Free 2,500 Chase Sapphire Rewards Points + $5 Free Postage With Stamps.com

Posted on September 6, 2011 // 21 Comments

If you signed up for the Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card recently (most likely for their $625 travel bonus offer, like me), here’s how to get another $25 out of the deal. As cardholders, log into the Chase Ultimate Rewards shopping mall, which is one of those shopping portals where you get rebated points for buying stuff at online merchants. Right now, you can get 2,500 points (worth $25 or 2500 miles) and $5 in free printable postage just for signing up for a free 4-week trial at Stamps.com.

Chase Saphire Preferred Card Screenshot

This comes via Infamousdx via Flyertalk. Not bad for a few minutes and one phone call. I still have a Stamps.com weight scale from way back when they were giving away $50+ in printed postage with a free membership trial. (Although don’t order the scale with this offer, as they charge shipping.) I don’t remember any hassles and printed the postage on my old inkjet with no issues.

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TradeKing $100 New Account Bonus Via Referral (September 2011)

Posted on September 3, 2011 // 3 Comments

Online stock brokerage firm TradeKing.com has a $100 bonus via referral promo for September 2011. If you get a referral from an existing account holder, open a new account with at least $1,000, and make a trade, both people will get $100. TradeKing offers $4.95 trades (market & limit) with no minimum balance requirement. I’ve had an account for years now, and they’ve gotten the job done without issues. They’ve recently added some social community features (which I don’t use), and were rated #1 in customer service by SmartMoney magazine in 2010. The details:

  • New customer must fund new non-IRA account with a minimum of $1,000 within 30 days of new account opening, and must execute one trade within 180 days of new account opening.
  • The minimum funds of $1,000 must remain in the account (minus any trading losses) for a minimum of 180 days of new account opening or the credit may be surrendered.

A new feature is that they allow referrals by Twitter, so you should just be able to simply click on this link and be done with it. There is no promotion code, but the page does show:

Thanks for taking your friend’s suggestion to open a TradeKing account — we think you’ve made a great decision. We’ll treat you like a best friend should, we promise, and as a bonus, we’ll put $100 in your account.**

If you’d like an official referral just contact me, and I’ll be happy to send you one. I only need your e-mail address, please allow 24 hours. Offer expires Septmeber 30th, 2011.

Also, if you transfer an account of $2,500 value or greater from another broker over to TradeKing, they will also refund up to $150 in account transfer fees charged by your old broker. Both promotions are able to be combined.

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150 Delta Skymiles For Watching 1-Minute Video

Posted on August 30, 2011 // 7 Comments

You can grab an easy 150 Delta Airlines Skymiles by visiting this website and watching a quick video about $300 Bose QuietComfort 15 noise-canceling headphones. Earn another 350 miles if you stop by a Bose store and do a live demo. Delta miles no longer expire, but hey it’s free. “Offers valid August 29, 2011, through September 12, 2011, while miles supplies last.”

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$300 in Gift Cards or $399 towards Airfare or Hotel from Citi ThankYou Premier Card

Posted on August 13, 2011 // 17 Comments

Citi Thank You Premier CardThe Citi ThankYou Premier Card currently offers 30,000 bonus ThankYou Points after $2,000 in purchases within 3 months of account opening. That is enough to redeem for $300 in gift cards at stores including Walmart, Home Depot, Lowes, and CVS Pharmacy. Alternatively, you can get $399 in airfare or hotels when you redeem through their ThankYou Travel Center (prices match Expedia.com). If you redeemed for Walmart gift cards and exchanged them online at a site like PlasticJungle.com, you would net $270 in cash.

This is their new travel-oriented card, with no foreign transaction fee on purchases and you can also earn points based on the amount of miles you actually fly. The annual fee is free the first year, $125 in later years if you keep it. Alternatively, if you want a card with no annual fee period, the Citi ThankYouSM Preferred Card is offering a $250 gift card when you redeem the 25,000 bonus ThankYou® Points received after $2,000 in purchases within 4 months of account opening.

Also compare with other $500+ top credit card bonuses currently available, although you can apply for more than one.

