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- Some people went big, going well into six figure spend territory<\/li>\n
- Some tried to go big but were slowed significantly by fraud alerts<\/li>\n
- Some were happy to knock out a bit of holiday shopping and to pre-pay utilities for an extra boost<\/li>\n
- A few that have been shutdown by Bank of America in the past stood outside the window in the rain pretending not to gaze inside, but still watching everything out of out of the corner of their eyes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
There were people from multiple categories that were left scrambling after one of their own manufactured spend techniques flaked out. Lessons:<\/p>\n
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- Have a goal in place when there\u2019s a significant opportunity, whether it\u2019s six figures or $60, a goal will help focus your time (and it\u2019s ok to have a $60 goal too)<\/li>\n
- Have a backup plan in case something malfunctions<\/li>\n
- Set travel notifications on your cards<\/a> to reduce fraud alerts and locks<\/li>\n
- In the weeks leading up to a big opportunity, train the fraud alerts away from your cards with some spend<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Quick Hits<\/h4>\n
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- VanillaGift.com<\/a> has fee-free Visa gift cards with promo code SHOPEARLY22<\/em>. The promo is ostensibly ending on November 18, but let\u2019s just say their track record hasn\u2019t been great on that. Fortunately for everyone including reader Jim, these aren\u2019t Metabanks. (Thanks to mikep via MEAB slack)<\/li>\n
- Meijer has $10 in MPerks rewards<\/a> when clip the digital coupon and buy $150 or more in Visa gift cards through Saturday. You\u2019ll have to scale this one with multiple MPerks accounts. (Thanks to GC Galore<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
Happy Monday!<\/p>\n
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- Meijer has $10 in MPerks rewards<\/a> when clip the digital coupon and buy $150 or more in Visa gift cards through Saturday. You\u2019ll have to scale this one with multiple MPerks accounts. (Thanks to GC Galore<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
- In the weeks leading up to a big opportunity, train the fraud alerts away from your cards with some spend<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n