{"id":2179,"date":"2021-08-06T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-06T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/?p=2179"},"modified":"2023-04-18T12:23:14","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T18:23:14","slug":"this-weekend-in-manufactured-spend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/2021\/08\/06\/this-weekend-in-manufactured-spend\/","title":{"rendered":"This Weekend in Manufactured Spend"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s shaping up to be a great weekend for getting out there and ginning-up some spend. Alternatively, if you\u2019re like me you\u2019ve burnt out on manufactured spend after a week and a half of Kroger\u2019s 4x Fuel Points promotion<\/a> it\u2019s a good weekend for chillin\u2019. You decide:<\/p>\n

1.<\/strong> Staples is selling fee free Visa Gift Cards<\/a> again starting on Sunday and running through a week from Saturday, limit 5 per customer (or per transaction in most cases). Just make sure you have a liquidation method before you load up on these.<\/p>\n

2.<\/strong> Simon Mall online<\/a> is having a flash sale for 50% off of Visa gift card fees using promo code FSAUG50<\/em> through this evening. These are an interesting way to meet minimum spend for second tier banks (definitely not for American Express, you won\u2019t earn points and the spend won\u2019t count toward a sign up bonus). If by some miracle you have one of the card numbers for yesterday\u2019s Bank of America shenanigans handy this could be a great way to run up a balance for payment shenanigans on those cards. <\/p>\n

In case you\u2019re not aware, you can get $1,000 face value Visa gift cards with your name printed on the front online at Simon. Frequent Miler has a good writeup here<\/a> with the basics. As with the Staples, make sure you\u2019ve got a path toward liquidation of these gift cards before going big.<\/p>\n

3.<\/strong> Is your Brex<\/a> cash card sitting idle? I\u2019d understand if so, mine certainly was for quite a while. That\u2019s changed though \u2014 I wanted to drop a reminder for those who might have ride-share like expenses, real or otherwise: Brex has been faithfully awarding 8x on ride-sharing services <\/a>for me.<\/p>\n

Brex has a new sign-up bonus<\/a> of 80,000 miles (or $800 if you\u2019d rather cash out) with $9,000 spend within a short 30 days. It has no credit check but does require a real business. Note that this link randomly seems to offer 7x on ride-sharing services. (Thanks to Rapid Travel Chai for the link)<\/p>\n

4.<\/strong> M1 Finance has released their upcoming credit card\u2019s rewards structure, and there are a few doozies for manufactured spend in there. You can see the full list here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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