Originally Posted by
rrgg
Since you wished knowing about this earlier, I'll mention that I did this sort of thing with my AAA credit card when I was a starving grad student. (that's 3 A's for the auto club). They allowed free traveller's checks, so I used it to float cash while waiting for my stipend. You might still be able to do this, but I'm not sure.
AAA changed the terms recently; now TC purchased are processed as cash advance including AAA credit cards.