I just got back from my daily "errands". I cashed out $1,000 of Chase gift cards on my Bluebird with no fees for 1,000 Ultimate Rewards points at Walmart which is 5 minutes away. 80,000 Ultimate Rewards points is equivalent to a free rountrip ticket to Israel on United.
Vanilla Reloads are abundant at the local CVS and $200 Visa gift cards at Office Max, while not quite as abundant as VRs, were certainly more than I needed. I bought 4 because they have to be on separate transactions and I felt like I would be too much of a pain to them if I bought any more.
If you are curious, there are still 9 $200 visa gift cards at Office Max on Maple Road in Amherst as of this morning. I will be going back tomorrow to get more (on a different credit card), I hope they restock, but I have a feeling that they won't.
I bought the 4 cards on my Citibank AAdvantage card since I get double miles on up to $750 each month which is why I bought four. After the second one, I got a text message from Citi's fraud department asking if I had spent the money. Oops! No harm done, I replied that I did and the rest went through. My haul = 1,878 American Airlines miles (1,500 miles for the first $750 and 378 for the next $37.80). 90,000 American Airlines miles will get you a free rountrip ticket to Israel on American Airlines.
Posts
