American Express Business Platinum Credit Card Review (2025)
The American Express Business Platinum card is loaded with high end perks: hundreds of dollars per year in various credit reimbursements, access to multiple types of airport lounges, hotel and car elite statuses and...
Citi Rewards+ Credit Card Review (2025)
Citi ThankYou Points (TYP) might be the most overlooked of the major transferable currencies. Lacking the big welcome offers of Chase, Amex and Capital One, it tends to settle pretty low on the totem...
Complete Guide to Credit Card Application Rules by Bank
Is there anything better than a credit card card welcome offer? You get approved, a shiny, new card arrives in the mail and then, after a proscribed amount of minimum spend, an untold points...
Citi Strata Premier℠ Credit Card Review (2025)
Last year, Citi updated the old Citi Premier card, in the process renaming it "Citi Strata Premier." The 3x earnings categories are still there, but with the explicit addition of EV charging to go along...
American Express Business Green Card Review (2025)
We don't write much about the Business Green card, and for good reason. It's not terribly exciting. In our new year's predictions post, Greg said that 2024 would be the year that Amex finally...
Indirect Amex Platinum benefits: Free burgers, Champions League soccer, Best Western, Radisson & Sixt...
Amex Platinum cards come with a large suite of benefits, from hotel status to airport lounge access to entertainment subscription credits to savings at Saks and Dell to a Walmart+ membership and more.
All those...
Amex Blue Business Plus Credit Card Review (2025)
The Blue Business Plus card from American Express is an excellent business credit card that belongs in the pocket of just about any business owner who is a fan of American Express Membership Rewards....
Maximizing American Express credit card rebates & credits
American Express credit card annual fees have continued to go up. And up. And up. In exchange for these increased fees, the bank continues to pile on benefits where you can get money (in...
A second JW Marriott opens in the Maldives, overwater bungalows from 70K points
A couple of days ago, Monkey Miles reported the opening of the JW Marriott Maldives Kaafu Atoll Island Resort. Actually, Zach wrote "JW Marriott Maldives", so I initially thought he must have been referring...
Bilt’s proposed card changes – like Chase, but (mostly) not as good
Changes are on the horizon for the Bilt card. After news reports (gift article) that Wells Fargo wasn't happy with how things were working out with regards to its issuance of the Bilt credit...
Struggling with the struggle to get under 5/24 (on Nick’s mind)
I've long advocated against over-emphasizing the 5/24 rule and thereby missing out on easy opportunities now for the sake of a shot at a future welcome offer (See: Stop over-valuing 5/24 slots). That's particularly true...
125K Marriott Bonvoy points with new business card offer
The Marriott Bonvoy Business card is well worth having and holding for Marriott aficionados for its annual elite night credits. Now there's another reason to consider it: an increased welcome offer.
Interested in more about...
Chase referral link weirdness – check that box!
A couple of weeks ago, Chase introduced a new feature when generating a referral link from one of your credit cards.
There's now a checkbox that - in theory - needs to be checked in...
Get Southwest Companion Pass through 2/28/26 + 30K points with personal Southwest cards
There are some great new welcome offers available via referral on personal Southwest credit cards which allow you to earn a Companion Pass valid through the end of February next year, as well as...
