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There's a service called plastiq that charges a flat 2.5% fee that won't look like a cash advance on your statement.

Otherwise, some landlords might let you pay via credit card.

Unless the value of the points you're getting are worth at least 2.5% cash back (which I doubt is the case), this is a pretty bad deal.

I see offers for stuff like $150 cash back after spending $500. Even if your rent is like $2000 that's a $50 fee which earns you $100.

It is the case with sign-on bonuses through, which is which spawned this threads, and which was the use case mentioned (meeting minimum spend).