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Credit Card Application Reconsideration Line Phone Numbers & Application...
Update: The offers mentioned below for the Starwood Preferred Guest Credit Cards from American Express has expired. View the current offers here – personal, business. This is the fourth post in a...
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Green Dot MoneyPaks vs. Vanilla Reloads
In Part 1 of his series on Green Dot MoneyPaks, TPG contributor Jason Steele introduced us to Green Dot and covered the basics of prepaid reloadable cards. In today’s post, he compares Green Dot to the...
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Update: You can no longer purchase Vanilla Reload cards using a credit card and Vanilla Reloads are no longer available in Office Depot. Our first question this week is from TPG reader Tony who is...
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Maximize Monday: Buying Vanilla Reloads at 7-11 and CVS To Generate Points...
Using Vanilla Reloads in combination with reloadable cards such as the Amex Bluebird is one of the most lucrative way to rack up points and miles using points-earning credit cards without having to...
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CVS Raises The Daily Vanilla Reload Purchase Limit To $5,000
Update: You can no longer purchase Vanilla Reload cards with a credit card. Vanilla Reloads are prepaid cards you can purchase in amounts up to $500 for a fee of $3.95 each. You then load your value...
View ArticleWill I Still Get Points For Auto Bill Pay?
Update: You can no longer purchase Vanilla Reload cards using a credit card and Vanilla Reloads are no longer available in Office Depot. TPG Twitter follower Michael tweeted me @thepointsguy this week...
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Will Credit Card Companies Flag $60k A Year In Purchases When My Annual...
TPG reader Andrew emailed asking about the Amex Bluebird: “I signed up for a Bluebird account last year in Q4 and have been maxing out the $5k spend per month on Vanilla Reloads at CVS. Here are my...
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Has CVS Stopped The Purchase of Vanilla Reloads With Credit Cards?
Over the weekend speculation was rampant as to whether CVS would stop allowing the purchase of Vanilla Reloads with credit cards thanks to a memo someone spotted in their local store to that effect....
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Buying Vanilla Reloads With a Credit Card: Alternatives To CVS
Buying Vanilla Reloads has been an important part of a lot of people’s credit card strategy of late. Unfortunately, CVS has stopped accepting credit cards for Vanilla Reload purchases, but TPG...
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Vanilla Cards and Bluebird At WalMart – Lessons Learned
Over the last month, manufactured spending participants realized that they could no longer load their Bluebird cards at WalMart stores using Vanilla brand gift cards and debit cards. At first there was...
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