How to maximize Club Carlson point earnings: 30,000 points plus 92 points per dollar
Club Carlson is currently offering a couple of overlapping promotions which make it lucrative to book Club Carlson stays despite the fact that they have announced a huge devaluation to their credit card benefits. ...
Top 7 ways to milk the Club Carlson card before and after June 1
Last Friday I reported that Club Carlson credit cards will be losing their most valuable benefit: Bonus Award Nights as of June 1 2015. Club Carlson is replacing this benefit with a free night...
Club Carlson Visa dumping Bonus Award Nights
Until now, the Club Carlson Premier Rewards Visa Signature card and its business card twin, the Club Carlson Business Rewards Visa, offered incredible value for two night award stays. The cards offer a feature...
A great combination: American Airlines status plus Citi Prestige
Last week, as the clock ticked down towards the last chance to use US Airways Chairman Preferred upgrade certificates, I finally found a reasonably good use for them. My wife and I had been...
Which one credit card is best for spend?
Between my wife an I, we currently have about 30 open credit card accounts (not counting authorized user cards, debit cards, prepaid cards, etc.). Many are cards that we got just for the signup...
Amex EveryDay cards deflate Fair Trading Prices, Ink Cash outshines Ink Plus, Freedom outshines...
Update: This post includes offers that were valid at the time of publication, but have since expired. Please click here to see the best offers currently available.
Last week, Point Princess tweeted a request for me to update...
Amtrak zombie links found; should you hop on?
UPDATE: Zombie links are now dead.
This morning I wrote that Chase was no longer offering the Amtrak credit card. In that post I explained why the card was interesting, even to those not interested...
Chase kills the Amtrak card. Why you might care…
I was never interested in the Chase Amtrak card. Sure, it can be used to earn Amtrak points, and those can be valuable, but there was always a better option for earning those points:...
Chasing Ultimate Rewards
I was bummed the other day when I logged into my Chase account and saw that my Ultimate Rewards point total had dropped to a meager 100,000 points. In the past, I’ve earned what...
US Bank business card employee spend does not count towards spend requirements
Consider this a public service announcement… A reader reports that she did not earn the full signup bonus from the US Bank Club Carlson Business Rewards Visa card because she attempted to meet part...
Banking transferable points and keeping them alive
Amex Membership Rewards, Chase Ultimate Rewards, and Citi ThankYou Rewards have a lot in common between them, besides their similar sounding names. All three are transferable points programs in which it is possible to...
How to convert 8900 Arrival Plus points to cash, and my latest retention call...
Update: This post references a card offer and benefits that have since expired. See our Best Offers page for current offer information.
Yesterday I called Barclaycard to see if they would offer me a retention bonus...
Cancelling my favorite cards
Every time an annual fee comes due on a credit card, I make a decision as to whether to keep, cancel, or downgrade the card. Are the benefits that the card offers worth the...
Discover introduces a new card and a potentially VERY lucrative 1st year offer
Discover has just unveiled a new credit card: Discover It Miles.
While this card earns “miles” it appears to really be indistinguishable from a cash back card. Points are redeemable for travel expenses or for...
