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@mistercheap said in DUNKIN APP (activate required) Free Medium Cold Brew w/any prch, $2 Med Iced Coffee wy order ahead, $1 Chocolate Crossaint w/Drink, Free Carrot Cake Muffin w/drink exp 4/1:

@yoregano said in DUNKIN APP (activate required) Free Medium Cold Brew w/any prch, $2 Med Iced Coffee wy order ahead, $1 Chocolate Crossaint w/Drink, Free Carrot Cake Muffin w/drink exp 4/1:

Last month’s unlimited $2 cold brew (could include sweet foam and the specialty varieties) was better than this month’s $2 iced coffee, but it’s nice to see them continuing decent deals.

That offer was added later in the month of Feb as an ongoing offer, wasn’t part of the monthly activate deals. Maybe they’ll do something similar in March. Have to say, the cold brew is really very good.

Yes, you’re right that the $2 cold brew was an ongoing, unlimited offer that didn’t have to be activated, but it was available the whole month. I ordered one every Monday for the 100 point order ahead bonus. That said, who knows, maybe something similar will show up sometime.

Last month’s unlimited $2 cold brew (could include sweet foam and the specialty varieties) was better than this month’s $2 iced coffee, but it’s nice to see them continuing decent deals.

I got the offer and used it in-store. Since there is no minimum purchase amount, I still got the credit while also redeeming several dollars worth of rewards that were set to expire at the end of the month.

MyPoints has the equivalent offer for 170 points. InBox Dollars may also, but I haven’t used them in a while. For those that don’t know, all three of these companies have Prodege as the parent ownership company.

FYI: Currently, Panera cards are discounted 10% off face value for redemption ($10 cards for 9, 000 points, $25 for 22,500 points, and $50 for 45,000 points). Don’t know how long this will last, it says in the app “National Soup Day is Feb. 4!” so perhaps until then.

@mistercheap said in TopCashBack: $2.50 bonus wyb $10+ (must activate first) - expires Sunday January 29th at 23:59 pm PST:

thanks @MrVietnam picked up a $10 Taco Bell card from TCB GC’s, got $3.02 back inc. the bonus, reported within minutes too. Just goes to show what BS Fetch is pulling saying they can’t sell a Taco Bell or BK gift card at FACE VALUE of points when I just got a $10 Taco Bell for $6.98 net.

There are apparently limits on specific cards. I tried at first to get a Taco Bell card, but it said it must be a $25 minimum value. I got a $10 Dunkin card instead.
As far as different sites/companies being able to sell or allow redemption for certain brands of cards at face value or not, they all seem to have variances. MyPoints is another example with lots of variance: a $10 DD, Target, or Walmart card requires 1590 points. A $10 TJ Maxx or Kohl’s card is only 1490 points. A Gap/Old Navy card is even less at 1400 points. Who knows how they negotiate their rates?

Bummer, just saw this now, and the code is expired (max number of claims has been reached).

@mrvietnam said in Fetch app: 1/19-1/20/23 only - 100% back on Klondike cones - limit 2 (YMMV on getting the offer):

purchased two Klondike cones at Target for $7.49 each or a total of $14.98.

I received 14,980 + 75 + 75 =15,130 points in Fetch.

To redeem in Fetch for $15 ($10 + $5) gift card at Target requires 11,500 + 6,000 = 17,500 points.

So instead of getting 100% in points I got 15,130/17,500 = 86% back in points. The percentage would be less for Kroger and Walmart because they require more points to redeem.

I get what you are saying, but it is still apples and oranges comparing purchase price to a gift card method for making a purchase. Yeah, the raised redemption rates for some gift cards is a bummer, but there are still some good options at a discounted rate. I recently got both a Domino’s and Kohl’s GC and these are discounted at 23,500 points for $25.

@sonofzeus said in Fetch app: 1/19-1/20/23 only - 100% back on Klondike cones - limit 2 (YMMV on getting the offer):

Purchased/submitted yesterday…If they don’t credit my account today for the missing points, the Klondike cones are going back to Jewel for full refund.

Perhaps the system was corrected. I just purchased mine from Jewel and my receipt was accepted correctly. This sort of offer is the only way I would get these otherwise—a whopping $8.99 regular price per box!

Well, this stuff is no good for you anyway, so the high prices are a good deterrent to stocking up.

Seriously, do we consider Coke Rewards officially dead? The holidays came and went without any offers. The only “rewards” that have been available for quite some time are for donations (nothing wrong with that, I guess, but what a far cry from what things used to be like).

I guess the point devaluation hasn’t really bothered me too much since there are still a fair number of other redemption options at a discounted level. As far as the daily spin bonus goes, eh, I guess it’s free. The most I’ve gotten so far is 25, usually 5 or 10. What I do wish is that it would reset on a daily basis, not a literal 24 hours.

This worked for me today. Since it’s a challenge and not a reward/coupon, it worked along with an applied reward, a free taco (earned tier reward) in my case. The free burrito earned is a reward, though (an offer that must be applied to use).

