Simon mall gift card(2014-2015)
Oct 29, 2014, 10:09 am
#481
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In my location the nearest mall is 35 miles away, so it's not such a good bargain for me.
Oct 29, 2014, 10:15 am
#482
Join Date: Feb 2007
Posts: 647
I stopped buying AMGC - too hard to convert them unless I know that I have a big purchase coming up..
Oct 29, 2014, 10:18 am
#483
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: SoCal
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Simon is my easy path right now as I do $19k month at a cost of $0.0059/pp (SPG mainly). Pick up $9500 every two weeks from the friendly staff there then unload at WM.
Oct 29, 2014, 1:02 pm
#484
Join Date: Nov 2011
Posts: 766
But I enjoyed doing this for a slight profit before counting the points! Not to mention, I was using it to "mileage run" Delta with the Reserve card, so not the same return as an arrival....I may do it to mileage run Delta next year, as I got my 60K done.
Oct 30, 2014, 7:07 am
#485
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: HOU, IAH
Posts: 194
Getting ready to travel for a month starting this weekend - almost all on points. After so much time gettting bills all set up on BB, I continue to fund my and SO's accounts through VGCs at mall. It's only 1 trip a month at 6 mi each way, fill out the form, and hit Kate on a couple of trips. In between AORs it's not that profitable, but Arrival points do add up and it's really handy for minimum spend when I get the new cards each quarter. Looking to consistently accumulate about 300k points a year (yeah, I'm conservative and also work for a living so MS is only a hobby).
Oct 31, 2014, 9:10 am
#487
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Columbus OH
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For those of you who are doing extremely high volume (10k+/mo.)... Are you doing this to only meet spend bonuses? Or are you doing this just to churn normal points? Is it worth it, to just churn normal points? (I know it's worth it if we are just talking dollars, but what about the added risk of not being able to unload a large volume if policies change?)
Also for those who are doing large volumes, what percentage goes to where? MO's, BB, Serve, etc?
Also for those who are doing large volumes, what percentage goes to where? MO's, BB, Serve, etc?
Oct 31, 2014, 9:22 am
#488
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: BOS
Programs: Marriott, AAdvantage, United, Club Carlson
Posts: 1,687
Can we get a wiki for this thread? I'm slightly confused on the process for SM gift cards. Would love to finish the last $2000 on my credit card spend soon.
Thx!
Thx!
Oct 31, 2014, 10:59 am
#490
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: BOS, PVD
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For those of you who are doing extremely high volume (10k+/mo.)... Are you doing this to only meet spend bonuses? Or are you doing this just to churn normal points? Is it worth it, to just churn normal points? (I know it's worth it if we are just talking dollars, but what about the added risk of not being able to unload a large volume if policies change?)
Also for those who are doing large volumes, what percentage goes to where? MO's, BB, Serve, etc?
Also for those who are doing large volumes, what percentage goes to where? MO's, BB, Serve, etc?
Oct 31, 2014, 11:35 am
#491
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Location: BOS
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Oct 31, 2014, 12:20 pm
#493
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Chyona
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Boston i understand your question, you want a wiki with buy limits/docs need to buy/etc... to put is in simpler terms, its like buy VR's from CVS except simon locations have different limits for how many vgc once can purchase per day so a wiki will only have conflicting information, i would encourage you to visit your local mall, buy 1-2k and kindly ask the person helping you how much you can buy per-day, etc.
Oct 31, 2014, 2:25 pm
#494
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Boston i understand your question, you want a wiki with buy limits/docs need to buy/etc... to put is in simpler terms, its like buy VR's from CVS except simon locations have different limits for how many vgc once can purchase per day so a wiki will only have conflicting information, i would encourage you to visit your local mall, buy 1-2k and kindly ask the person helping you how much you can buy per-day, etc.
Oct 31, 2014, 10:10 pm
#495
Join Date: Jan 2014
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