Earn points from authorized users. Is it worth it?
Credit card companies want cardholders to add authorized users (AUs). The hope is that more users will result in more spend which means more profit for the card issuer. Because of this, it’s sometimes...
Kickfurther review 2. Manufacturing profit and spend.
Kickfurther is a platform that lets companies seek funding from the Kickfurther community by offering a return on investment (such as 8% profit in 10 months, for example). Technically, these offers aren’t loans. When...
Prestige 50K offer hanging on by a thread. Still possible to get up to...
A couple of weeks ago I reported that the writing was on the wall for two great Citibank signup offers: the Citi Prestige 50K offer and the Citi AT&T Access More free phone offer...
Should you avoid pooling ThankYou accounts?
Citibank ThankYou Rewards points can be earned from several credit cards, and from some Citi bank accounts. By default, each credit card or bank account has its own ThankYou Rewards account, but Citi provides...
Attempting to buy SPG points for 1.15 cents each
In June I was looking for alternative ways to earn or cheaply buy SPG points, and so I browsed to SPG on Broadway. This is a website that lets you use SPG points to...
Chase Special Consideration vs. 5/24
In the post “Chase Special Consideration,” I wrote about the special reconsiderations forms that a Chase banker can fill out on your behalf (if you have at least $10K on deposit) to help turn...
FlexPerks nerfs online first class and multi-city flight awards
With US Bank’s FlexPerks program, flight awards usually offer the best value (see: FlexPerks award charts for flights, hotels, car rentals, and annual fees). And, it has been possible to maximize value from flight...
The Fine Print: Consumer Arbitration — an unfamiliar weapon for battling corporate mischief
Editor’s Intro: In the points & miles game there are huge potential rewards (Free travel! Big savings! Free upgrades!). Those rewards are real, but unfortunately things sometimes go awry. You can have your bank...
Two great Citi offers may soon be gone. What to do?
Citi’s AT&T Access More card and its free phone offer is still alive… barely. For the last few months, public links to sign up for the card kept disappearing. Each time one would go...
FlexPerks award charts for flights, hotels, car rentals, and annual fees
US Bank’s FlexPerks program offers several options for getting better than 1 cent per point value from your FlexPerks points. The details, though, can be hard to find. So, I thought it would be...
App-No-Rama in action: Over 700K and counting
Earlier this year, I suggested an alternative to App-O-Ramas for earning huge credit card signup bonuses. The alternative process, eventually named “App-No-Rama,” moves away from the idea of signing up for lots of cards...
Ink Plus success with Chase’s Special Consideration form
Over a month ago, I applied for a targeted United Mileage Plus 75K offer and an Ink Plus 60K offer. Both applications were initially pending. After calling the personal and business recon lines to...
Bet You Didn’t Know: When Is The Best Shopping Portal Rate Not Really The...
By Julian, author of Devil’s Advocate...
Most Frequent Miler readers know that shopping portals are a terrific tool to earn extra cash or miles, especially when booking travel. As Greg the Frequent Miler says, if you...
Chase Special Consideration [Now for business cards only]
Update 8/23/2016: Chase has eliminated the Special Consideration Form for Personal Card Exceptions. The following post has been updated accordingly.
If you apply a Chase credit card and are denied, you may have luck calling...
