Citi Prestige vs Premier vs Preferred
Lately I’ve had a bit of a crush on my Citi Prestige card. I signed up for the card in September in order to take advantage of both expiring and new benefits to the...
An analysis of the Virgin Atlantic 90K offer
Note: This is a slightly updated re-publish of a post from August, titled “Will the real Virgin Atlantic offer please stand up?” Bank of America recently re-introduced a signup offer for their Virgin...
US Airways 60K-ish offer
Update: The version of this offer that gives 10,000 anniversary miles is for US Airways Dividend Miles elite members only. There have been numerous reports of non-elite members being automatically denied when applying for this...
Citi Prestige experiment failed, yet I’m way ahead. Here’s how…
In September, I started an experiment with the Citi Prestige card. I knew that its benefits were changing drastically as of October 19th and so I wanted to see if I could double up. ...
Evolve Money adds Discover as a payment source
Evolve Money is an online bill payment service that accepts debit cards (including Visa and MasterCard gift cards) as sources of payment. Now, they’ve added Discover credit cards as a new option. And, just...
Buy AA miles for less than a penny each, automatically
Great news for those who have the version of the US Airways credit card that automatically awards 10,000 bonus miles each year. Barclaycard has announced that this benefit will continue once the US Airways...
How to find the best credit card for groceries, gas, restaurants, and more
One great way to increase credit card rewards is to maximize your use of category bonuses. Many credit cards offer bonus points for shopping in certain locations or with certain types of vendors. These...
My progress towards Citi Prestige 30K and $700
I’ve written before about my quest to make the most of the impending changes to the Citi Prestige card. This is Citi’s high-end ($450 per year) ThankYou rewards card, and it’s features are set...
How to earn 4% cash back on all spend
The cash back portal, Ebates, now offers a Visa credit card that gives you an additional 3% cash back on qualifying purchases made through their portal.
One way to take advantage of this is to...
Last call for Ink Bold
Via Dan's Deals, it looks like Chase is phasing out their Ink Bold charge card, so there is limited time to sign up for the 50K bonus before its gone altogether. Already, my affiliate...
Hot Ritz Carlton credit card offers have expired
In the past several months Ritz Carlton has had two great offers for their credit card. Unfortunately, both have expired:140,000 points after $2K spend. $395 annual fee not waived. EXPIRED 70,000 points. No annual...
Small Business Saturday better than ever!
Every year, on the Saturday after Thanksgiving, American Express runs a promotion called Small Business Saturday in which they reimburse cardholders for shopping at small businesses. In the past, Amex has reimbursed $25 for...
Amazon Payments to stop allowing person to person payments
We knew it had to end sometime. Amazon has announced via their Annual Notice email that person to person payments will no longer be accepted as of October 13th 2014. This has been one...
Citi ThankYou adds transfer partner: Airfrance/KLM Flying Blue
I've written before about how Citi's ThankYou rewards program has recently added airline transfer partners. See, for example: Thank you, Citi, Singapore is looking sweet. Now, they've added another partner: Air France - KLM...
