Increase Credit Card Spend (and do good) with Kiva and Kivalens
Update 7/29/2017: US Bank no longer codes Kiva as a charity. This post has been updated accordingly.
Kiva is a nonprofit organization that facilitates micro-loans to enterprising individuals around the world so that they may...
Discover’s Deal of the Year: The waiting game strategy
Quick background: Discover is currently running two overlapping promotions: an extra 10% cash back for Apple Pay purchases made through December 31st, plus double all cash back for a year. Each promotion is amazing...
First look at Revolut: Send and spend money globally with zero fees
Thanks to my interest in manufacturing spend to increase credit card rewards, I’m always excited to see new options for moving money around. New no-fee prepaid cards can be exciting too (Remember Redird?). How...
National is now enforcing 1 Discover cert per rental
My favorite use of Discover Cashback is now severely limited. Discover Cashback can be redeemed for cash or for discounted gift cards. With gift cards, in most cases the savings are small, or the...
Manufacturing Choice. Is it worth it?
Last month I asked “Should I bet on Choice?” Thanks to my Chase Amtrak card (which is now a Freedom card), I had a short term opportunity to convert up to 25,000 Amtrak points...
How to share Chase Ultimate Rewards with friends
Chase Ultimate Rewards is currently my favorite transferable points program. You can read my comparison of transferable points programs here. Unfortunately, Chase will soon lose Amtrak as a transfer partner, but hopefully they’ll add...
Free Gogo In-Flight Wifi: FlexPerks offers a terrific new perk for Visa cardholders
The US Bank FlexPerks card is one of my favorite secondary points programs card. The card offers 3X points for charities, 2X points for cell phone, and 2X for gas, grocery, or airline purchases...
Bet You Didn’t Know: Doubling the Citi Dividend 5% 4th Quarter Bonus Categories
By Julian, author of Devil’s Advocate...
I've been writing a lot lately about the current lineup of Citibank cards, but today I'm sharing a cool little trick about a vintage Citibank product.
The Citi Dividend is technically no...
Necker Island and the 30% transfer bonus dilemma
Oy. Amex is offering a 30% Membership Rewards transfer bonus to Virgin Atlantic this month, but the offer is targeted. I was targeted for the offer, but my wife was not.
Why does this matter? ...
Unbiased credit card rankings: enhancements and airline cards
A little over a week ago, I introduced unbiased credit card rankings, specifically for hotel credit card signup bonuses Since then, I’ve enhanced the methodology a bit and I’ve added unbiased airline credit card...
Hawaiian Airlines 50K offer returns
New Method May, 2016
You may be able to get a 50,000 point offer by creating a dummy booking. Here is how to do it:
Search for a flight and go through the airfare booking process.
On the...
Bet You Didn’t Know: The Citibank ThankYou Business Card
By Julian, author of Devil’s Advocate...
A few weeks ago our friend Stefan over at Rapid Travel Chai wrote about the "zombie" CitiBusiness ThankYou card. He speculated that since all online links for the business version of...
A checklist for securing expedited security, hotel and car elite status, two $200 reimbursements,...
A bit of good news for Amex Platinum cardholders surfaced yesterday. First, it was widely reported that Amex Platinum holders are now eligible for free Hilton Gold status. Second, we learned that a glitch...
More than double price for discounted AA first class? No ThankYou Citi. FlexPerks to...
In March of last year, Citibank increased the value of ThankYou Rewards points for Citi Prestige cardholders. When used to purchase American Airlines flights, each point is now worth 1.6 cents each instead of...
