Pay Federal or State Taxes by MasterCard for 1.75%
The bill payment service, Plastiq, has just announced a promotion in which you can pay your federal or state taxes with a MasterCard credit card with a lower than usual fee of 1.75% (Plasitiq...
Top 5 reasons to pay federal taxes with a credit card or gift card
UPDATE: This post is out of date. .
It’s tax season (“Wabbit season!”) which means that it’s time to answer the age old question: “Should I pay federal taxes with a credit card?” Whether you...
My revised approach to earning miles through credit card bonuses
No more App-O-Ramas for me.
The term “App-O-Rama” (also known as AOR) is a name many people use for the process of applying for a bunch of credit cards in one day, earning huge piles...
Chasing 395,000 points
In January, I recommended applying for Chase Ink cards before March (see: Credit card junkies: it’s time to apply for Chase Ink). And, in February, I suggested applying for Chase co-branded cards before April...
Barclaycard JetBlue offers are live and worth a look
JetBlue credit cards from Barclaycard are now available to new applicants. The new Barclaycard JetBlue cards come in three flavors:
JetBlue Plus Card: 30,000 points after $1K spend; $99 annual fee
JetBlue Business Card:...
Extreme Stacking progress
This will be a short post. I spent most of yesterday working on a post that I ended up losing interest in (it happens occasionally), then I spent the rest of the day creating...
Chase point transfer rules made simple [Infographic]
My favorite points programs are transferable points programs. These are programs that let the account holder transfer points to their choice of a number of airline and hotel programs. See: A quick guide to...
Sears and Kmart offering 100% back in points on many items
This week, Sears and Kmart are offering 100% back in Shop Your Way Rewards points for many items. Points do not roll (that means that you can’t pay with points and get points back),...
My current go-to options for buying Visa gift cards
Following Amex’s second wave attack on Bluebird and Serve cardholders, it may seem strange for me to write about options for buying Visa gift cards. After all, Bluebird and Serve are/were among the best...
Amex lowers the boom on Bluebird and Serve again
Exactly 9 weeks ago, Amex lowered the boom on many Bluebird and Serve cardholders. While they didn’t outright shut down accounts, they did bar them from loading new funds. Most people with frozen accounts...
[Expired] SPG 35K offer: Earn up to 110,000 points by referring friends
As I reported earlier this morning via Frequent Miler’s Quick Deals, Amex has increased the Starwood Preferred Guest signup offer to 35,000 points through March 30th. This is the highest public offer I can...
SPG 35,000 point bonus through March 30!
Starwood points are incredibly valuable both to redeem for hotel stays and to transfer to airline miles at a terrific ratio (20,000 SPG points –> 25,000 airline miles with many programs). Now, for the...
8 ways to get the best targeted Amex signup bonus offers
An easy way to find the best Amex signup bonus offers is to visit Frequent Miler’s Best Offers page. But, that page focuses on the best publicly available offers. This post details a number...
8 ways to get the best Chase signup bonus offers
The quick answer to how to find the best Chase signup bonus offers for credit cards is to visit Frequent Miler’s Best Offers page. But, that page focuses on the best publicly available offers. ...
