Great idea!!!

That's so obvious, I feel like a fool to have not thought of it. That's way better than MPX if you're not meeting a minimum spend.

Chase doesn't seem to recognize it as an "airline" purchase. So, when using my Hyatt card, I don't receive 2 points/dollar.

Yes, this is my preferred strategy also. Not sure why more people do not do this. No brainer IMO. Worth 8-9% or so.

Except when Kroger is giving 4x fuel points on GCs. That is usually a bit better, certainly if you buy gas. You can even eBay the fuel points.

I wish Staples/OfficeMax/Depot sold Kroger GCs. Around here they do sell Albertson's, but it no longer has a fuel program.

I am using the Chase Freedom card with Amazon this quarter. 5% cash back on all purchases. Also using some cokereward GC certs for $10 GC per each of my three cokereward accounts at Amazon also. Cokerewards are covered in the SPAM forum. Basically 690 CR points per $10 GC. When I don't have either of these, it's the usual 1% cash back or one of my mile per dollar CCs for Amazon. Nice to hear about another option. So far, my only regular GC purchase at the grocery stores in my area are usually $50 Shell or BP GC for $40, usually when I spend $50 for groceries.

-outoftown

+1

Or do what I do which is keep taking 30 day Prime Trials. Create new email address and use different credit card. Works like a charm everytime.

Amazon is now 10% from Nov 23 - Dec 31 when using your Freedom CC...

Load the boat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Not only Amazon GC's but pretty much everything. Macy's, Red Lobster, PF Changs, Shell Gas, Starbucks, Disney.

Last year I went on a week long Disney trip with family. Total cost was roughly $5,000. Went to OM, bought 5k worth of Disney GC's which can be loaded up to $1,000, and then used them all to pay the trip. 25K UR right there.

Disney GCs can be used to pay for Disney Vacation Club timeshare dues. Very lucrative for those of us who like URs.

They just sent me an email saying limit 5 GCs for this purpose next year.

I had to get 2 Inks to handle my annual OM/OD/Staples GC/cell phone/internet purchases.

Since it's not obvious when logging to your Chase account that this exists (it's only in the FAQ, not on the main rotating bonus page), here the link to the FT thread about it:
Also, for those who don't know, it's really 10x the points, which can be redeemed for cashback (in which case it equates to 10% cashback), but can also be used in other ways.

I guess I should now rejoice that Amtrak Guest Rewards (AGR) left Chase (for BofA) and Chase converted my AGR Visa to a Freedom card last month, since that's the only reason I have a Freedom.

The Amazon Store Card, not to be confused with the Amazon CC issued by Chase, gives you 5% cash back on all Amazon purchases...5% cash is, IMHO, about as good as it gets (no annual fee, no maximum).

Having said that, I bought a boatload of GC's using the Amex promo at Smart&Final last year ($25 back when spend $50, or 50% off), and just now Amex had a $15 off $60 at Amazon, so I should be good for 2016. It helps having nearly 20 Amex cards!

One person has nearly 20, or are you adding up cards from more than one person? :confused:

Given:
even nearly 10 Amex cards (unless you're counting a bunch of cards on the Amex network but not issued by Amex-the-bank) sounds like a lot, since more than half of them would have to be charge cards (if all were from Amex-the-bank).

Only if you're an Amazon Prime member.

Or business cards. AFAIK, the limit only applies to personal cards.

According to more recent posts in that thread that's not the case. It applies to both business and personal credit cards. However, some people may have a limit other than 4, plus many people don't understand which of their cards are credit cards and which are cards (or that this rule only applies to credit cards), which makes analysis of datapoints confusing. But if you search that thread for "business" and go the last page of results, you'll get for example a post from someone got denied for a 5th credit card exactly because they erroneously though that business cards didn't count.