{"id":14372,"date":"2026-10-05T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/?p=14372"},"modified":"2026-10-04T22:09:27","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T04:09:27","slug":"monday-digging-for-stupidly-named-value-zift-doesnt-work-office-supply-and-transfer-bonuses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/05\/monday-digging-for-stupidly-named-value-zift-doesnt-work-office-supply-and-transfer-bonuses\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday: Digging for Stupidly Named Value, Zift Doesn’t Work, Office Supply, and Transfer Bonuses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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  1. The Barclays Mastercard Black has a new sign-up bonus of 75,000 points<\/a> (worth $1,500 toward airfare) after $6,000 spend in 90 days. Never heard of it? That’s probably because it’s got a stupid-high annual fee and typically no sign-up bonus. The card’s vitals:

    – $699 annual fee
    – Effectively 2% earner on purchases, at least as long as you redeem for airfare
    – $200 annual airline credit
    – $100 annual dining credit
    – A Priority Pass with restaurant access

    If you’ve got the right angle and dig deep, there’s a little hidden value in this card.
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  2. Safeway, Albertsons, Vons, and other Just4U stores have 10x points earning on Zift Zillions cards through Saturday<\/a>, but caveat emptor<\/em>: As of yesterday evening, these points weren’t properly posting.
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  3. Staples stores have fee-free $200 Visa gift cards through Saturday<\/a>, limit nine per transaction.

    These are Pathward \/ BlackHawk Network gift cards.
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  4. Office Depot \/ OfficeMax stores have $15 off of $300+ in Visa gift cards <\/a>through Saturday, always buy in even multiples of $300. Why? Math.

    These are Pathward \/ BlackHawk Network gift cards.
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  5. American Express Membership Rewards has two transfer bonuses:<\/a>

    – 25% to AirFrance\/KLM FlyingBlue (1:1 \u2192 1:1.25) through October 30
    – 20% to AeroMexico Club Premier (1:1.6 \u2192 1:1.92) through October 31

    Why 1:1.6? Something about the metric system #themoreyouknow.
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  6. Marriott Bonvoy has a 15% transfer bonus to Air Canada Aeroplan<\/a> through October 31. In 60,000 point increments, the transfer ratio under the bonus is 6:2.8.
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  7. American Express offers has $75 off of $350+ at Hertz<\/a> through October 14.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

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

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    A churner discovers value in the stupidly named Barclays Mastercard Black Card.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Happy Monday friends! A churner discovers value in the stupidly named Barclays Mastercard Black Card.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":0,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14372"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14372\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14377,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14372\/revisions\/14377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}