I just got the iPad mini 6 for free — here’s how

I just got the iPad mini 6 for gratuitous — here'due south how

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I just ordered the iPad mini 6 (2021) (in pink, patently) and didn't have to spend a dime. Well, not at the fourth dimension of purchase anyway.

No, I'one thousand not financing my adorably-compact new tablet with monthly Apple Card payments. That'southward usually my preferred payment method, since Apple offers 0% Apr in add-on to iii% dorsum on each installment. Instead, I decided to check my other credit card rewards before checking out, and man, am I glad I did.

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I'm no Points Guy, merely I'm meticulous when it comes to managing my credit bill of fare rewards. If I'm going to spend money, I desire it to come up with perks beyond the immediate purchase. In my feel Hunt Ultimate Rewards offers some of the about straightforward — yet diverse — means to redeem points.

I typically plan my points usage based on travel. I haven't washed much of that in the last year and a half, though, so I hadn't explored my Ultimate Rewards contour in a while. When I logged into my business relationship last week, it greeted me with a prompt to buy the products appear at the recent Apple event.

The Hunt Ultimate Rewards interface has a built-in Apple Shop, making it user-friendly for the banking company's customers who are also Apple users to upgrade their devices. The online rewards organization actually claims to exist an Apple Authorized Retailer, but it has the latest iPhone thirteen serial, the iPad 9 and iPad mini 6 all available for auction.

The best iPhone deals and best iPad deals might offer discounts that aid you score Apple tech for less than normal value. Unfortunately, if you're shopping with credit carte rewards, y'all're usually subject area to coughing over the equivalent of full price. Only if you're keen on buying the newest launches, you probably won't find significant cost cuts elsewhere, anyway.

That's why I traded in some of my credit card indicate stash for the iPad mini 6. All colors toll the same (though pink is the best choice, clearly) just the points varied depending on storage to reflect the price gap between the 64GB and 256GB offerings.

Then, just because I had plenty of points to spare, I added an Apple Pencil to my cart. The Hunt Ultimate Rewards version of the Apple tree Store also sells Apple accessories, similar the company'southward iPad-compatible stylus. In fact, the iPad mini six existence the first iPad mini to support the second-generation Apple Pencil is one of the reasons I want the new tablet.

I'm not writing this to brag most my spending, nor to tell you how you should utilize your credit card points. I just figure people accept accumulated points and need a reminder to cheque their residual, and what that remainder can become them. I hadn't checked my points bank in a couple months, and because I did merely before I considered buying the iPad mini 6, I got it for gratis. Possibly you tin, too.

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Kate Kozuch is a senior writer at Tom's Guide roofing wearables, TVs and everything smart-dwelling related. When she's not in cyborg way, you lot can find her on an exercise bike or channeling her inner celebrity chef. She and her robot regular army volition rule the earth one day, just until so, reach her at kate.kozuch@futurenet.com.