I've got a bank account that offers bonus interest if I use the debit card five times within a month. I don't like to use debit cards, so I built a bot that automatically makes five $1 charges to that debit card.
How did you do this? Does your bank have APIs you can code against? Did you use other (Paypal?) APIs?
Is the bonus interest worth $5/mth?
Of course, otherwise I wouldn't do it :)
I don't think it would have to be worth $5/mo--if the debit card is charged to an account you own, you aren't losing anything by making that transaction, and you only gain the interest
Money can be exchanged for goods and services. Even if you don't use a bot, you could just buy like, 5 things you need.