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I am so happy the back to school hustle and bustle has passed! The first 2 weeks of August was a whirlwind of shopping, meet the teacher, and filling out forms. It was exhausting and left little time for SB. The good thing is Ibotta really stepped up their game. I have been doing really well with Ibotta bonuses this month.
Another thing that has helped me big time with SB is Raise. Before every virtual or in person shopping trip for back to school. I would go to Swagbucks, click thru to Raise, or MyGiftCardsPlus, to buy a discounted gift card. I use a credit card that gives cashback as well. Don’t worry its paid in full every month! This helped in two ways. First I got SB back almost instantly for MyGiftCardsPlus purchases. With Raise you get 1% back in 30 days. I was saving money by purchasing a discounted gift card. If I was shopping online. I got the added bonus of clicking thru SB first or Rakuten (formly Ebates) for additional cashback. You have to be diligent and check both sites to see which one is offering the highest amount of cashback that day. Don’t forget all those pennies add up into dollars that go straight into my Universal fund!
The shop in store offers on regular groceries has helped as well. They credit almost instantly. It makes for an easy SB day! I have done a few surveys on days when I have had time. But its nothing even close to what I normally do. I turned in my Swago board. The biggest earner for me during this time period has been I can read for 720 under AdGEM it is currently double. While all the small things seem like nothing in the big scheme of things. They really do help and add up over the course of days, weeks, months, and so on!
I have bought 2 more $200.00 Southwest gift cards via SB to Raise. They have been having lots of really good codes. I would like to buy my airfare ASAP. I still need about $600 more in gift cards to make that happen. I just keep waiting and watching for discount codes on Raise. Then move onto paying off the hotel at Universal.
* I am splitting my earning between Universal and Christmas. I am not including earnings that where included on the Couponing to Christmas post.
8/7-8/26
My Swagbucks – $18.53
Ibotta – $79.34 (This is from my husbands account and mine.)
Total to date – $2,249.81
Gift cards, and cash balances:
Southwest Gift Card – $704.22 for a $800.00 balance
Universal annual pass and two 5 day tickets – $643.00 – Already spent!
Cash Remaining in my Universal fund – $1545.59
(Thanks, Brandy)
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