Should you call when your application goes pending?
When applying for credit cards, it is common to not get an instant decision. At that point, you have a decision to make: Do...
From Sapphire Preferred to Freedom Unlimited, No Waiting
On Saturday morning I published "Freedom Unlimited plan thwarted." Since I now have the top-end Sapphire Reserve card, I wanted to downgrade my Sapphire...
Freedom Unlimited plan thwarted
Ever since signing up for the Chase Sapphire Reserve card, I've planned to downgrade my Sapphire Preferred to a Freedom Unlimited card. The former...
Hawaii round trip from NYC as low as $362 per person for Alaska Airlines...
As per this Secret Flying post, Alaska Airlines is currently offering round trip airfares from New York (Newark) to Maui, Hawaii as low as...
IHG Cardmembers: 15% Discount on IHG Points + Cash
A new cardmember offer gives IHG credit card holders a 15% discount on the cash portion of a points + cash booking for reservations made by February...
Better than Best Offers available for some cards
The Deal:
There is currently a way to find signup bonuses that eclipse those found in our best offers. While the best publicly-available sign up...
Necker Island award same price, but harder to get
Update: A few years after this post was written, the award price for a week on Necker Island increased to 1.5 million points.
After my...
Credit cards with better than 2% rewards for non-bonus spend
Which credit card should you use to maximize rewards? In general, if you've signed up for a credit card recently and need to meet...
(EXPIRED) Complete guide to paying taxes via credit card, 2017 edition
Preparing taxes is no fun. No fun at all. But paying taxes doesn't have to be painful. In fact, paying federal taxes can be...
Ritz offer dropping from 3 to 2 free nights.
Yesterday I told you about the soon to be gone Fairmont 2 free night offer. At the moment there are still a couple of...
Fairmont Visa Links Gone [Previously: The other Chase card you should consider today]
UPDATE: She's dead Jim. All known links are now dead.
UPDATE: Reader Stuart contributed this working link: Application Link 1
And here's another link courtesy of...
Can you game the World of Hyatt with your Citi Prestige card?
Beginning March 1 2017, Hyatt will dump their Gold Passport loyalty program in favor of the new World of Hyatt. To get caught up...
(EXPIRED) Southwest Business 60K Offer is Back!
The Chase Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards Premier Business Card is now available with a 60,000 point after $3K spend signup offer!
Points earned from Southwest...
Why Amtrak? Alaska? Virgin Atlantic? The reasons behind my application spree.
In my recent posts "My end of year App-No-Rama application spree. 147K and counting." and the follow-ups "Chase IHG was the +1 at my...
