Get approved for the Sapphire Reserve 100K offer despite 5/24
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How to get approved for the Sapphire Reserve 100K offer
Update 8/23/2016: Some of the recommendations in this...
More awesome news about the Chase Sapphire Reserve
Last week I detailed rumors of a new Chase card to be named Chase Sapphire Reserve, and I made a number of predictions about the card. At the time we didn’t have hard proof...
My 100,000 point Membership Rewards mistake
Not long ago I did a little e-victory dance when my wife signed up for a 100,000 point offer for the American Express Platinum card. Hours after she applied, the application link was taken...
The Dining Everywhere Visa. Is 5X or 2.65X worth the headache?
A new Visa gift card has appeared in many Office Depot stores: the Dining Everywhere Visa. On the surface this card appears to be limited to use in restaurants and bars, but Travelling Well...
Chase Sapphire Reserve’s $1200 question
This is fun! Right on the heels of Citibank’s announced devaluation of their high-end Citi Prestige card, comes the rumored release of a new high-end competitor:: Chase Sapphire Reserve. There has already been a...
Earn points from authorized users. Is it worth it?
Credit card companies want cardholders to add authorized users (AUs). The hope is that more users will result in more spend which means more profit for the card issuer. Because of this, it’s sometimes...
Prestige 50K offer hanging on by a thread. Still possible to get up to...
A couple of weeks ago I reported that the writing was on the wall for two great Citibank signup offers: the Citi Prestige 50K offer and the Citi AT&T Access More free phone offer...
Should you avoid pooling ThankYou accounts?
Citibank ThankYou Rewards points can be earned from several credit cards, and from some Citi bank accounts. By default, each credit card or bank account has its own ThankYou Rewards account, but Citi provides...
Chase Special Consideration vs. 5/24
In the post “Chase Special Consideration,” I wrote about the special reconsiderations forms that a Chase banker can fill out on your behalf (if you have at least $10K on deposit) to help turn...
FlexPerks nerfs online first class and multi-city flight awards
With US Bank’s FlexPerks program, flight awards usually offer the best value (see: FlexPerks award charts for flights, hotels, car rentals, and annual fees). And, it has been possible to maximize value from flight...
Two great Citi offers may soon be gone. What to do?
Citi’s AT&T Access More card and its free phone offer is still alive… barely. For the last few months, public links to sign up for the card kept disappearing. Each time one would go...
FlexPerks award charts for flights, hotels, car rentals, and annual fees
US Bank’s FlexPerks program offers several options for getting better than 1 cent per point value from your FlexPerks points. The details, though, can be hard to find. So, I thought it would be...
App-No-Rama in action: Over 700K and counting
Earlier this year, I suggested an alternative to App-O-Ramas for earning huge credit card signup bonuses. The alternative process, eventually named “App-No-Rama,” moves away from the idea of signing up for lots of cards...
Ink Plus success with Chase’s Special Consideration form
Over a month ago, I applied for a targeted United Mileage Plus 75K offer and an Ink Plus 60K offer. Both applications were initially pending. After calling the personal and business recon lines to...
