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[No. 007]

$100,000 Challenge: Week 3–7 (May Recap)

$4,600 in points from $23K of spend in May, including P2's 150K Amex Platinum bonus at zero cost. We've already booked business class to Norway.

[No. 006]

Buyer’s Groups for Gift Cards

Sell discounted gift cards to groups like The Card Bay, mostly at break-even. You skip the shipping risk of regular buyer's groups and can hit $5K a month.

[No. 005]

No-Fee Manufactured Spending via Buyer’s Groups

Buyer's groups pay you back for electronics you ship to their warehouse, often at full retail. I did about $10K a month this way, fee-free.

[No. 004]

$100,000 MS Challenge: Week 2 ($821 Earned!)

$821 earned in week two. I bought nine $500 gift cards at Kroger self-checkout for 9X on my Amex Gold, and no one batted an eye.

[No. 003]

Starting Manufactured Spending by Funding Bank Accounts

Start manufactured spending with the easiest method of all: funding a new bank account with your credit card. We list the banks that still allow it.

[No. 002]

$100,000 MS Challenge: Week 1 ($1,495 Earned!)

$1,495 earned in week one. I knocked out the 175K IHG Premier bonus in one go by funding a GESA account, then started 9X at Kroger.