![]() ![]() No – enroll in Shopkick for your Office Depot purchases.Yes – enroll in Visa Savings Edge for your Staples purchases.No – enroll in Shopkick for your Office Depot purchases.ĭo you have a Chase Ink Bold/Plus Visa Credit Card?.No – go to CVS and buy One Vanilla Gift Cards.ĭo you typically buy Visa/MasterCard gift cards at Staples?.No – convert your Bluebird Card to a Serve Card.ĭo you have a Chase Ink Bold/Plus Credit Card?.Here is a simplified explanation of what this post says:ĭo you plan on loading these gift cards to your Bluebird Card at Walmart? I am working on a bunch of tutorials about that card. If you do not have a Walmart store nearby, you really should looking into get a Serve Card. You can also liquidate the gift cards via Amazon Payments for free too. Pros/Cons: if your ultimate goal is to load the gift cards to your Bluebird Card, you will need to make more trips to Walmart if you decide to go with the $200 gift cards from Staples. Read all about this method How to use Shopkick with Office Depot. This is slightly better, but not all Office Depot stores currently participate in Shopkick and it takes a few weeks for the Shopkick Kicks to show up in your account. Secret third option: if you have an Office Depot store closer than a Staples store, you can purchase $200 gift cards in store and earn Shopkick Kicks worth $2.32 cents, which leads to a new “activation fee” of $4.63, divide that by 1,035 Chase Ultimate Rewards Points, and we get 0.45 cents per point. This is less than half the cost of buying One Vanilla Gift Cards. If we subtract that from the $6.95 activation fee, our new “activation fee” is $4.88, divide that by 1,035 Chase Ultimate Rewards Points, and we get 0.47 cents per point. A $206.95 purchase will earn $2.07 cash back. If you have a Visa business credit card, you need to enroll in Visa Savings Edge so you can start earning 1% cash back on Staples purchases of $200 or more. You will earn 1,035 Chase Ultimate Rewards Points for $6.95, or 0.67 cents per point. ![]() The gift card comes with a $6.95 activation fee, so your total will be $206.95. Emphasis on the Visa business credit card. Second option: purchase $200 Visa/MasterCard Gift Cards at Staples with your Chase Ink Bold/Plus Visa Credit Card. That isn’t quite as good as 0.78 cents per point ($3.95 / 504) that the Vanilla Reload Cards used to generate, but it is a decent option. You will earn 505 miles/points for $4.95, or 0.98 cents per point. The gift card comes with a $4.95 activation fee, so your total will be $504.95. If you do not have that credit card, here are your other choices:įirst option: purchase $500 One Vanilla Gift Cards at CVS with a miles/points credit card. If you have that credit card, you should stop reading this post right now, because that is the best credit card for manufactured spending ( FlyerTalkthread). Some credit cards, like the old American Express Blue Cash Credit Card earn 5% cash back at CVS, with no annual spending cap. Well, the answer is yes and no, depending on which credit cards you currently have. People have been asking if One Vanilla gift cards are the best way to manufacture spend. Since Vanilla Reload Cards have gone cash-only at CVS, I have been getting a lot of interest in my post, No VRC? Try One Vanilla. $500 One Vanilla Gift Cards from CVS or $200 Visa Gift Cards from Staples?Įarlier today, I posted this question on Twitter (why aren’t you following me, I share some good stuff on there) and here is my answer… ![]()
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