{"id":4760,"date":"2022-06-27T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-27T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/?p=4760"},"modified":"2023-04-18T11:36:10","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T17:36:10","slug":"monday-quick-hits-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/2022\/06\/27\/monday-quick-hits-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday Quick Hits"},"content":{"rendered":"
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  1. Meijer has $50 off of a future purchase on a $500 third party gift card<\/a>, limit one per MPerks account (or you can ration this down as $5 for every $50 in gift cards purchased). Noteworthy brand exclusions include Apple and Amazon, but BestBuy, Home Depot, and Nike are all included in the promotion.<\/li>\n
  2. Staples has $200 Mastercard gift cards available for no-fee<\/a>, limit five per transaction through Saturday. These are Metabank gift cards, so have a liquidation plan in place. (Thanks to GC Galore<\/a>)<\/li>\n
  3. The Target $40 online + $40 in-store RedCard sign-up bonus is back. If you\u2019re not sure why this is interesting, see Target RedCard Hacks<\/a>.\n

    Current datapoints suggest between 7 and 14 days are required between churning these cards. (Thanks to sb18 via MEAB slack)<\/li>\n

  4. Simon.com has 50% off of Visa and Mastercard gift card purchase fees with promo code JUN22HOT50<\/em>. These are also Metabanks. Side note: if Metabanks were in a race with other gift cards, they\u2019d come in third out of three in their age group.<\/li>\n
  5. Reader\/maestro Larry often says something like: \u201cNever hold a deposit account at a bank that has credit cards that you care about.\u201d Something innocuous on the deposit account side of the business involving know your customer regulations<\/a>, loss prevention, or fraud concerns can often lead to eyes on your credit card portfolio, and eyes on your credit card portfolio are rarely a good thing.\n

    With the above in mind, I\u2019d suggest giving a moment of thought to the following item that everyone seems to be talking about: The new American Express Business checking account that has a relatively measly 20,000 Membership Rewards sign-up bonus<\/a> after a few hoops and allows Platinum card holders to cash-out Membership Rewards at one cent per point. <\/p>\n

    You can probably guess that I don\u2019t think you should go for it. American Express cards are too valuable to risk holding a deposit account with their banking division, and Platinum card holders (and others) can always cash-out at a penny per point<\/a> even without this checking account.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Metabank gift cards are kind of a big deal, third place (out of three) in the 14-17 year old age division.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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