{"id":1971,"date":"2021-07-12T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-12T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/?p=1971"},"modified":"2023-04-18T12:26:58","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T18:26:58","slug":"manufactured-spend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/2021\/07\/12\/manufactured-spend\/","title":{"rendered":"Manufactured Spend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Historically the time around the fourth of July is a great time for manufactured spend, and this July has been no different. There are quite a few manufactured spend deals to keep you busy this week:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1.<\/strong> Meijer\u2019s MPerks has <a class=\"ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.meijer.com\/mperks\/coupons.html\">$10 off of $150 or more<\/a> in Mastercard gift cards. I\u2019m nowhere near a Meijer so I don\u2019t have direct experience with these, but Larry let me know that they carry gift cards issued by either Metabank or Sunrise; both are easy enough to unload, but do avoid Kroger and Walmart with the Metabanks.<\/p>\n<p>Apropos of nothing, how many email addresses do you have?<\/p>\n<p><strong>2.<\/strong> Chase Ink cards have a targeted offer for 5x on up to $10,000 spend on shipping and home improvement stores. Check the following links which were easily reverse engineered based on the simple URL pattern:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chase.com\/mybonus\/ink21\">Ink Business Cash<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chase.com\/mybonus\/ink22\">Ink Business Unlimited<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chase.com\/mybonus\/ink23\">Ink Business Preferred<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chase.com\/mybonus\/ink24\">Ink Cash<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chase.com\/mybonus\/ink25\">Ink Plus<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Also apropos of nothing, did you know that Lowe\u2019s sells Visa and Mastercard gift cards?<\/p>\n<p><strong>3.<\/strong> Kroger finally fixed their <a class=\"ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/2021\/07\/05\/this-weekend-in-kroger-fuel-points\/\">fuel points issue<\/a> on Friday and they didn\u2019t take back any of the extra fuel points that were awarded. How is this related to manufactured spend though? Easy. The 4x fuel points on gift cards is still running through tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4.<\/strong> <a class=\"ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.doctorofcredit.com\/staples-no-purchase-fee-on-200-visa-gift-cards-7-11-7-17-limit-5\/\">Staples has fee free Visa Gift Cards<\/a> going again through Saturday. It\u2019s limit of 5 per customer, but usually that really means 5 per transaction. If you\u2019re going to go to Staples and take the time to run-in, you might as well try for two transactions to minimize your time out and about \u2014 the worst that happens is they tell you no.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-editorskit-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1972\" height=\"315\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" src=\"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/kroger-server.jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/kroger-server.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/kroger-server-300x225.jpeg 300w\" width=\"420\"\/><figcaption>Pictured: Kroger\u2019s fuel points transaction server, which has been patched and is no longer awarding an extra 2x.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Historically the time around the fourth of July is a great time for manufactured spend, and this July has been no different. 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