This is the first time Upromise has done anything this huge — if you join their program and make your first online shopping purchase through their site, they will deposit an additional $25 into your account. You can withdraw it by check, or you can apply it to a student loan, or you can transfer it into a Section 529 college savings account. It’s a free $25! I’m just bummed that existing members can’t get in on this deal.
While you’re there, you may want to go ahead and register your credit/debit card that you use for off-line shopping — you can earn rebates to your Upromise account by using the registered card in-store at Bed, Bath, and Beyond (1%), Eddie Bauer (5% through the end of the year), GNC (1%), Ross-Simons (3%), and Sharper Image (3%). There are also a few merchants, including FTD, that’ll reward you for using this registered card to pay for phone and/or catalog orders. AND it’s combinable with any debit or credit rewards program you already have in place (like airline miles).
