An option to redeem AAdvantage miles
for merchant gift cards exists and is available to Gold, Platinum or Executive Platinum elite members, or for anyone with a minimum balance of 25,000 miles.
Alternatively, you could
buy merchant gift cards to pay for goods and services you are planning to purchase to get 4.5 x on a wider variety of spending.
Card members have the option to redeem their miles for
popular merchant gift cards, but again, I recommend using your miles toward flights if you can.
ThankYou points can be redeemed for
merchant gift cards from more than 100 popular retailers in the ThankYou Rewards collection at a rate of 1 cent per point.
From 8/14/15 to 8/20/15 you can earn 4x fuel points when you purchase select
merchants gift cards at Stop & Shop (or Giant).
The exception is that these Visa, MasterCard, and American Express gift cards only earn 1 fuel point per dollar, while most
other merchant gift cards earn 2 fuel points per dollar.
and I did recently (within the past year) manage to still get an spg amex bonus despite about half my spend being in the realm of «
merchant gift card churning.»
Gyft recently broke open the number of places you can spend Bitcoin by offering a host
of merchant gift cards for Bitcoin.
You can also redeem your points for
merchant gift cards starting at $ 20, pay for Amazon purchases starting at 1 cent or make a charitable donation — plenty of redemptions options are available.
Not every retailer
offers merchant gift cards or allows you to purchase gift cards with a credit card, but many rewards cardholders successfully use credit cards to purchase gift cards and earn bonus Membership Rewards points in categories not covered by their cards.
You can buy
other merchants gift cards, and get your points, before going to that merchant (using a portal again) and buying what you need.
This offer applies to participating third
party merchant gift cards and won't work for Stop & Shop / Giant, Amex, Visa or Mastercard gift cards.
An option to redeem SkyMiles for
merchant gift cards at a variety of merchants is available, but these redemptions do not provide the best value.
ThankYou points can be redeemed
for merchant gift cards from more than 100 popular retailers in the ThankYou program at a rate of one cent per point.
The card's flexible ThankYou points can be redeemed for various items, including travel through ThankYou's website, award flights with the Citi's airline partners,
merchant gift cards and statement credits.
The rewards you earned will not expire and you can either redeem them for
merchants gift cards or use it to shop at ShopDiscover, Discover Card's exclusive online shopping mall and receive between 5 % and 20 % cashback bonus.
An option to redeem AAdvantage miles for
merchant gift cards is available to Gold, Platinum and Executive Platinum elite members, or those members with a minimum balance of 25,000 miles.
The card earns Membership Rewards points, which can be transferred to multiple airlines and other travel partners, or redeemed for statement credits,
merchant gift cards or through American Express Travel.
An option to redeem AAdvantage miles for
merchant gift cards is available to Gold, Platinum and Executive Platinum elite members, or those members with a minimum balance of 25,000 miles.
Merchant gift cards and statement credits are also an option, though they aren't as valuable.
The Premier Rewards Gold card earns Membership Rewards points, which can be transferred to an array of airline and hotel partners, as well as redeemed for
merchant gift cards, statement credits and airfare through American Express Travel.
And if you buy
a merchant gift card for a restaurant, airline, or other store, then there is often no fee at all.
It is
a merchant gift card.
Visa and MasterCard gift cards are still close enough to cash equivalents that you'd be able to liquidate them with little or no loss, but
merchant gift cards can be more difficult.
The points can be redeemed for
merchant gift cards, electronics and other rewards available through the ThankYou Rewards portal, or for travel through the ThankYou Travel Center.
As for long - term strategies, churning
merchant gift cards is probably safer than Visa gift cards.