"The Great Game" The search for Vanilla retailers

In the Prior post As good as Sherlock I had outlined my cousin and I's detective work which would potentially lead to almost as cheap Ultimate Rewards points as Vanilla Ink Bold strategy. The next step after solving the puzzle was to try and implement it. Below is the journey I mapped out. Read on to find out how I planned this!

I first went to https://www.vanillareload.com/ and went under the locations tab to find which gas stations sold Vanillas. The major players that popped out at me were Valero, 7-11, Cumberland Farms, and TA petrol (Travel Centers of America, those big rest stops). I then used this page from VISA, which shows how purchases will be viewed by credit card companies as a double check. With this in hand I just put in the gas stations from the visa results page into Google Maps and made a route!

Lucky for me my second destination of Cumberland farms gas station had Vanillas AND sold them with credit cards! Since finding this out I have made $2500 in purchases there. I had to wait till my billing statement came in to make sure it qualified as a gas purchase. As of today I checked and I received the bonus 2x on gas!

A couple quick notes:

• So far David, my cousin, and I have not found 7-11's with Vanillas even though its listed as a retailer
• My cousin has found no gas stations in Houston that carry them
• David has found none in L.A. so far 

So it seems as if this is very YMMV (your miles may vary), and those lucky enough to have them accessible should do it!