fbpx
back to top

Credit Card Spend

a close-up of a card

How I’m rocking the soon-to-expire awesome Amex Offers

89
Amex Offers have been wonderfully generous this holiday season.  Most offers are targeted: they're available through some Amex cards, but not others.  However, if you have a lot of Amex cards (regular cards, authorized...
a man and woman looking at each other

5 Back Visa: Awesome Deals! (currently out of stock online)

32
Gift Card Mall $25 back on $500 load? Gift Card Mall is currently advertising a seemingly too good to be true promo for their 5 Back Visa Gift Card.  Through December 10th, they say that...
Zerocard

How to play the Zerocard game

24
If it seems too good to be true...  You know the rest.  The funny thing about the credit card signup game, though, is that many deals are as good as they seem.  Those ...
credit card point earning

A guide to credit card point earning. Should you focus on a single program?

12
I earn millions of points and miles each year through credit card signup bonuses and .  My general approach is to go for the low hanging fruit.  I'll snag those 50,000 to 100,000 point...
a screen shot of a computer screen

Plastiq MasterCard bill payment fee now 2.5%

7
Plastiq is an online bill payment service that lets you pay almost all of your bills by credit card.  Plastiq's standard fee for credit card payments is 2.5%, but for quite a while they've...
a scale with a black background

The Fine Print: The Successful Fight Against A Citi Shutdown

79
The following is not legal advice. Please contact an attorney or Alexander Bachuwa if you have questions or claims regarding consumer arbitration.  Following one of my Fine Print posts, a Frequent Miler reader messaged me...
a close up of a gift card

Increase credit card spend (and get most of it back). What still works November...

32
UPDATE: Please find an up-to-date version of this post here: There are many reasons you may want to increase credit card spend.  You may need to meet spend requirements on several new credit cards...
Delta elite status

Pushing the envelope on earning Delta elite status through spend

22
Delta is the only major airline that makes it possible to achieve top tier status through credit card spend alone.  It's not easy to do, but it is possible.  Over the past several years,...
pay student loan

Pay student loans or 529 plans with a credit card!

176
Gift of College gift cards are now available nationwide. This is great news for those saving for college or paying off college. Thanks to this new development, it is now possible to use a...
fund college savings

How to fund college savings with a credit card

46
UPDATE: Please find updated information here: Pay student loans or 529 plans with a credit card! The New York Times recently published an article about Gift of College rolling out gift cards to stores (initially...
Delta Elite Status

End of Year Delta Elite Status Grab

58
Every year around this time people ask about strategies for earning Delta elite status.  What are the best ways to earn the final elite qualifying miles needed for the next level of status? Background Delta refers...
a ball of rubber bands with a yellow band around it

$15 Instant Rebate on $300 in Visa Gift Cards at OfficeMax/Office Depot

25
Through October 15, OfficeMax and Office Depot are offering an instant $15 rebate on $300 or more in Visa gift card purchased in-store. The Offer Save $15 instantly when you buy $300 or more in Visa...

Quick Tip: Kickfurther limits credit card claims to $500 at a time

4
Kickfurther has announced a few updates including a new credit card funding limit of $500 at a time.  This makes Kickfurther far less interesting to me.  Let's hope they roll this back! You can read...
100K Clawback

Did you survive the Amex 100K clawback?

66
Somebody at Amex must have been really pissed that a 100K offer for the Amex Platinum card was erroneously let loose on Reddit back in May.  With similar situations in the past Amex has...

Follow & Share

14,111FansLike
13,000FollowersFollow
62,216FollowersFollow
9,190SubscribersSubscribe