Triple Card Update: Meeting the Minimum Spend

A little over a month ago, I signed up for three cards and I had to meet a minimum spend of $2,000 in two months and $4,000 in three months.

I managed to "spend" $6,000 in less than two months, and I was able to secure the sign up bonuses of 50k Southwest Rapid Rewards points and 80k American Airlines AAdvantage points.

Everyone should know by now that I don't work hard enough to earn an income that lets me spend that sort of money. And if I did, I wouldn't be involved with a blog that centers on affordable travel.
Luckily for me, Vanilla Prepaid Reload cards exist to help meet the minimum spend requirements.

Instead of spending $6,000 of my money in two months, I only actually spent $47.40 thanks the Vanilla Prepaid Reloads.

$3.95 (reload fee) x 12 (Vanilla cards) = $47.40


Since we've talked about the strategy before, I won't go too deep into that (buy these Reload cards with a credit card, load them on Bluebird, pay bills/yourself with Bluebird). But Vanilla cards have definitely made meeting a minimum spend a non-issue.