{"id":5716,"date":"2022-11-04T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-04T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/?p=5716"},"modified":"2023-04-18T11:17:10","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T17:17:10","slug":"its-double-dipping-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/04\/its-double-dipping-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekend Slide"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a class=\"ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.staplesconnect.com\/weeklyad\">Staples has fee free $200 Visa gift cards<\/a> starting Sunday and running through the following Saturday, limit eight per transaction. As usual, try and run multiple transactions back-to-back and have a liquidation plan in place since these are Metabank gift cards. (Thanks to <a class=\"ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/gcgalore.com\/staples-buy-200-visa-gift-cards-with-no-purchase-fee\/\">GC Galore<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Southwest personal credit cards have a boosted sign-up bonus of 75,000 Rapid Rewards points and a reduced spend requirement of $3,000 in three months. The increased offers run through December 5. It\u2019s a good time to get these if you want a companion pass because you can get two years worth by:\n<p>\u2013 Applying for <a class=\"ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.southwest.com\/html\/rapidrewards\/partners\/credit-cards\/southwest-airlines-rapid-rewards-cards\/index.html\">a personal card<\/a> now (75,000 points after $3,000 in spend)<br \/>\u2013 Applying for <a class=\"ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.southwest.com\/html\/rapidrewards\/partners\/credit-cards\/southwest-airlines-rapid-rewards-business-cards\/index.html\">a business card<\/a> now (80,000 points after $5,000 in spend)<br \/>\u2013 Spending approximately $2,900 before December 31 on the personal card<br \/>\u2013 Spending approximately $4,900 before December 31 on the business card<br \/>\u2013 And finally, spend $100+ on each card on January 1<\/p>\n<p>The companion pass will last through the end of 2024. Also, don\u2019t forget to use a friend\u2019s referral link when you apply, they\u2019ll appreciate it and earn 20,000 bonus points too. Seriously though, find someone\u2019s referral link to use.<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/etoro.com\/\">eToro<\/a> is a weird crypto brokerage with weird functionality that sometimes helps manufactured spenders, so it\u2019s a good place to have an account in general (remember, the weird is what keeps us in business). Now there\u2019s another good incentive: a $360 new account bonus. To get it:\n<p>\u2013 Click through the <a class=\"ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gocashback.com\/stores\/etoro\">Gocashback portal<\/a> in a clean browser for a $120 bonus<br \/>\u2013 Sign-up for eToro and <a class=\"ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/etoro-cdn.etorostatic.com\/studio\/content\/lp\/cache_1\/etoro-lps\/progressive\/pdf\/promo-us.pdf\">deposit $2,000 for another $240 bonus<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll have to deposit by December 31 and keep the money at eToro for 90 days after deposit. You\u2019re not eligible if you already have an eToro account or closed one in the last 30 business days, so there\u2019s barely still time to churn an account for existing customers too. (Thanks to <a class=\"ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.doctorofcredit.com\/etoro-brokerage-240-bonus-plus-50-120-portal-bonus\/\">DoC<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t forget that tomorrow is BankAmeriDay. Yes I made that up, and yes, it\u2019s just as stupid as <a class=\"ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bankofamerica.com\/online-banking\/mobile-and-online-banking-features\/bankamerideals-cash-back-deals\/\">BankAmeriDeals<\/a>). It\u2019s a great time to manufacture spend because you\u2019ll earn:\n<p>\u2013 An extra 2x miles on co-branded cards<br \/>\u2013 An extra 2% cash back on other cards<\/p>\n<p>Coincidentally, <a class=\"ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aadvantageeshopping.com\/p\/extra-rewards.htm\">AA eShopping has 4,000 bonus miles for spending $1,500<\/a> or more and <a class=\"ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aadvantageeshopping.com\/me____.htm?keywords=giftcards.com&amp;gmid=5604\">giftcards.com is currently 3x<\/a>, so I\u2019d run with that on a Bank of America card tomorrow as part of your game. With $1,500 in Visa or Mastercard gift cards you\u2019ll earn 8,607 AA miles and 4,607 AA loyalty points. (Thanks to RabbMD)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-editorskit-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5717\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" src=\"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/bankameriguy.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/bankameriguy.jpg 500w, https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/bankameriguy-225x300.jpg 225w\" width=\"420\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:14px\">BankAmeriGuy, the official mascot of BankAmeriDay.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Staples has fee free $200 Visa gift cards starting Sunday and running through the following Saturday, limit eight per transaction. As usual, try and run<\/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":2,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","footnotes":""},"categories":[54,53,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-credit-cards","category-gift-cards","category-ms-hints"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5716","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=5716"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5716\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6909,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5716\/revisions\/6909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}