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Feb 12, 2013, 8:39 am

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Frequent Miler

Join Date: Sep 2011

Location: Ann Arbor, MI

Posts: 308

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Originally Posted by Spacetime17

I anticipate having some chunky tax bills this year. I was planning to give FrequentMiler's method a try (Amex GCs through BigCrumbs, then using those to purchase Visa cards on GiftCardMall, then multiple payments over the phone). I haven't done all the math, but I'm thinking that the 1.4% rebate at BigCrumbs and 1% for FatWallet (for GiftCardMall) should just about offset the fees.

Does anyone have any recent experience using this method?

BigCrumbs doesn't pay out the 1% for purchases of Visa gift cards.

I don't think it is worth it, but you could do this: go through BigCrumbs to buy a $200 GiftCardMall GC and get $2 back (1% of $200), then use that GC to buy the $1000 Visa gift card. They won't let you apply more than one.

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