More money to add to my running “Frugal Funds” total. We got our UPromise earnings checks yesterday, which represent all of the earnings we have had in the program to date. I had $62.96 in earnings and my wife had $10.93. Less the two stamps to send in the withdrawal requests, we earned $73.07 for purchases we would have made anyway.
A common misconception about the program is that you have to put the money into a 529 plan, but that isn’t the case. See my previous post on how to withdraw your earnings in the form of a check. The program pays you for purchases of select products and from select retailers, which is tracked through either your credit card or store loyalty cards. The program is super easy and you can sign up by clicking the UPromise logo in the left sidebar.
I also had two more checks of free money from Trilegiant, one for $15 (Q4 grocery Billfighter rebate from Buyers Advantage) and one for $5 (Q1 gas rebate from Travelers Advantage). Less the two stamps to send in the rebates, that makes another $19.18 in free money.
Add the Upromise and Trilegiant funds to my prior total and adjust my prior total for the three stamps I forgot to account for and my YTD Frugal Funds total is up to $324.15. If you want to see all the things that have gone into this total, just click the Frugal Funds category link to the left.
I’ve found higher cashback amounts at http://www.savingswatch.com than YouPromise. SavingsWatch also has great coupons for double savings.