Amex’s brilliant move toward monthly bonuses. Will it be enough to counter Chase?
In March 2017, Amex increased the annual fee on consumer Platinum cards from $450 to $550. To some, the net change was positive because Amex also threw in up to $200 per year in...
[Expired] New highest-ever 70K Delta SkyMiles offer
The Delta Reserve Business Credit Card from American Express is sporting a newly-increased offer of 70,000 Delta SkyMiles plus 10K MQMs after you spend $5,000 in purchases in the first 3 months. That's the highest offer we've...
(EXPIRED) New 50K JetBlue Business card offer
Barclays has increased the offer on the JetBlue Business credit card to 50,000 TrueBlue points after spending $1,000 on purchases in the first 90 days. That's a valuable offer for JetBlue flyers that is augmented by the...
[Expired] Wow: Amex knocks it out of the park with new 4x dining /...
The offer described in this post has since expired.
Update 10/4: The new card benefits are now live (and with "enhanced" annual fee):
The card has been renamed to "American Express Gold Card"
New...
(EXPIRED) Update, not targeted: Easy $25 statement credit for Android users w/ Capital One...
Update: When we posted this, it was unclear as to whether or not it was targeted. It is not targeted. I have since received the $25 statement credit from this promotion despite the fact that...
(EXPIRED) Amex SPG Spending Bonus: 10k Points On $4k Spend / 15k Points On...
American Express is offering some existing cardholders of the personal SPG card a targeted bonus when meeting certain spend requirements. I received an offer on my card, but it seems like there might be...
Strengths Membership Rewards has over Ultimate Rewards
When it was discovered last month that Chase would be losing Korean as a transfer partner, I offhandedly mentioned that the announcement increased the value of Membership Rewards in my mind. A reader challenged...
Q4 2018 Activation Links For Freedom, Discover, Dividend & Cash+
We're only a couple of weeks away from the start of Q4, so it's now possible to activate the 5% bonus categories on several credit cards.
We've provided details of each card's categories for October-December...
Priority Pass adds restaurants at LAX and Houston
Over the past year, Priority Pass has been rapidly adding retaurant dining options to its lounge network, both domestically in the US as well as a few abroad. There are now several new restaurants...
Chase Freedom Q4 2018 bonus categories announced
The new Chase Freedom 2018 Q4 bonus categories have been announced: from October 1-December 31, 2018, Freedom cardholders can earn an extra 5x / 5% at Wholesale Clubs, Department Stores. and Chase Pay. That should make this a...
(EXPIRED) Extra 5x Ultimate Rewards w/ Chase Pay at Best Buy, eBags, Tock
Chase is offering an extra 5 points per dollar when you use a Sapphire, Sapphire Preferred, Sapphire Reserve, or Freedom Unlimited through Chase Pay with select retailers through September 30, 2018. This bonus is in addition to your...
Keep or cancel? Paring down a premium card collection
Last week, I wrote a post about considering which ultra-premium credit cards to keep (those with annual fees of $350 or more). That post inspired Greg to make an awesome spreadsheet for evaluating your...
New Discover Business card: effective 3% back first year
Discover is out with a new business credit card that features their popular first year double up offer. The new Discover it Business Card earns unlimited 1.5% cash back everywhere -- and Discover will match all the...
Targeted: Bypass 5/24 & get CSP w/ 65K Ultimate Rewards
Doctor of Credit is reporting a great targeted offer that some people are seeing in their Chase accounts for the Chase Sapphire Preferred card: Get 60,000 Ultimate Rewards points after spending $4,000 in the first 3 months plus...
