawk Network gift cards and yes, there are liquidation methods, always be probing. (Thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.doctorofcredit.com\/staples-com-200-fee-free-virtual-visa-giftcard-limit-5\/\">DoC<\/a>)<br \/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hy-vee.com\/deals\/ads\/8055882\">Hy-Vee stores have $10 off of $150+ in Visa gift cards through Tuesday<\/a>, limit one per transaction. It should be easy to figure out how to scale this one.<br \/><br \/>These are Pathward \/ BlackHawk Network gift cards.<br \/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanexpress.com\/en-us\/benefits\/offers\/\">American Express Offers has an offer for $200 off of $1,000 spend at Lufthansa group airlines<\/a> booked through American Express Travel by October 31.<br \/><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And yes, there wasn&#8217;t actually a Kroger FYI yesterday, oops; stand by for that one later. Also, happy Tuesday friends!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"896\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/liquidation-896x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14176\" style=\"width:420px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/liquidation-896x1024.png 896w, https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/liquidation-263x300.png 263w, https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/liquidation-768x878.png 768w, https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/liquidation.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 896px) 100vw, 896px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:14px\">Instructions unclear; liquidating Hy-Vee gift card didn&#8217;t work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And yes, there wasn&#8217;t actually a Kroger FYI yesterday, oops; stand by for that one later. Also, happy Tuesday friends! 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