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If you haven’t yet heard, in light of the coming closure of all Toys R Us / Babies R Us stores, you can no longer buy gift cards at Toys R Us. As we reported yesterday, you can still redeem Toys R Us gift cards through April 13th (See: 30 days to use Toys R Us Gift Cards), but you can no longer buy new cards of any type. Unfortunately, this includes Gift of College gift cards.…
A few months back, I mentioned that there was a big coming change in my life (See: Baby Reyes is on board and scheduled for arrival). Regular readers might have noted my absence from the blog for a few weeks recently — and I’m excited to announce that the much-anticipated arrival of Baby Rey came with only a minor delay (and it was a welcome one since I fell down a set of slushy stairs…
My son will be starting college in a few weeks, and I’ve been busy thinking about how to turn this event into more opportunities to earn points & miles. We’ve already been earning miles while saving for college. Can we earn while paying for college too? I think we can. Here’s the plan… Step 1: Earn rewards while saving for college Ever since Gift of College gift cards became available at Toys R Us stores,…
For those saving for college, helping others save for college, or paying off student loans, Gift of College gift cards are a way to do so with a rewards earning credit card. If you load the card with the maximum $500, the $5.95 purchase fee amounts to 1.19%. Since many credit cards offer substantially larger rewards, this can be a great way to earn points, miles, or cash back. Full details can be found here:…
Gift of College gift cards are now available nationwide. This is great news for those saving for college or paying off college. Thanks to this new development, it is now possible to use a rewards-earning credit card to pay student loans or to save for college. In Store Availability As of November 7th 2016, Gift of College gift cards were expected to be available nationwide at Toys R Us and Babies R Us stores. I…
UPDATE: Please find updated information here: Pay student loans or 529 plans with a credit card! That didn’t last long. Yesterday I posted “How to fund college savings with a credit card.” In that post I detailed how to use a rewards credit card to fund a child’s college savings plan (and possibly student loans as well) online with a very low fee. One option was to buy $500 gift cards online each with a…