No AmEx for me, but still pretty cheap. Hmm, how many discount streaming plans do I want to have at the same time? Already have Prime, Hulu, Peacock, Disney+, and the wife has waited long enough to catch up on Stranger Things, so starting up Netflix soon.

@mistercheap said in TacoBell App: Buy a $2 Burrito in app by 1/4, get another free on your next visit (regional):

@yoregano this may help, YMMV. I found the offer in the app by going to the Home screen and scrolling down a bit. There’s a Redeem Now button you need to press. Oh, you can also go to My Challenges to find it.

Sure enough, there it is.

YMMV. Not showing for me in Chicagoland.

@mistercheap Thanks, got it.

@ctujackbauer said in FREE Med Holiday Roast at Dunkin today with app offer (Friday only):

Mine is through 11/27 and usable once per day (per app and email)

Same for me in Chicagoland.

@mrvietnam said in Hulu (w/ ads): $1.99/mo for 12 months. exp 11/28/22:

Good deal, but last year it was only 99 cents for 12 months at this time. So a 100% price increase. I will still probably get it though. Always nice to have Hulu to choose from among my streaming options. I am really liking Tubi, too, and it’s free.

True about the price increase this year. But Hulu has been running this November promo for several years now and sometimes it’s been $.99 per month, sometimes it’s been $1.99. It’s still about the best mainstream streaming deal out there. Glad to see the Disney+ add-on for $2.99 is available.

The best option is of course to give up paying these mega-companies for tv at all, but that can be a discussion for another day.

I read a “quiet” notice about this a couple weeks ago. I think it was in an email from Walgreens. Yes, it was a nice, easy few bucks a month. A little odd that they ended the program after the first week of the monthly challenge (they normally run 4 weeks and then would reset when you chose a new set of challenges). Oh well.

Remember to keep track of your cash balance and be sure to redeem any amount due to expire at the end of each month.

@ctujackbauer said in 2022 Official Holiday GC Gift Card bonus thread:
https://www.fdic.gov/consumers/consumer/news/december2019.html

This is a good reference link. That said, I don’t know of gift cards from any major retailers that are subject to fees or expiration. All of that sort of criteria must be disclosed. Most gift cards I have seen specifically state that they do not expire nor incur fees.

@mtnagel said in 2022 Official Holiday GC Gift Card bonus thread:

I’m sitting on a $30 in Rock Bottom gift card I got a deal on. Thankfully they still exist, but they closed their location in Cincinnati and aren’t located in a city I will be in anytime soon. Hopefully I can use it at some point. I’m actually on a mission to use up old gift cards. Not that I’m worried they will all go out of business, but I did hear that some lose value. Doesn’t seem like that’s happened, but some of these are easily 5+ years old so I figured I’d should just use them.

Gift cards can become worthless if a store goes out of business, but otherwise they are regulated and cannot incur fees or lose value or expire.

All GCs still in stock at the moment. If you need a product for a receipt, I found family-sized packages of Halloween-themed cereal on clearance at Walmart for $1.12 (regularly $4.48).

An article I read said the merger wouldn’t likely go through until 2024. In the meantime, we’ll see what happens with possible antitrust concerns and who knows what else.
Presuming it does all go as planned, I wonder what will happen specifically in my town. We already have two Jewel stores literally less than a mile apart. One has been here for many years, the other came to be after taking over what used to be Dominick’s before that chain closed several years ago. On the other side of town is a Mariano’s. Surely we won’t have three same-branded grocery stores in our modest, suburban zip code.

Yes, I have these in the Chicago area. I also have one for free Bagel Minis with a M/L drink purchase. If they have offers like these on a regular basis, it will help make up for the overall down-valuing of points with the new rewards program.
I’m going to try one of these offers tomorrow and see if it works with the $2 coffee after 2 PM deal that has been ongoing for some time now. (Might not work per the terms saying not combinable with other offers.)
UPDATE: Unfortunately, the free item with purchase offer does not work with the discounted coffee. If you apply the item with purchase offer, it will take off the price of the bakery item but readjust the coffee to regular price. So in my case, I gave up the free item to get the coffee for $2.

Wow, nine months since the last comment in this thread. I guess Coke rewards is pretty much dead. I wonder if anything worthwhile will be happening as the holidays approach.

One potential annoyance with making single item purchases is that sale prices and coupons often won’t work. For example, coupons are often “$X off when you buy 2/3/4” and items are sometime only on sale when purchase in quantity, such as “$3.99 each or 4/$10”.

They really need to get this stuff worked out. The revised website just has not worked as well as the previous version. I finally got the video to credit (on my Android phone instead of via comp browser) but I had to do the family activities survey twice before it credited.

Anyone else have problems with the video activity? Same problem this month as last month. The descriptions says, “Watch the video until the end and you’ll automatically go to the next screen. Claim your token there.” The problem is, the video just ends, it doesn’t progress or direct anywhere and doesn’t credit. I contacted support last month and they manually credited me, but this will become a tiresome habit if this doesn’t get resolved.

