I was kidding.
I knowlingly posted that way.

The last one I saw like the pudding thing was when gift cards were hot and you could essentially earn free or near-free miles thru the use of purchasing cards that could be cashed out with a few short steps.

Now they are few and far between if they even exist. Those that do often have high fees and restrtictions not worth doing it for. While some people had great success (self included) some did not.

I know that the AMEX Traveler's Fund card is also going to die soon and I have been loading and unloading it vigorously, seeing as how it's last day to do so will be when the Red Sox clinch the AL EAST ( end of this month). This gift card enabled one to earn many a Starpoint because an AMEX could load it, thereby creating a $2700+ purchase on your AMEX bill, and that many starpoints in your account by next statement. You could later cash out the TC card but it always was laced with risk and issue. Now that they have discontinued it and are no longer supporting it, I am finding its risk of fast load and unload is gone, but its days are numbered so you wont get much if you still have one. Anyway, I will be looking for something like it. I should be able to load it a few more times before the sad end.