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TradeKing Broker: Free Stock Trades on 8/12

Posted on August 11, 2011 // Leave a Comment

Discount stock broker TradeKing.com will be offering their customers free trades for all of Friday, 8/12/11:

In appreciation of your business, this Friday we’ll be offering a special free trade day for all clients. Any trades placed throughout the day on August 12 will be absolutely free of commissions. How it works is simple. If you trade on Friday 8/12, you’ll see the commission charged as usual. As of Saturday, 8/13, you’ll still see the trade in your Account Activity page with all commissions waived.

Trades are regularly priced at $4.95, so it’s mainly just a nice gesture. New clients should grab the $100 bonus they have for August 2011 and also the transfer fee rebate if moving money from another broker.

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3.25% APY Savings Account – Deposit Limits, Ohio Residents Only

Posted on August 11, 2011 // 5 Comments

Reader Alison shares a unique savings account program for residents of Ohio. The SaveNOW program is a higher interest savings account supported by the state in order to encourage savings. The maximum balance on this account is $5,000 and pays 3.25% APY. The fine print regarding deposit limits is a bit confusing. It says:

Limits single deposits to $500 at a time with the exception of lump sum payments such as; a tax return, insurance settlement or inheritance payment

If I read this to mean that each resident to deposit a maximum of $500, every other year, then it would take nearly 20 years to reach the maximum? Otherwise, you might overpay taxes to max out the benefit. In any case, this is not going to make anyone rich, but can be a nice incentive given the program’s goals. A couple could deposit $1,000 every other year up to $10,000 combined.

Does anyone know of similar programs for other states?

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Two Movie Tickets For $4 Each – Sprint Promo

Posted on August 9, 2011 // 2 Comments

Sprint has some sort of group-buying promotion called Sprint Ticket Takedown (expired) where the more people register their e-mail and cell number, the lower the price of a movie ticket you can get from either Fandango or MovieTickets.com. You can register any time before 8/14, but you must come back on 8/15 to buy the tickets. One day only.

According to the fine print, only 100,000 tickets will be available, and each registrant can buy two. As of 8/9, there are already over 87,000 registrants. If that number reaches 95,001 then the ticket price will reach the lowest possible $4. I think that’s a pretty safe bet, so you’ll probably want to come back pretty early on 8/15 (opens 12:01am Eastern, so even late Sunday night for some). (Update: It worked, I got two tickets for $4 each at Fandango.com. Sweet!)

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Can An Amazon Kindle with Ads Pay For Itself With Coupons?

Posted on August 8, 2011 // 17 Comments

This is the story of how I ended up buying an Amazon Kindle with Special Offers (WiFi) today for $114. I am one of those guys that loves the feel of traditional books and really didn’t know much about eReaders. I figured the Kindle with Special Offers basically meant it came with ads. How annoying! But it turns out the ads never show up when you’re actually reading an book, and the “Special Offers” include some pretty good deals (mostly coupons good at Amazon). Past offers include a $20 Amazon gift certificate for $10, or any mp3 album for $1.

Right now, if you have a Kindle with Special Offers and “claim” it by 11:59pm Pacific August 8th, you can get 20% off select laptops at Amazon. The list actually includes laptops from Apple, Dell, and HP. Thus, if you were going to buy any laptop $570 or higher, this Kindle would essentially be free (plus more deals in the future). Apple laptops rarely go on sale, and you could be getting a $1000 Macbook Air for $800. The highly-motivated could probably buy/resell a higher-end Apple laptop on eBay and make some decent profit. (This is how I paid down a lot of student loan debt during the dot-com boom.) Some folks have been buying just the unique coupon code itself from owners for up to $50.

Of course, today is already August 8th, so to participate you’d have to buy a Kindle today from a retail outlet like Best Buy or Target. Some Apple laptops on Amazon have been going in and out of stock, but you have until September 8th to redeem your coupon.

(Update 8/9: The 20% off laptops is now over. The current offer I see is $15 of $30 in School Supplies at Amazon and $5 off Kindle lights.)

