Chasing Ultimate Rewards: My revised strategy
In the March 2015 post “Chasing Ultimate Rewards,” I detailed plans to earn approximately 210,000 Ultimate Rewards points per year without paying credit card annual fees. Since then, things have changed. Chase’s new, tougher,...
Best credit card combos: Cash Back
This is part 5 of a multi-part series of “best credit card combos”. The goal is to find the combination of 2, 3, or maybe 4 credit cards that, together, offer the best rewards...
REDbird still flying, but not everywhere
Note: As of 10/13/15 the Target REDcard (REDbird) can only be loaded with cash in-store at Target. Gift cards and/or debit cards no longer work to load REDcard. For more info, see: Here is the...
My Amex gift card strategy
Last year, I signed up for the Amex Gift Card Premium Shipping Plan which offers free Express Next Day shipping on all Amex gift card orders. Usually, the plan costs $99 per year, but...
Maximizing the Discover Double Cash promo: Huge rewards via online shopping!
This is the third of a series of posts describing how to make the most of Discover’s Double Cash Back promotion. Discover is offering to double all rewards earned for an entire year. Both...
Maximizing the Discover Double Cash promo: 5X Rotating categories
This is the second of a series of posts describing how to make the most of Discover’s Double Cash Back promotion. Discover is offering to double all rewards earned for an entire year. Both...
Maximizing the Discover Double Cash promo: Which card is best? How many can I...
Discover is currently pulling out all stops to get people not just to sign up for their cards, but also to use them for all their purchases. At least three Discover cards are currently...
Free $10 Staples ePromo gift card with purchase of $50 Staples eGift cards
Offer valid through 6/20/2015. Buy a $50 Staples eGift card and get a $10 ePromo card. eGift cards are valid for redemption between 06/21/2015 and 07/05/2015 Important Notes: Staples eGift cards are...
Works in progress: Cash Back combos, Discover double-dips, and AT&T
Working on Credit Card Combos: Cash Back
Remember the Credit Card Combos series? I covered the best combinations of point-earning cards:
Best credit card combos: Ultimate Rewards
Best credit card combos: Membership Rewards
Best credit...
$350 cash back for new AT&T contract
Through TopCashBack, you can now get $350 cash back for signing up for either the AT&T Next 2 year contract or a 2 Year Post-Paid Plan. TopCashBack lists several important exclusions: Please...
[EXPIRED] Personal Platinum 100K offer spotted in the wild. Who should get it?
In January 2013, I signed up my wife for the Amex personal Platinum card. At the time, via something called the CardMatch Tool (more about that later), she was targeted for 100,000 points after...
New SPG card benefits: Do they work for award stays? Authorized users?
Yesterday, I wrote a bit about the new benefits of the Amex SPG cards as of August 11. As a reminder, the new benefits (and new fee) are:
Higher annual fees ($95 vs. the current...
New Amex Offer: $30 off $100 in-store Walmart and Target. Repeat 5 times!
Via Twitter, John reports that Amex is offering a new Amex Offer: Spend $100 or more in-store at Target or Walmart by 7/31/2015 and get a $30 statement credit. This is amazing in a...
Amex business cards increasingly trump personal cards
The latest changes to the American Express SPG cards (as reported here, by Doctor of Credit) have me thinking about the way Amex handles the differences between their personal and business cards. Most of...
