Tips to Boost your eBucks

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Well I am pretty certain my limiting factor is my monthly spend.

20% was at Checkers (could be more here)
50% swiping normal shopping
20% fuel / transport
10% online
less than 1% fnb-connect and prepaid

So the spread is good.

Spending about 10-12k a month, getting 11k ebucks is not too bad I guess. Would need to spend more to earn more.
 
Tinuva said:
Well I am pretty certain my limiting factor is my monthly spend.

20% was at Checkers (could be more here)
50% swiping normal shopping
20% fuel / transport
10% online
less than 1% fnb-connect and prepaid

So the spread is good.

Spending about 10-12k a month, getting 11k ebucks is not too bad I guess. Would need to spend more to earn more.
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Getting an average 10% back on monthly spend is a great return. I don't know any other rewards scheme that'll give you that. Turning that into vouchers at a further 40% discount makes it even sweeter. Long may it last.
 
I thought mine was more also.

How or where can you see from when till when are they working the rewards out. (Meaning the last earn period)
 
APoc184 said:
Only 14k this month. Somehow thought it was going to be more.

Oh well. Reasonable amount of nappies will be bought :cry:
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What is best for nappies

Makro voucher

I saw limited dischem vouchers as well, might use for inoculation
 
crawler said:
What is best for nappies

Makro voucher

I saw limited dischem vouchers as well, might use for inoculation
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Yeah we do Makro for nappies and food.

Did get a R1000 dischem this month as well for all the little extra muti.
 
Maelly said:
RLP: 23k | eBucks: 9k. I guess I really need to maximise my eBucks earn "rate" if you will cause clearly I should be getting over 10k with this RLP. Ok, R1K worth of Makro voucher purchased!
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RLP?
 
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Wow.. terrible month for me... 9k only

But then again I didn't follow the rules. I didn't spend as much as I normally do on "other" stuff so the corresponding checkers spend was very much over the max allowed. *facepalm*

Will keep a much closer eye on it this month.
 
Quick question on the fuel spend. My previous credit card (Nedbank) handled fuel purchases in the same way as any other purchase (i.e. interest free until payment date). I received my FNB statement yesterday and it says fuel draws interest from the date of purchase (fortunately I hadn't bought any fuel as yet). Do you guys then buy fuel using the cheque card for ebucks or what would you suggest?
 
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Forgot to make use of my overdraft. Lost about R500 work of eBucks as a result and dropped to level 4... Eish...
 
Speedster said:
Quick question on the fuel spend. My previous credit card (Nedbank) handled fuel purchases in the same way as any other purchase (i.e. interest free until payment date). I received my FNB statement yesterday and it says fuel draws interest from the date of purchase (fortunately I hadn't bought any fuel as yet). Do you guys then buy fuel using the cheque card for ebucks or what would you suggest?
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I purchase fuel with my Premier credit card and have never been charged interest.
 
Gamer said:
Getting an average 10% back on monthly spend is a great return. I don't know any other rewards scheme that'll give you that. Turning that into vouchers at a further 40% discount makes it even sweeter. Long may it last.
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Noob here. Which vouchers are 40% off and how to qualify?
 
tRoN said:
Noob here. Which vouchers are 40% off and how to qualify?
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I can help with a Clu or 2.0 ...
Go to ebucks.com and use the Calculator tool.
Check your usual behaviour and see what Reward Level that gets you to.
Then check what behaviour you can change (like using Cash@Till instead of ATM withdrawals) and see how high you can climb the Reward Levels (RL5 is the highest).
Higher Reward Levels mean you earn more eBucks per transaction. Like up to 15% on Fuel and Checkers if you're on RL5.
At RL5, you can use your eBucks to buy makro vouchers at 40% discount.
Sometimes you also get Dischem, takealot, Incredible Connection etc etc vouchers at 40% discount, but these change monthly.
Remember... the discount only applies to using eBucks to buy the voucher, not real money so you need to earn eBucks first.
And the best way to do that is to get to RL5 and do your shopping at Checkers.
This thread has ALOT of info about tricks you can employ to climb the Reward Ladder and maximise your eBucks return... i strongly suggest you take the time to speed read through it.
 
Just under 12k :D the best I've gotten to date.
Last month I started paying more things online which raised my cap at checkers.
 
Inevitability said:
Ya, I've seen that too and queried it with FNB the first month I had a CC.
It's a stupid system in my personal opinion.
I just have this suspicion they are gonna forget to credit me someday when I'm not looking.
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It's not free per se it's discounted for now hence the fee plus reversal.

This ensures that once the situation changes , you are aware that it was discounted all along and not free.
 
piranha786 said:
I specifically ask the store to put the left over value of my R1000 virtual voucher on a gift card. They said They can't, but I can use the code again ... big mistake. The code did not work again. Lost R400 bucks. Ebucks just said sorry .. nothing they can do about it.
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Stock standard procedure at Makro, they can't refund you cash. They always load it on virtual card- I even reuse the same card once the funds are depleted, I just have them load it again to start it all over. Never been a hassle- even gifted my other card to a friend with R1k on it.
 
Love ebucks... R4300 in vouchers over the last 2 days.
Today's shop I someone got my calculation almost perfect! R2700 voucher, and the transaction was R2702 and some cents... Was quite chuffed :-)
 
Inevitability said:
I can help with a Clu or 2.0 ...
Go to ebucks.com and use the Calculator tool.
Check your usual behaviour and see what Reward Level that gets you to.
Then check what behaviour you can change (like using Cash@Till instead of ATM withdrawals) and see how high you can climb the Reward Levels (RL5 is the highest).
Higher Reward Levels mean you earn more eBucks per transaction. Like up to 15% on Fuel and Checkers if you're on RL5.
At RL5, you can use your eBucks to buy makro vouchers at 40% discount.
Sometimes you also get Dischem, takealot, Incredible Connection etc etc vouchers at 40% discount, but these change monthly.
Remember... the discount only applies to using eBucks to buy the voucher, not real money so you need to earn eBucks first.
And the best way to do that is to get to RL5 and do your shopping at Checkers.
This thread has ALOT of info about tricks you can employ to climb the Reward Ladder and maximise your eBucks return... i strongly suggest you take the time to speed read through it.
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Thanks. Waiting for my account to activate before I can play around with it.
 
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