Good Bye My Dear Friends
Jan 9, 2016, 10:20 am
#32
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Indianapolis
Programs: Hilton-Diamond Lifetime Platinum AA UA, WN-CP, SPG Gold.
Posts: 7,377
Wendy's Cups for AirTran, lot of dumpster diving, and paying employees an extra buck..,
The mint made the most miles...
'AA EX AND THE 100K CARD...got 5.
New Game on the way...
The mint made the most miles...
'AA EX AND THE 100K CARD...got 5.
New Game on the way...
Jan 9, 2016, 11:51 am
#34
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: TYS/BNA/ATL
Programs: UR, TYP, MR, C1, AA, UA, WN, BA, AS, AV, AC, Choice, Hyatt, IHG, Hilton, Wyndham, Marriott
Posts: 1,970
Fee free Green Dot MoneyPaks at Rite Aid, then loading them onto Serve and AccountNow
Loading Serve with CC at CVS for free.
Vanilla reloads at OD with Ink
Variable GCs at OD with CC
Loading Vanilla GCs onto Serve at WM
Reloadits at Safeway
Variable GCs at OM
Amex For Target
Amex Prepaid (blue one)
Amex Campus Edition and loading it at Campus B&N with Citi Forward
Citi Forward
Priceline 2x/5x
Citi Thankyou 5x on GGD for a year, and loading Serve with it at CVS for free
Citi Premier/Prestige flight points nad companion tickets
US Airways companion passes
Home Improvement cards for loading Serve/BB.
Loading Serve with CC at CVS for free.
Vanilla reloads at OD with Ink
Variable GCs at OD with CC
Loading Vanilla GCs onto Serve at WM
Reloadits at Safeway
Variable GCs at OM
Amex For Target
Amex Prepaid (blue one)
Amex Campus Edition and loading it at Campus B&N with Citi Forward
Citi Forward
Priceline 2x/5x
Citi Thankyou 5x on GGD for a year, and loading Serve with it at CVS for free
Citi Premier/Prestige flight points nad companion tickets
US Airways companion passes
Home Improvement cards for loading Serve/BB.
Last edited by yugi; Jan 12, 2016 at 9:03 am
Jan 10, 2016, 4:31 pm
#38
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Coconut Creek, FL
Programs: AA Lifetime Platinum-2 MM Starwood Plat,Delta DM
Posts: 975
That was one of my classic ones. I had only real verified charges but was racking up huge numbers on that one. Never to be repeated again. Amex Gift cards (I used them for business) that was good for double dipping via portals. Those days are LONG over. I thought they might bring them back for Christmas but they did not.
Jan 12, 2016, 8:51 am
#41
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: PHL
Programs: All
Posts: 65
Am I the only one old enough to remember c2it? That and savings bonds are where it all started for me.
The bonds I bought and was smart enough to hold on to are still paying great today thanks to the interest rate in effect back then.
The bonds I bought and was smart enough to hold on to are still paying great today thanks to the interest rate in effect back then.
Jan 12, 2016, 10:39 am
#42
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: SFO/SJC
Programs: MR,UR, UA, BA, AA, Hotels
Posts: 581
Other forgotten 'soldiers' (I think I have the number counting right, for those who didn't keep the number count going).
55. Google wallet and 08/23 VGC
56. giftcards.com with 1% G-points and free shipping
57. Unvision with Pin without registering
58. Evolve fee free GC (pay to HELOC)
59. Oink (non-starter, really)
60. giftcardmall.com with cashback portals ~ fees
55. Google wallet and 08/23 VGC
56. giftcards.com with 1% G-points and free shipping
57. Unvision with Pin without registering
58. Evolve fee free GC (pay to HELOC)
59. Oink (non-starter, really)
60. giftcardmall.com with cashback portals ~ fees
Jan 12, 2016, 11:09 am
#43
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Land of the parrots and parrotheads
Programs: Several dozen
Posts: 4,820
First Bank of the Spook (Northwest)
Second Bank of the Spook (Tower)
Bank of the Spotted Owl (Provident)
Bank of the Biker (Randolph)
Bank of the Zombie Buffalo (Plains)
Trustmark and all the other banks used to fund short term deposits with 60 day rollover IRA money
The ability to Smurf rollover IRAs and bank accounts to move great rivers of funds through points earning debit cards (aka debit card farming) made great contributions to the recapitalization of the broken banking system during the Great Recession. Sadly, changes in IRS regs finally killed Papa Smurf.
Second Bank of the Spook (Tower)
Bank of the Spotted Owl (Provident)
Bank of the Biker (Randolph)
Bank of the Zombie Buffalo (Plains)
Trustmark and all the other banks used to fund short term deposits with 60 day rollover IRA money
The ability to Smurf rollover IRAs and bank accounts to move great rivers of funds through points earning debit cards (aka debit card farming) made great contributions to the recapitalization of the broken banking system during the Great Recession. Sadly, changes in IRS regs finally killed Papa Smurf.
Last edited by AlohaDaveKennedy; Jan 12, 2016 at 11:15 am
Jan 12, 2016, 12:27 pm
#45
Original Member
Join Date: May 1998
Posts: 1,139
How could no one mention emoneymail.
That was the one that started it all for me.
It was Chase's person to person payment service.
It was $1,000 a day for a $1 fee. I put the maximum on it every business day on a Chase credit card (no credit card fees) and transferred every day from one email (funding) to another of my emails (receiving). Lasted for a couple of years, then it just would not work any longer for me. No shut down notice - it just stopped working. There were a couple of others like it (as noted in a post above, c2it was one of them) during the tech boom, but they shut people down much faster (or just went away in the crash).
That was the one that started it all for me.
It was Chase's person to person payment service.
It was $1,000 a day for a $1 fee. I put the maximum on it every business day on a Chase credit card (no credit card fees) and transferred every day from one email (funding) to another of my emails (receiving). Lasted for a couple of years, then it just would not work any longer for me. No shut down notice - it just stopped working. There were a couple of others like it (as noted in a post above, c2it was one of them) during the tech boom, but they shut people down much faster (or just went away in the crash).
