Introduction A reader asked this question the other day, “Has anyone tried to use a debit card via Paypal checkout?” Now on the surface this sounds like a good liquidation strategy for your VGC, but it’s really not due to the opportunity cost (where are my TravelisFree readers at?) of not using a 2-3% card. […]
Introduction As you all have read, the world had come to an end on October 13 with the death of Redbird (at least for my buddy @Mastermind85.) For me though, it had already died a month earlier. The reason for that is now there are only 3% cards (except if I decide to jump back […]
Introduction Some of you may remember the bad news from July about the Barclays Arrival card changes whereby the card will only give a 5% rebate on redemptions instead of 10%. Here’s DoC’s recap of it and a quote: When these changes go into effect depend on when you applied for the card. Here are […]
Introduction In the past, you were able to add additonal Barclays authorized user cards with just a name. It generated a new unique credit card number too. This was great when you were managing your friend’s Bluebird/Serve accounts and could load with non-AMEX credit cards. Once that route died, at least you could use it […]
Introduction I’m sure everyone has once bought one of those Paypal MyCash cards. Even today, you still can. However, like death and taxes, you WILL eventually get warned from Paypal if you do heavy volume on the MyCash cards. You may get lucky and get a warning or 2 warnings, but a 3rd warning is […]