In any case, with some discipline hopefully this Kindle thing will continue pay for itself and my travel bag will be lighter. eBooks are only slightly cheaper than paper ones, especially if you consider resale value, but I do buy around a book a month. I’ve also thought about writing some cheap 99 cent eBooks for the Kindle bookstore. I haven’t even started reading about ways to hack this thing…

Here’s a question I couldn’t get a clear answer to… If you have a US Kindle with 3G, can you use their included web browser internationally? It seems to promise that you can buy and download eBooks over 3G abroad in 100 countries, but I’ve read conflicting reports about web browsing. If I can, I would be very tempted to upgrade to the WiFi+3G version with Special Offers. I know that with 3G coverage across the US you can do simple tasks like check your email on the road, which can be useful for the non-smartphone-with-data-plan crowd.

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Free Gogo Inflight Internet on Delta During August 2011

Posted on August 4, 2011 // 1 Comment

If you’re flying on Delta airlines in August over land, use the promo code DIETCOKEGOGO up checkout to get free WiFi inflight internet. Valid for Gogo Inflight plan of $12.95 or less (24 hour pass).

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TradeKing $100 New Account Bonus: No Promo Code or Referral Required (August 2011)

Posted on August 4, 2011 // 6 Comments

Online discount broker TradeKing has brought back their $100 sign-up bonus for new accounts, no promotional code or referral required. You must open with $2,500 and make 3 trades within 6 months. Offer expires 8/31/11.

To qualify for this offer, new accounts must be opened and funded with $2,500 or more. Account funding must occur within 30 days of account opening, and three trades must be executed within 180 days of account opening, for account to qualify. […] The minimum funds of $2,500 must remain in the account (minus any trading losses) for a minimum of 6 months or the credit may be surrendered. Other restrictions may apply.

If you transfer an account of $2,500 value or greater over to TradeKing, they will also refund up to $150 in account transfer fees charged by your old broker.

TradeKing will credit your account transfer fees up to $150 charged by another brokerage firm when completing an account transfer for $2,500 or more. Offer applies to new non retirement accounts funding for the first time. Credit will be deposited to your account within 30 days of receipt of evidence of charge.

TradeKing offers $4.95 trades with no minimum balance requirement or inactivity fees. I’ve been using them for a while, they are a good basic broker for ETFs and dollar-cost-averaging. I am not an active trader or daytrader.

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Top Credit Card Bonuses Roundup – July 2011

Posted on July 26, 2011 // 16 Comments

If you have a good credit score and the discipline not to get into consumer debt, you can profit from your responsibility by participating in various credit card sign-up incentives. The bonuses are not subject to tax, and by applying for only the best offers, you can add thousands of dollars to your income a year.

$500 in Gift Cards or $500 towards Student Loans, your Mortgage, Airfare or Hotel

The Citi ThankYou Premier Card is competing with a 50,000 ThankYou Point bonus. You get 50,000 bonus ThankYou Points after $2,500 in purchases within 3 months of account opening. 50,000 points is worth $500 in gift cards, airfare, or a check towards your student loan or mortgage. No annual fee. See this post for details.

$625 towards Airfare or Hotel

The Chase Sapphire Preferred is a rewards credit card offering new cardholders 40,000 bonus points after you spend $3,000 in purchases within the first 3 months. 50,000 points can be redeemed for $625 in travel since they offer a 25% boost towards airfare and hotels. No annual fee for the first year, $95 in future years. They also offer 2 points per dollar spent on dining & 1 point per dollar spent on all other purchases. Additional details here.

This is their new travel-oriented card, with no foreign transaction fee on purchases and you can also earn points based on the amount of miles you actually fly. The annual fee is free the first year, $95 in later years if you keep it. Alternatively, if you want a card with no annual fee period, the Citi ThankYouSM Preferred Card is offering 25,000 bonus points after $2,000 in purchases within 4 months.

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Free Popcorn with Facebook Like & Smartphone

Posted on July 18, 2011 // Leave a Comment

More social media bribery! Yahoo Movies will give you a coupon for a free small popcorn if you “Like” them on Facebook. The coupon will be sent via text message. Good at Regal Cinemas, United Artists Theatres or Edwards Theatres locations. From the FAQ:

*Must be a browser enabled phone to get a coupon. Coupon will be sent as a link in an SMS message. Standard carrier message and data rates may apply. Coupon valid for 7 days from when sent.

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