This Week Only — 12% Discounts via Ebates

To celebrate Ebates’ 12th birthday this week, more than 100 stores are offering 12.0% Cash Back, or higher!  To remind you about how you can save with Ebates, see my previous post: https://thedealfinder.wordpress.com/2010/12/11/ebates/. Basically just go to http://www.ebates.com and then login or register for a free account. Once you’re on the site, look for the online store you’re interested in and click the link from Ebates to go to your store’s site. As long as you access the store via Ebates, your shopping rebate will automatically accumulate in your Ebates account.

Here are just some of the stores involved in the promotion:

• DSW
• Gap & Baby Gap
• Old Navy
• Banana Republic
• eBags
• drugstore.com
• JCPenney
• Petco
• Sephora
• Shoes.com
• and many more…

It’s hard to tell exactly, but it looks like the promotion expires around May 20, 2011.

Kohl’s – Sign Up for Sale Alerts for Big Savings

My favorite store, Kohl’s, has the best sales! In addition, because I’ve signed up for their sale alerts, I often receive 15% off shopping passes. These passes allow you to save 15% off your entire order (even sale priced and clearance items). Sometimes they also offer 20% off if your purchase is more than $100 (which I can EASILY do)!

So, if you like Kohl’s and you like to save money, sign up for their email sale alerts and go shopping!

Kohl’s is all over the U.S., with 1,100 stores in 49 states.

Costco Special Offer – 50% Off Local Restaurant Gift Cards

Just received an email from Costco: they are offering 50% discounts off selected restaurant gift cards when you purchase them in their warehouse. That’s a great deal, because generally they offer 20-25% discounts. They mentioned a few of the offers in my closest location (Vallejo, CA) and they are worthwhile deals. Check it out! But be quick about it, the deal is only good TWO DAYS ONLY: May 6-7, 2011.

Nonstop Flights to Hawaii from US – $334 RT (ends May 5!)

Here’s a GREAT deal on roundtrip flights from the US to the Hawaiian Islands. We are going to Hawaii over Thanksgiving this year so I’ve been shopping around for flights. I was shopping last week and the best deals I found were for $590 roundtrip from San Francisco to Oahu (nonstop). Today, I received an email from Hawaiian Airlines advertising special deals, starting at $334 RT from the US to Hawaii.

Click this link for the details and, if you’re ready, to  book your flights!

By the way, I booked my flights from San Francisco to Honolulu today for $463 per person roundtrip nonstop, including all fees and taxes. Beware: the website was inundated today and was very slow… Keep trying!

Important details:

Booking Period:May 3 – May 5, 2011

Travel Period:Sep 9 – Nov 17, 2011

Starbuck’s Happy Hour – 1/2 Price Frappuccinos

From May 6 – May 15 between 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. every day, enjoy 1/2 price frappuccinos at participating Starbucks!

Click here for details.

OpenTable.com for Restaurant Reservations & Bonus Cash

OpenTable is a free restaurant reservation website. You can use OpenTable to book a restaurant reservation online for more than 20,000 restaurarnts throughout the United States, as well as in Canada, Germany, Japan, Mexico, and the United Kingdom.

So, where does the “deal” come in? Easy: Every time you honor a reservation that you book through OpenTable, you earn 100 “dining reward points.” Once you reach 2,000 points, OpenTable sends you a gift certificate for $20 that you can redeem at any of OpenTable’s participating restaurants. Another bonus to watch for is that many restaurants offer 1,000 for a single reservation. Book and honor two of those and you’ll already earn your $20 gift certificate!

OpenTable also offers an iPhone app that is very handy when you’re on the road or in an unfamiliar city.