@mrvietnam said in Official Kellogg's Family Rewards Program Codes Master Thread:

@my4mainecoons said in Official Kellogg's Family Rewards Program Codes Master Thread:

@yoregano said in Official Kellogg's Family Rewards Program Codes Master Thread:

@yoregano said in Official Kellogg's Family Rewards Program Codes Master Thread:

Not something I’m going to get too worked up about, but the tote bag I ordered more than a month ago has still not arrived.

Still far from losing sleep over this, but three months and counting, I still have not received my shopping bag.

Just received an email that my April tote bag has shipped.

Shipped from where? China?

Bag may have been made in China, but no, shipping was local/domestic.

@my4mainecoons said in [Official Kellogg's Family Rewards Program Codes over this, but three months and counting, I still have not received my shopping bag.

Just received an email that my April tote bag has shipped.

Yep, got the shipped email too, and received the bag today.

I’ve purchased cards from MGCP in the past, linked to both Swagbucks and MyPoints (both programs owned by Prodege). I’ve received various bonus offers here and there. Currently, I have a $5 bonus through Swagbucks.

Pfft, a little late to the party. Same here, several thousand points lost that I would have gotten a few mag subs with, at least. Oh well, fun while it lasted, I guess.

Targeted apparently? No survey pop-up for me, but my son got it as soon as the app opened.

@yoregano said in Official Kellogg's Family Rewards Program Codes Master Thread:

Not something I’m going to get too worked up about, but the tote bag I ordered more than a month ago has still not arrived.

Still far from losing sleep over this, but three months and counting, I still have not received my shopping bag.

@mrvietnam said in FREE $2 Amazon Prime Day Credit for Prime Users - 1 per customer - 3,125 credits available per day - resets at 5pm PDT, 8pm EDT - exp soon:

Wow. I clicked the link at 5:11 pm PT and they were already all out of $2 credits. Tomorrow I will try right at 5 pm PT.

Considering that zillions of people use Amazon, and only 3,125 credits are available per day, it’s safe to think that they get fully claimed pretty quickly after reset.

@mrvietnam Thanks. But I was actually talking about getting the bonus from the gift cards that TCB are now selling from their own site.

Anybody try this on a gift card purchase?

It’s a little harder to earn five tokens this month. There were only three activities to do in addition to uploading receipts. I still had a banner showing that the next receipt uploaded would be worth two tokens, but I only got credit for one after an upload. So, I’ll have to upload a second receipt to reach five tokens for the month.

Not something I’m going to get too worked up about, but the tote bag I ordered more than a month ago has still not arrived.

PSA-For me, at least, the $7.99 three-topping, everyday carryout deal is cheaper than 50% off if you want three or less toppings. If you want a loaded up extravaganza, then this might be cheaper (but who wants that many toppings on a pizza?).

Dead, $19.92 now or $16.93 with S&S (5+ items).

I just stumbled onto this sub-forum. These seem like they could be interesting, but this thread and all the others have been dormant for years. What happened? Is everything getting posted to the main Hot Deals forums or did everybody just lose interest?

Regionally available, presumably. No go for me in the Chicago area.

Last day apparently for those that have this offer, but YMMV, this is not available for me in the Chicago area.

Today I received, and presumably everyone else, the expected cancellation email for this.

@ctgolfer said in Bed Bath & Beyond 'Beyond+' Membership (Valid thru January 2, 2023) (can do it again!):

here’s the PhW affiliate link from my previous post (hopefully it works for those interested) -

Yep, that works. The link in Mr C’s original post was not right but has since been fixed.

@somanycats said in Apple MFi Certified Lightning Cable 6ft (reg. $19.99) FREE A/C + FS @ Amazon (possible price mistake):

@yoregano I didn’t get that message. My account still shows it as ordered.

My order still shows in my account, too. Not cancelled… at least yet. We shall see, but it doesn’t seem promising.

@pakle said in Apple MFi Certified Lightning Cable 6ft (reg. $19.99) FREE A/C + FS @ Amazon (possible price mistake):

I just got an email from Amazon
"We are writing to let you know that shipment of the following order has not been confirmed by the seller within the expected timeframe"
I have a feeling I’m not going to get it.

Same. Likely everyone who tried to get in on this got this response.

Lots of gift card deals going on at Amazon. https://smile.amazon.com/b/ref=s9_acss_bw_cg_1PXWSP_1a1_w?node=21608725011&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=merchandised-search-9&pf_rd_r=0QX13AVGHT96YKPJK85D&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=3828077a-2fc8-4c23-9b4d-5cf1f436e306&pf_rd_i=2238192011

@yoregano said in US Treasury Series I Savings Bonds Inflation Rate Earnings (May - October '22) 9.62% Interest:

I saw that thread on SD and pondered buying some but didn’t get around to it. Glad I waited since the interest rate has increased. Of course, at the same time, this speaks about the inflationary state of the economy, too…

Yes, I suppose a better way of putting it might be I’m glad the rate didn’t drop. If one has the ability to “tie up” funds, this is a good deal. We’re still back to pondering the effects of inflation though, at the same time.