My apologies for the lack of updates, folks. It’s the busy season at work and I’ve been running from one fire to the next (some days literally!). Since I had to skip the last weekly review, consider this a preview of the upcoming bi-weekly catch-up review. Menards has it’s 11% sale again this week, so Read More »
It’s been a busy week- with value tactics and at work. This weekly review is a day late. What are they gonna do, take away my birthday? I used the free gas tactic to get $6.52 worth of free gas this week. At Menards this week I made off with $179.51 in free stuff! For Read More »
The last weekly update mentioned I was going to do a mini app-o-rama. I applied online for 2 cards that night: the CitiBusiness Platinum Select American Airlines AAdvantage World MasterCard (what a mouthful!), and the Chase IHG Rewards Club card. I’ll post full reviews of each card later, but for now I’ll just mention each Read More »
Over the last two weeks I picked up $179.51 in free stuff from Menards! And more importantly, I found out what happens when you buy a rebate item from a sale that has expired, but that still has the sign up in the store. On Wednesday evening I went into the store to buy the Read More »
Lots to report this week… I used the free gas tactic to get $9.82 worth of free gas this week. That brings my 2015 total to $149.66, which means that 17.6% of my work commute this year has been FREE! Menards had their 11% sale last week but this week’s ad flyer has 4 free Read More »
ValueTactics.com could never be complete if I didn’t write a post about my favorite sources. Anyone blogging about credit cards, points, miles, etc. is truly standing on the shoulders of giants. I figured it might help my readers to learn where I get much of my info. If you’ve been in this game for any Read More »
I redeemed 8,750 My SA Rewards points for the 0.50/gallon gas coupon and used it on double coupon Tuesday this week. I pumped $26.50 in free gas on that purchase. That brings my total free gas (for work commute miles only) to $139.84 since January 1st! Learn how I did it at my free gas Read More »
“I’m too disorganized to do this stuff.” No you are not! Friends and relatives often tell me they wouldn’t be able to manage having multiple credit cards at once because they are simply not an organized person. As I pointed out in this post, the majority of my tracking and recording isn’t necessary to get Read More »
