Ebates increases business AMEX Gift Cards cashback to 1.5% – 4.5% with Ebates Visa

  Looks like Ebates just increased their cashback portal to give 1.5% on business cards instead of 1%.  99% of people won’t care about this but the 1% of people who have the Ebates Visa card DO CARE because now we’re getting a 4.5% return on our money.  This gets me closer to the elusive […]

March 2015 Points Recap

Well, my Wells Fargo 5% card expired in the 1st week of March.  Of course that didn’t stop me from hitting it hard that final week.  What’s my new go-to manufactured spend method?  Buying AGC’s using a high cashback card.  I found one that gives me 3% on spend (not the Discover Miles card) + […]

Which banks report AU’s on credit reports and impact on financing/refinancing a home

So my wife and I just refinanced on our house.  It was pretty sudden since we had only bought our house a little over a year ago.  I was at lunch with some coworkers, and one of them mentioned she had just bought a new house and got a “great rate” with a friend at […]

The rationale for switching from Bluebird/Serve to the Target Red Card

  Updated 4/26/15  – As of 4/15/15, AMEX stopped letting you load with a non-AMEX credit card.  This has changed the math.  I’ve also removed the Softcard Serve since that product is no longer available to new customers. I had been debating on whether to make the switch from my Isis Serve to Redbird lately […]