Good Bye My Dear Friends
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#62
Join Date: Sep 2011
Posts: 72
Good Bye My Dear Friends
Ya, my savings bonds have done extremely well and when used for education expenses are almost state and fed tax free. I was using the 5% GM card which allowed me to purchase a brand new Corolla/prizm for $8,000 on now bankrupt cars.com. Good run while it lasted.
#63
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Land of the parrots and parrotheads
Programs: Several dozen
Posts: 4,820
Also recalling various airline toolbars that used to give miles when used for inquiries and US Bank offers to get cash advances for FlexPerks at favorable interest rates and minimal fees. Long ago friends that now RIP.
#66
Join Date: Dec 2010
Posts: 1,310
RIP early 2000s getting a promotional check with 0% interest for a year and no fees (!) and writing said check for 85k, depositing it into a one year CD and cashing out a year later, paying off the balance, and pocketing $4000 ^
The good ole days
The good ole days
#67
Join Date: Aug 2014
Posts: 1,298
Barc Arrival portal on AGC/calling "Greg" at Amex to register AGC cards/TopCash to get between .5% and 1% on personalized VGC from giftcardmall/unloading into BB a week later, 2 runs per month. I was late to that party but I got a few months in.
Staples VisaSavingsEdge as mentioned, nice perk
Staples VisaSavingsEdge as mentioned, nice perk
#68
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: NYC
Posts: 415
4x Alaska miles for AGC.
Also, anyone remember a deal Discover had for the malls around the holidays? You made a purchase and then turned in your receipt and got something like $20 for every $200 you spent. I did lots of shopping and lots of returns at different malls
Also, anyone remember a deal Discover had for the malls around the holidays? You made a purchase and then turned in your receipt and got something like $20 for every $200 you spent. I did lots of shopping and lots of returns at different malls
#69
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Washington, DC
Programs: UA Plat MM, AA Gold, Hyatt Explorist, Hilton Gold, IHG Plat, Marriott Titanium Elite
Posts: 5,015
#70
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Land of the parrots and parrotheads
Programs: Several dozen
Posts: 4,820
The UFB debit card and the Suntrust debit card are members of the Z-Nation. If you have money in the bank and can find a drug store that issues MOs by cards, UFB limps along like a character from an old George Romero movie.
#72
Join Date: Apr 2010
Posts: 342
If you're referring to view Best Buy, they still do give points for purchases of gift cards, including Visa. The difference is that even if you're an elite member, you only ever get 1X points.
I know that you can't use the rewards certificates on Visa gift cards, but I think it's still possible to buy merchant cards. I don't remember exactly.
Something that definitely did die with them, though, is the ability to buy Visa gift cards using Best Buy gift cards.
I know that you can't use the rewards certificates on Visa gift cards, but I think it's still possible to buy merchant cards. I don't remember exactly.
Something that definitely did die with them, though, is the ability to buy Visa gift cards using Best Buy gift cards.
Only lasted about a couple weeks (maybe two) but it was massively profitable. Downside is I'm BBBFL (Best Buy Banned For Life)
#73
Join Date: Apr 2010
Posts: 342
Downside of this is back then there was so much MS momentum that having 85k tied up for a year wouldn't seem like a good idea (unless you had substantial capital).
#75
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Land of the parrots and parrotheads
Programs: Several dozen
Posts: 4,820
And then there is this MS story from tales from the crypt...
Years back you could get student loans with 0% interest in college and invest then in banks or preferred stocks at up to 15% interest. These days students pay student loans with interest in college and investment rates are so bad they are even negative in some places.
See how Japan has gamed the interest rate limbo game. It answers the question "How low can you go?"
http://thediplomat.com/2016/02/what-...interest-rate/
Years back you could get student loans with 0% interest in college and invest then in banks or preferred stocks at up to 15% interest. These days students pay student loans with interest in college and investment rates are so bad they are even negative in some places.
See how Japan has gamed the interest rate limbo game. It answers the question "How low can you go?"
http://thediplomat.com/2016/02/what-...interest-rate/