by Dan Miller | Jul 7, 2014 | all, free money, manufactured spending
So in my last post, I talked about the ongoing promotion at Kroger owned stores (Kroger, Smiths, Ralphs, Frys, Dillons, etc) where you get a $5 coupon if you buy a Visa or Mastercard gift card. My plan was to buy 12 $500 gift cards for a total of 27,000 American...
by Dan Miller | Jul 7, 2014 | all, free money, manufactured spending
Subtitle: How to get 27,000 American Express Membership Rewards points for under $20 of spend. Keep reading to find out how to do it. Kroger is running a deal that I first saw it with Travel With Grant and later also saw by Miles to Memories. The promotion is if you...
by Dan Miller | Jul 6, 2014 | all, dontrepost, manufactured spending
I’ve had a few requests to talk about manufactured spending, and how it works in today’s world. I’ve talked about manufactured spending as a a way to meet spending on credit cards, but the basic idea is that you want to spend money on your credit...
by Dan Miller | Jul 2, 2014 | all, manufactured spending
So I’ve been in the mood to talk about manufactured spending a bit lately. Perhaps it’s just the engineer in me, but I really love the idea of points and miles being a “game”. Or maybe it’s been this way because as it’s the start...
by Dan Miller | Jun 28, 2014 | all, free money, manufactured spending
I had an interesting thought this afternoon while taking advantage of the recent free money at Office Max. With 5x Chase Ultimate Rewards PLUS having to meet a $5000 spending target on our new Chase Ink card, it’s pretty much a no-brainer. Like I have always...
Dan Miller travels with his wife and 6 (SIX!) children. He loves to help families travel for free / cheap, especially larger families. If you are looking for help, drop him an email at dan@pointswithacrew.com. 
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