Freedom vs. Freedom Unlimited
Last year, I detailed my plan for increasing my Chase Ultimate Rewards point balance. The reason for focusing on Ultimate Rewards? I’m a huge fan of transferable points programs, especially Ultimate Rewards. Chase has...
How to enroll in Amex presale offers. Don’t miss the next Hamilton (or whatever)...
I’ve been waiting a while now for an opportunity to buy Hamilton tickets at a reasonable price. In New York, Hamilton has long been sold out and resale prices have been through the roof. ...
United snubs my Gogo passes. Discover It Miles to the rescue
Last week I flew to Colorado in First Class on United Airlines. I paid for the flight with Singapore Airlines miles -- for a few reasons. The primary reason, for me, was that I...
Credit card bonus complexity
Last Friday, I published results from my successful retention call with Citi: My 130K phone call. That made me realize that I should write a post about Citibank credit card strategies. When should you...
United 75K approved, Ink Plus 60K pending
When a targeted 70K United MileagePlus offer first appeared, I logged into my United account but was disappointed to find that I wasn’t targeted.
Then, a better targeted offer appeared with the addition of a...
My 130K phone call
June 4th was approaching quickly. That’s the day that my Citi Forward card was scheduled to turn into a pumpkin. Starting June 4th, the card will earn only 2X points for restaurants, music, movies,...
Free Experian Credit Monitoring with AAA membership (for many)
You’re probably aware that many credit card companies provide credit scores to their members for free. And, recently, Discover has begun offering free FICO credit scores from Experian for customers and non-customers alike:
If you’re interested...
Amex Platinum for less
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Breaking 5/24
On May 24th (coincidentally, 5/24), Doctor of Credit announced that Chase’s dreaded 5/24 rule was now in place as of May 22nd or 23rd for most cards. Specifically, he said that the rule now...
Time to get a new Discover It card?
Discover’s Double Cash Back for a year promotion is pretty awesome, especially with the Discover It card. For review, the Discover It card offers 5% cash back in categories that change each quarter (up...
Promiscuous transfer partners
My favorite points programs, by far, are transferable points programs. These are programs where points can be transferred 1 to 1 (or better) to airline and hotel programs. This makes it possible to cherry-pick...
195,500 Marriott points. Strike now?
Last week, Marriott introduced a new 100,000 point offer for their Marriott Rewards Business card. When combined with the current offer for the personal Marriott card, it’s possible to rack up a huge number...
100K Marriott Business card offer. Find out if you’re targeted.
UPDATE: Offer is now public. Please click here for more details.
A reader named Brad reports that he logged into his Marriott account and found this offer:
100,000 Marriott points after $5K spend
Both my wife and...
Marriott Premier Business Visa offers new path to Gold status
I just received an email regarding my Marriott Premier Business Visa advertising two new benefits of the card: 1) A new path to Gold status; and 2) Access to discounts with Marriott Premier Visa...
