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Old Jan 17, 2011 | 8:10 pm
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benmaller
 
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Austin TX
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Originally Posted by mjfink
It's one of those "spend 25K in 3 months; get more SPG points" promos on the Amex card. I might hit it with my normal expenses, but I don't want to worry about it; so I need a fallback position if I can't get the spend "normally" and through orders from the Mint.

Is there any "normal" Visa/MC/Amex gift card that I can buy with no (or almost no) transaction fees that will work like this? I only pick HD because I know I can spend it in the future, but, even better would be Visa/MC/Amex card (and, best of all would be one that I can take in for cash!).

Please, feel free to point me in another direction!
You can order AMEX GC online at americanexpress.com/gift. You can use the code: EMSVC2 to avoid the purchase fees. There is also a 90 day free shipping trial. If you click through bigcrumbs, as others have mentioned, you can get 1.6% cashback.

NOTE: AMEX GC no longer work for Mint purchases but will work fine almost anywhere AMEX is accepted.
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