{"id":3365,"date":"2021-12-21T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-21T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/?p=3365"},"modified":"2023-04-18T12:03:46","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T18:03:46","slug":"tuesday-triple-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/2021\/12\/21\/tuesday-triple-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday Triple"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s a triple for today, but first let\u2019s talk some blog meta: A week from Friday it\u2019s time for the MEAB annual <em>Travel Hacking as told by GIFs<\/em> post, and frankly that post is a ton of fun but also a bunch of work. The biggest part of the work is deciding which travel hacking events or changes for the year were significant, and while I\u2019ve come up with a dozen or two, I could use your help. <a class=\"ek-link\" href=\"\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#4f2226232a3c2a2e3d212e212b2d3a3d210f28222e2623612c2022\">Drop me a line and let me know<\/a> from your perspective which events in 2021 should be addressed. Thanks in advance!<\/p>\n<p>Back to our regular programming:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1.<\/strong> Delta is having an award sale to Cancun and Los Cabos from various US Cities. Sale prices depend on the city, but range between 11,000 miles round trip and 22,000 miles round trip. Use <a class=\"ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.delta.com\/flight-search\/book-a-flight\">Delta\u2019s flexible calendar search<\/a> for the quickest results. (Thanks to <a class=\"ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/dannydealguru.com\/delta-award-sale-50\/\">DDG<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>2.<\/strong> In a move that surprised absolutely positively no-one, Office Depot\/OfficeMax has $15 back on $300 or more in Visa gift cards running through Saturday evening (or likely Friday evening, because, you know, reasons). To maximize the deal:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Buy the \u201cEverywhere\u201d variety of gift cards for lower fees, but make sure you have a way to liquidate (Bravo is still a higher fee way)<\/li>\n<li>Link your card to <a class=\"ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/dosh.app\/\">Dosh<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rakuten.com\/in-store.htm\">Link your card to Rakuten\u2019s<\/a> in-store offer for 5x cash back at Office Depot\/OfficeMax and activate the offer<\/li>\n<li>Check your <a class=\"ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chase.com\/personal\/merchant-offers\">Chase offers<\/a> or <a class=\"ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bankofamerica.com\/online-banking\/mobile-and-online-banking-features\/bankamerideals-cash-back-deals\/\">Bank of America offers<\/a> for $10 or more in cash back at Office Depot\/OfficeMax<\/li>\n<li>Try and get at least two and perhaps more transactions through back-to-back with the cashier<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A caveat on the Rakuten card-linked program: Every time you use an offer you have to go back to the site and activate it again.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3.<\/strong> Stockpile has increased their fee-free gift card purchase when using a credit card to $1,000 per-transaction. According to <a class=\"ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.doctorofcredit.com\/stockpile-allowing-credit-card-purchases-with-no-fees\/\">DoC<\/a>, the annual gift card limit has moved from $1,000 to $2,000, but I don\u2019t think either of those limits were or are true. I was able to get more even before the change. For best success though:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Get a new IP address every couple of transactions<\/li>\n<li>Use a new email address every couple of transactions<\/li>\n<li>Use private mode in your browser<\/li>\n<li>Use a credit card like the Chase Freedom Unlimited, Citi Double Cash, or <s>American Express Blue Business Preffered<\/s> that earns 2x on these transactions (or the US Bank Altitude Reserve for true hackers). <em>Update:<\/em> Chaim from <a class=\"ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/helpmebuildcredit.com\/\">HelpMeBuildCredit<\/a> wrote in to remind me that Stockpile doesn\u2019t take American Express<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Apropos of nothing, I\u2019d like to share this here because no-one else would understand. This morning, my P2 said to me: \u201cYou\u2019re the <em>worst<\/em> to shop for. All I can come up with is to buy you $1,000 in BestBuy gift cards and let you turn those into points or something.\u201d \ud83d\ude02<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-editorskit-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3370\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" src=\"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/gift-card-shredder.jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/gift-card-shredder.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/gift-card-shredder-300x200.jpeg 300w\" width=\"420\"\/><figcaption>A machine that shreds BestBuy plastic gift-cards and turns them into showers of points. 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