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I’ve been neglecting one of my favorite responsibilities of my job, reviewing websites. It’s been a busy month of freebies and after March 31st, the old ones on our site will need to go and any new ones needs to be discovered and reported on. So, if you have been procrastinating all this time, you’d better get on with it and reap in the free rewards.
Talking about rewards, I like to introduce you to a new website that I found. I’m pretty sure inside your wallet or purse, you have a stack of cards that gives you points whenever you buy something. Unfortunately, I’m not talking about the cards that give cash back to you. Don’t get me wrong, I like having a credit card company pay me back but I also like getting things for free too.
I’m probably safe to say that most people have multiple cards in their pocket with a little bit of points here and there. I know I do. I fly around a lot so most of my points are on my Aeroplan card. It was only recently that my favorite airline, WestJet joined the Air Miles program but I’m a loyal customer of Shell, always filling my tank with Shell gas so I have accumulated some Air Miles points too, enough for them to promote me to a Gold Air Miles collector. I used to fill my gas up at Esso stations so I’ve go some points on my Esso Extra card. And when I used to work in Los Angeles, I stacked up some points on my AAdvantage card, flying with American Airlines.
What this website does is that it lets you pool your points together and get something worthwhile. Even if your points were frequent flyer points, you can turn them around and use them at a list of featured stores such as Crate&Barrel, GAP, Old Navy, Banana Republic and more.
Back to my points, lets say I have 5,000 points in my Esso Extra card and want to do something with them. If I redeem them with the Esso Extra program, I can get a $30 gift card to use at the pump or I can get $20 worth of lottery tickets and a $10 gift card for gas. Outside of the gas station, I can redeem points for a movie night for two, with popcorn and drinks. The choices are limited. Now, if I check with this website, I see that I have 27 things I can do with 5,000 points including trading for 1,097 Aeroplan miles that I can use to top up my next flight to Japan.
I think you get the picture. When you sign up, you take all your cards and enter the points that you have on them. Once they have all been entered, you can use their search engines to see what you can trade for. If it’s merchandise you want then look for a gift card or if you want to top off airline miles then look for the airline that you plan to fly with. I think this is a great opportunity to use your points towards more useful things than a jug of windshield washer fluids and car washes.
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