Shopping hacks

Earn Wayfair store credit by reviewing Review for Credit items

Buy a Review for Credit item, post a qualifying review within 28 days of delivery, and Wayfair gives store credit for the percent shown on the item. Credits are capped at $2,000 per calendar year.

Get up to 2 years of warranty on TVs, computers and major appliances

Costco extends the manufacturer's warranty to up to 2 years on televisions, projectors, computers and certain major appliances. Second-year claims go through Costco by phone.

Buy Apple Certified Refurbished with a one-year warranty

Apple sells fully tested refurbished devices with its standard one-year limited warranty and free shipping and returns. Apple states savings of up to 15 percent.

Up to 15% off

Get the lower Target price if it drops within 14 days

Target matches its own lower price on an identical item, found on Target.com or in a local Target store, at checkout or within 14 days of purchase. Prices at other retailers are not matched.

Ask for a price match against a listed competitor

Best Buy matches the current price of its Qualified Competitors on identical new items it sells. It also gives you its own lower price if that drops during your return and exchange period.

Join Simon+ free for member offers and cash back at Premium Outlets

Simon+ is the free loyalty program at Simon Premium Outlets (it replaced the VIP Shopper Club): members get exclusive store offers, in-store cash back and points that trade in for money-off rewards.

Exclusive offers, in-store cash back and points rewards

Clip Dollar General's $5 off $25 digital coupon before you shop

Dollar General posts a DG Store digital coupon for $5 off a purchase of $25 or more (pre-tax) most weeks. Clip it in the app first, reach $25, and enter your phone number at checkout - manufacturer digitals stack on the same trip.

$5 off $25

Work out in Athleta gear and return it within 30 days if it doesn't perform

Athleta's Give-It-A-Workout Guarantee lets you actually exercise in your purchase first: if it doesn't perform, return it within 30 days of delivery or purchase, even though standard returns must be unwashed and unworn.

Buy Wayfair Open Box items below the Buy New price

Wayfair Open Box items are inspected returns sold below the Buy New price. Each is one-off stock and effectively final sale unless it arrives damaged.

Below the Buy New price

Exchange a failed Harbor Freight hand tool in store

Harbor Freight hand tools carry a lifetime warranty: a hand tool that fails is exchanged in store. Hercules 20V tools get a 5-year warranty.

Get defective YETI coolers and Rambler drinkware replaced under warranty

YETI replaces defective products for the original purchaser: 5 years for hard coolers such as Tundra and for Rambler drinkware, 3 years for Hopper soft coolers.

Use The North Face limited lifetime warranty for defects

Most The North Face products carry a limited lifetime warranty against manufacturing defects for the product's practical lifetime, for the original owner. The warranty team decides the resolution.

Get a free Sephora birthday gift as a Beauty Insider

Beauty Insider members get a free gift in their birthday month. No purchase is needed in store; online, the gift needs a $25 order.

Free birthday gift

Get 15% off your whole Michaels purchase with the military discount

Verified military members get 15% off the entire purchase at Michaels, including sale items, once their status is verified in Michaels Rewards.

15% off entire purchase

Get 10% off at ASOS with a student discount

ASOS gives students aged 16 and over 10% off, including high school and apprenticeship students in the US. You need an ASOS account, since guest checkout doesn't qualify.

10% off

Get 30% off full-price adidas items with a student discount

College students get 30% off full-price adidas items after verifying through UNiDAYS or Student Beans. Samba, Campus and limited editions are excluded.

30% off

Get discounted Tuesday tickets and half-price popcorn at Regal

Regal Crown Club members, now Regal Rewards+, get discounted tickets and 50% off popcorn on Tuesdays, and 25% off candy on Mondays.

50% off popcorn Tuesdays

Claim 2x to 4x your fare if you're bumped from a US flight

If you're bumped involuntarily from an oversold flight leaving a US airport, compensation is 200% of the one-way fare for shorter delays and 400% for longer ones, which airlines may cap. Volunteers can negotiate their own deal.

200% to 400% of the one-way fare

Get an automatic airline refund when your flight is cancelled or changed

If an airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you don't accept the new flight, a rebooking, a voucher or other compensation, US rules give you an automatic refund to your original form of payment.

Full refund

Cancel an airline ticket within 24 hours for a full refund

For tickets bought at least seven days before departure, US rules require airlines to either let you cancel within 24 hours for a full refund without penalty, or hold the fare for 24 hours without payment.

Full refund

Earn the Southwest Companion Pass so a companion flies for taxes and fees

Earn 135,000 qualifying points or fly 100 qualifying one-way flights in a calendar year, and a companion flies with you free of airline charges, paying only taxes and fees. Southwest has announced changes to how the pass is earned.

Kids eat free on Wednesdays at the IKEA restaurant with IKEA Family

IKEA lists kids eat free every Wednesday as an IKEA Family offer at its Swedish Restaurant. Check your store's page before you go.

Kids eat free

Use manufacturer coupons at Dollar Tree, one per item

Dollar Tree accepts manufacturer coupons only, one per item. A coupon worth more than $1 is accepted but reduced to the item's price, with no overage.

Get a free item with H-E-B Combo Loco coupons

H-E-B Combo Loco coupons pair items as buy this, get that free. Many can be used more than once, and the offers change on a weekly cycle.