Does anyone know how I can find those items sold by Amazon (not FBA or third party sellers)? I ask this to get $10 off an item with Discover one click offer. I tried looking at the product description of things I’m interested in, but it doesn’t say if it’s sold by amazon. Is there another way to find out? TIA
Download the WM app and start adding your receipts under Savings catcher tab. If something you bought the last 7 days are cheaper elsewhere in your area, you’ll get the price difference added to your account. Try it and see.
I have not been posting at FW for years now but have continued to lurk and read discussions. I’m glad there’s a new set up where FWR can hang out to continue discussions.
@eyj I discussed this not too long ago with a DS manager who also does light MS and asked her if they submitted L3 data and she said NO due to certain HIPPA provisions. I’ll take her word on that (at least for now unless there are new developments). Hopefully we can continue to MS via two major DS chains.
@jaytrader chatting with axp reps has not been reliable for me, even talking to them on the phone. in the past, I wanted to reconcile how much more I have left before I reach the $50K cap since I didn’t want to “overspend” on it. Two reps on the phone were so confident telling me that "not only was the first $6.5K part of the cap BUT also ALL spend was part of it and the time I called I was short of $4xx.xx. I knew they were outright wrong but what will I get trying to argue with them? I just monitored my statements to check if I was still earning 5% on the 3 categories and when I found I was, I knew they were wrong so I didn’t press further. I maxed out my spend with careful calculation and got all except $10 which I will not “fight” for ; ) Working on other old cards now to reach the cap and now I’m more confident the cap is AFTER the initial huge spend and the full cap is NOT based on all spend after initial $6.5K is reached.
@jaytrader talking about the old blue card, I am just starting on a new year and fwr, I “think” I got shorted of a few $$ since my records show I earned only $2490, but then, not counting other perks like the BBY points earned for huge discounts or even free items there, free $ on WMgc($10/$50), huge discounts on cellphone and cable bills (all these from sync offers), I didn’t call to account for the ten to avoid eyeballs on my account. I’m sure all those with old blue will agree it’s a keeper unless the team decides to scrutinize all accounts for MS. 98% of spending on this card is MS related.
I have now changed my strategy and focused more on CBs with the right cards this year. I still have URs to burn on hotels but for flights, I prefer to pay for them although not full price just doing some research online. CBs are not more flexible, I find it easier to keep track of them with my methods of MSing these days. Overall, I’m still picking low hanging fruits which I hope will still be there for a while since they’re not discussed anywhere.
Now that CCs have come up with their respective abuse team to monitor accounts and it has affected MS in a lot of ways. Because of this development, posting information that is open to all is like asking the abuse teams for an immediate shutdown and makes their job very easy. It is not surprising why a lot of people share deals via private meetings and discuss strategies that have not leaked to the general public. In other words, sharing deals has become very limited among small groups to prolong the deal.
the MS forum at FT is now taken over by newbies, many of whom prefer to be spoonfed or they PM to ask someone to teach them the ropes. While PMs has become the norm for vets, (not necessarily HHs) I’m not too keen on those who just ask for dole-outs while promising they won’t share it with others. 
Why would someone enjoying a loophole/unicorn share it with a stranger who they have to draw arrows and circles for them to fully understand?
I was a member of a private app group but I left when I noticed that only a few of us contributed our “unicorn sightings” while many would just try it and report results. I was looking for discussion that was productive also for me, not looking for reports whether something reported worked for them or not. On the other hand, there are also groups that pressure members to come up with something “useful” to everyone or they will get locked out soon. I decided I’ll just monitor reddit/FW/DoC and be in control of what I’d like to share.
afaik, at most WM Supercenters, vanilla MCGCs issued by Bancorp are sold cash only. I’ve noticed this several times at different WMs, different states and have not tried if it’s hardcoded on the registers since cashiers tell me outright I have to pay in cash before they scan the card.