{"id":3998,"date":"2022-03-15T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-15T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/?p=3998"},"modified":"2023-04-18T11:51:07","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T17:51:07","slug":"ms-in-quarterly-rotating-category-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/2022\/03\/15\/ms-in-quarterly-rotating-category-style\/","title":{"rendered":"Manufactured Spend In (Quarterly Rotating Category) Style"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s time to register for Q2 rotating category bonuses, and you should probably register now so you don\u2019t forget to do it later:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.discover.com\/credit-cards\/cashback-bonus\/cashback-calendar.html\">Register for Discover\u2019s 5% back<\/a> at Target and gas stations<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.citi.com\/credit-cards\/credit-cards-citi\/citi.action?ID=dividend-quarterly-offer\">Register for Citi Dividend\u2019s 5% back<\/a> at grocery and drug stores<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cashplus.usbank.com\/\">Register for US Bank\u2019s 5% and 2% back<\/a> categories (electronic stores, utilities, and grocery are likely best)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chasebonus.com\">Register for the Chase Freedom 5% back<\/a> categories at Amazon and streaming services<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Manufactured spend strategies for each:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Target:\n<ul>\n<li>Watch for 100%+ gift card resale offers, like the current <a class=\"ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.doctorofcredit.com\/target-buy-100-apple-giftcard-get-bonus-10-target-giftcard-9-19-9-25\/#The_Offer\">buy a $100 Apple gift card and get a free $10 Target gift card<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Buy Visa or Mastercard gift cards <a class=\"ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.target.com\/p\/visa-prepaid-card-200-6-fee\/-\/A-82457378\">online<\/a> (more expensive) or in-store (cheaper)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Gas stations:\n<ul>\n<li>Buy Visa or Mastercard gift cards at Speedway, 7-11, or another friendly chain<\/li>\n<li>Watch for bonus rewards points at Speedway and buy BestBuy gift cards for resale<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Drug stores:\n<ul>\n<li>Buy Visa or Mastercard gift cards at CVS<\/li>\n<li>Watch for profitable gift card resale deals at Walgreens, <a class=\"ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/gcgalore.com\/?s=walgreens\">like some of these (expired)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Grocery stores:\n<ul>\n<li>Buy Visa or Mastercard gift cards<\/li>\n<li>Buy third party gift cards for resale when they\u2019re earning <a class=\"ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/2022\/03\/11\/weekend-slide\/\">good grocery rewards<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Utilities:\n<ul>\n<li>Overpay your electricity, power, or gas bill and ask for a refund check<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Electronics stores:\n<ul>\n<li>Watch for profitable gift card resale deals at BestBuy, like the current <a class=\"ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bestbuy.com\/site\/apple-gift-card-app-store-music-itunes-iphone-ipad-airpods-accessories-and-more\/6406937.p\">buy a $100 Apple gift card and get a free $10 BestBuy gift card<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Buy items to ship to <a class=\"ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/22\/monday-preparations\/\">buyer\u2019s clubs<\/a> for reimbursement<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Amazon\n<ul>\n<li>Buy Visa or MasterCard gift cards<\/li>\n<li>Buy items to ship to <a class=\"ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/22\/monday-preparations\/\">buyer\u2019s clubs<\/a> for reimbursement, especially Apple products at Amazon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Of course there\u2019s always the boring way out, spending on things you need at stores you\u2019d normally go to anyway. But that\u2019s not very (as my daughter would say)<em> <a class=\"ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23girlboss&amp;src=typed_query&amp;f=top\">#girlboss<\/a><\/em> now is it?<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-editorskit-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4006\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/walgreens-1024x760.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/walgreens-1024x760.webp 1024w, https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/walgreens-300x223.webp 300w, https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/walgreens-768x570.webp 768w, https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/walgreens-1536x1140.webp 1536w, https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/walgreens.webp 1848w\" width=\"420\"\/><figcaption>Digging for gift card deals at Walgreens, otherwise known as Tuesday.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s time to register for Q2 rotating category bonuses, and you should probably register now so you don\u2019t forget to do it later: Register for<\/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":1,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","footnotes":""},"categories":[54,12,64],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-credit-cards","category-ms-hints","category-points"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3998","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=3998"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3998\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7077,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3998\/revisions\/7077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}