3X retail and travel, free $650 phone… My reactions to Citi’s new ThankYou card:...
This card is no longer available to new applicants, but it may be possible to get this card by calling to product change from another Citibank card. You won't get the free phone signup...
Prestige 4th night free on AAA rate?
Yep, another post about the Citi Prestige 4th Night Free benefit… Other recent posts include:
Using the Citi Prestige 4th night free benefit
Prestige 4th night free benefit, take 2
Overall, my experience has been that the...
Personal Capital’s potential 3% everywhere card
Ben, from Reward Yourself, sent me a survey he received from Personal Capital:
Personal Capital 3% card
The survey asks for opinions about a possible new Personal Capital Visa credit card:
In case the image, above, is...
Club Carlson’s 30,000 point bonus may be easier to get than expected
As a reminder, Club Carlson is dumping the Bonus Award Nights feature of their credit cards as of June 1, 2015. Shortly after I reported this change, Club Carlson sent emails to cardholders titled...
Prestige 4th night free benefit, take 2
The last time I wrote about the Citi Prestige card’s 4th night free benefit, my review was lukewarm. I complained a bit about the cumbersome booking process and the fact that booking through Citi...
Discover It Miles not as lucrative as I had hoped
When the Discover It Miles card was first introduced, I was excited about the potential (see: Discover introduces a new card and a potentially VERY lucrative 1st year offer). Instead of a standard signup...
420,000 miles closer to Necker Island
Today I applied for four identical Virgin Atlantic credit cards. The cards are advertised as if they have a 90,000 mile signup bonus, but I think that’s misleading. 15,000 of the 90,000 miles are...
Tying loose ends: Prestige 4th night, 5X everywhere, retrieving points, Necker Island
Today I have a grab bag of follow-ups from previous posts… Citi Prestige 4th Night Fee Hotel Benefit One nice perk of the Citi Prestige card is the ability to book a four night...
My 90,000 point Ultimate Rewards mistake
You know that sinking knot in the pit of your stomach feeling when you realize you just made a big mistake? Yeah, that was me yesterday morning… I keep a spreadsheet of credit...
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...
