{"id":4316,"date":"2022-04-19T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-19T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/?p=4316"},"modified":"2023-04-18T11:46:06","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T17:46:06","slug":"50-of-the-time-it-works-every-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/2022\/04\/19\/50-of-the-time-it-works-every-time\/","title":{"rendered":"50% of the Time, It Works Every Time"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019ve wanted to join a particular credit union (thanks to an MS angle or a niche credit card) or to temporarily relocate (for a $2,000 credit card sign-up bonus<\/a>), but I didn\u2019t work for the right company or live in the right area so I wasn\u2019t eligible more times than I can count. I also don\u2019t let that stop me, and neither should you.<\/p>\n

What can you do in these situations? There are a few options:<\/p>\n

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  1. Look hard at affiliated groups and companies. Could you volunteer for 30 minutes at the Humane Society and become eligible? Could you donate $1 to a local NPR station<\/a>, perhaps? What about calling and talking to the bank or credit union and letting them know you\u2019re considering moving to the area and wanting to establish a relationship?<\/li>\n
  2. Consider whether and how validation might be performed. What if I gave blood at the Red Cross, does that make me a volunteer? How far back would their records go? What if I donated as a kid, does that count? What if I used to work for Arby\u2019s? Are they even going to attempt to validate anything? Is the language in the terms and conditions loose about current versus prior relationships?<\/li>\n
  3. Look closely at geography. How tight is the language about living in a particular area? Could an overnight hotel rental be considered as good enough? What about a seven day mattress run<\/a>? What about a 30 day vacation rental? What if my company has an office in the area? What if my brother lives there?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    If none of those things pan out, another option is to just lob in an application and see if they approve it anyway, and yes, sometimes that works too. <\/p>\n

    Remember, always be probing<\/em> and think outside the box. Or, if this article is the box, think inside the box. <\/p>\n

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    \"\"<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

    Walmart thinks outside the box about the definition of a company\u2019s front desk.
    (Thanks to SideshowBob233 for the image)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    I\u2019ve wanted to join a particular credit union (thanks to an MS angle or a niche credit card) or to temporarily relocate (for a $2,000<\/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":[62],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-shenanigans"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4316","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=4316"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4316\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7052,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4316\/revisions\/7052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}