Amex neuters Small Business Saturday. No statement credits this year.
In the past several years, the Saturday after Thanksgiving was like Christmas to those with a handful of American Express cards. Each year, on that day (dubbed “Small Business Saturday”), Amex would offer statement...
Discover’s Deal of the Year: Excludes gift cards
I’ve written a lot about Discover’s current overlapping promotions: an extra 10% cash back for Apple Pay purchases, plus double all cash back for a year. You can find full details here and here. ...
Bet You Didn’t Know: Online Credit Card Application Status For All Banks
By Julian, author of Devil’s Advocate...
I applied for some new credit cards this week and was surprised that I couldn't find an up-to-date list of all the links that allow you to check online for your credit...
Limited time: 1.5% credit card bill payment fee (MasterCard only)
Through September 30th 2015, the Plastiq bill payment service is offering a discounted rate for paying new bills with your MasterCard credit card or gift card. Plastiq’s usual fee is 2.5%, but during this...
How to convert Discover Cashback into airline miles
Soon, I have no doubt, many readers will be flush with Discover Cashback (see: The NEW Deal of the Year: Preparing for Discover Apple Pay and $2,000). That’s great, but some readers prefer earning...
Amtrak Guest Rewards credit card review
First National Bank of Omaha has recently taken over and relaunched the Amtrak Guest Rewards Mastercards. Existing cardholders who had the cards previously issued by Bank of America have been converted to the First...
Can I really buy $500 gift cards with Apple Pay? How can I get...
UPDATE 9/18/2015: Discover's Apple Pay promotion now explicitly excludes gift cards. Please see details here.
Last week, Discover announced that support for Apple Pay would begin on September 16th (Wednesday). To encourage its use, they...
Plastiq promos end Monday. Last chance for no fee utility payments, and 1.99% fees...
Plastiq, a bill payment service that makes it possible to pay almost all bills by credit card (mortgage, rent, professional fees, etc.) has been running a couple of ongoing promotions (click each link for...
The NEW Deal of the Year: Preparing for Discover Apple Pay and $2,000
UPDATE 9/18/2015: Discover's Apple Pay promotion now explicitly excludes gift cards. Please see details here.
Discover’s top execs have gone completely crazy. Either that or their bonuses are dependent upon customer acquisition and retention and...
Should I bet on Choice?
In March, I wrote that the Chase Amtrak card was no longer being offered to new customers. This was disappointing because the credit card is key to unlocking a special redemption option: Once you’ve...
The promo of the year lives on
UPDATE 9/14/2015: Updated experiment results listed below
This year’s best promotion has little to do with airline miles or hotel points. Instead, it comes from Discover. In particular, Discover promises to double all cashback earned...
Re-dipping my toes into reselling
One of my earliest experiments with reselling came in 2012 when the British Airways shopping portal offered 36 points per dollar for first time users shopping at Nordstrom. I knew I wanted to take...
Necker Island: 557,000 miles in the bag, 180,000 miles on the way, and my...
My Virgin Atlantic account currently shows a balance of over 557,000 miles. With most programs, I’d be pretty happy about that. In this case, though, the total is less than half needed for a...
Amtrak Guest Rewards 2016 — Better than expected. My take and recommendations.
Last week, I travelled with family and friends to a number of national parks: Arches, Bryce, Grand Canyon, and Zion. We used Amtrak points (transferred from Chase Ultimate Rewards) to make the journey west...
