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03-25-2007, 03:20 PM
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#1 | | Full Member
Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Canada Wedding Location: Riu Bachata DR-PP
Posts: 230
Points: 1,119.47
Bank: 13,618.47
Total Points: 14,737.94 Donate
karma: 2 |  Earning Free stuff for your Wedding
I thought I would pass on a trick I am doing to earn free stuff for my wedding. I realized one day that I have too many point earning cards in my wallet. Hardly using most of them. So I realized that if I stick to one or two cards and do most of my shopping at those places (watching for 20x events etc..) then I could make wedding purchases with the points earned. In my area we have a supperstore grocery store (groceries, pharmacy, photo studio, general household merchandises...) There prices are competative so I try my best to do most of my shopping there. Before I was working on getting points I probably cashed in $200 a year in free stuff. I am hoping to get flowers, picutres developed there, food trays and other food for the AHR (which is a back yard BBQ). I am also collecting points like crazy at the Shoppers Drug Mart. I hit it everytime they have a 20X the points sale and in a matter of months I have collected $75. I am going to use these points to fill my OOT bags with lotions and magazines and other items. I am not getting married until Jan 2009 so I think by then I will have a good amount of stuff earned!
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03-25-2007, 03:22 PM
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#2 | | Dreams Bride
Join Date: Jan 2006 Age: 33 Location: Sausalito, California Wedding Date: 5/27/06 Wedding Location: Dreams Los Cabos
Posts: 7,287
Points: 410,550.62
Bank: 128,433,713.53
Total Points: 128,844,264.15 Donate
karma: 10 | Re: Earning Free stuff for your Wedding
i think it is not a bad idea to open a cc form wedding expenses with either miles or rewards to make your big purchases (room block deposit, etc.)
mbna.com
chase.com
both have a really great card out right now...no interest for 6 months -1 year then low interest and points.
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03-25-2007, 03:36 PM
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#3 | | Member
Join Date: Dec 2006 Age: 32 Location: Queens, NY Wedding Date: Aug 31, 2007 Wedding Location: Santorini, Greece
Posts: 131
Points: 2,770.36
Bank: 65.62
Total Points: 2,835.98 Donate
karma: 2 | Re: Earning Free stuff for your Wedding
Amex has a cash back card, that once you have charged $6000 you get 5% back and 1.5% below that.... going to greece we will easily hit that mark!
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03-25-2007, 03:39 PM
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#4 | | ~ENFORCER~
Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Minneapolis Wedding Date: June 8, 2007 Wedding Location: Puerto Vallarta (Las Caletas)
Posts: 12,114
Points: 19,656.46
Bank: 46,726,367.14
Total Points: 46,746,023.60 Donate
karma: 15 | Re: Earning Free stuff for your Wedding
i am a point junkie - for sure. i have to CCs - both earn point. one is a diners club (now mastercard) and the other i earn miles on Northwest airlines. we hope to furnish our new house with points! you're spending the $$ anyway - why not earn something in return. great tip!
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03-25-2007, 03:54 PM
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#5 | | Full Member
Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: calgary Wedding Date: May 8, 2008 Wedding Location: El Dorado Royale
Posts: 549
Points: 7,441.81
Bank: 0.00
Total Points: 7,441.81 Donate
karma: 2 | Re: Earning Free stuff for your Wedding
FI and I have a joint credit card with Visa. We gain Air Mile points every time we use it, but if we buy fuel or gas - we get double the points.
We just booked airplane ticket to Glasgow, hotels in Glasgow, Edinbourgh and London, and a car to travel in - all with the Air Mile points 
That's my kind of trip!
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03-25-2007, 07:57 PM
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#6 | | VIP Member
Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: From Mexico, live in Ohio Wedding Date: Feb 08 Wedding Location: Dreams Cancun, Mexico
Posts: 2,561
Points: 8,675.83
Bank: 919,959.17
Total Points: 928,635.00 Donate
karma: 4 | Re: Earning Free stuff for your Wedding
That is a great tip!
I have a cc that earns airline milage. I charge everything and pay it off every month. Since I have had it, I have taken 3 trips to Mexico and now have enough for 4 more trips. We plan to use them for our wedding trip!  | |
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03-25-2007, 08:51 PM
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#7 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Missouri Wedding Date: june 2007 Wedding Location: Cancun- RIU Palace Las Americas
Posts: 58
Points: 506.76
Bank: 0.00
Total Points: 506.76 Donate
karma: 2 | Re: Earning Free stuff for your Wedding
I use chase and citicard. With citicard I get a 50 check about every 2 months, and with Chase you earn points so easily!
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03-25-2007, 09:07 PM
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#8 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: San Diego Wedding Date: June 23, 2007 Wedding Location: Cabo San Lucas
Posts: 1,813
Points: 2,731.35
Bank: 874,114.35
Total Points: 876,845.70 Donate
karma: 4 | Re: Earning Free stuff for your Wedding
I'm actually using my points to pay for my photographer, Jonathan Thrasher's plane ticket. Yay! Saves some $$$.
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03-25-2007, 10:30 PM
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#9 | | Elite Member
Join Date: Nov 2006 Age: 25 Location: Mexico Wedding Date: 07/07/07 Wedding Location: Cancun, Q. Roo
Posts: 3,077
Points: 12,679.10
Bank: 5,362,119.40
Total Points: 5,374,798.50 Donate
karma: 6 | Re: Earning Free stuff for your Wedding
FI also has the chase card.. we get miles for continental and we're trying to pay everything with it..
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