Backcountry 18 miles per dollar
Through tomorrow night (1/18/2016), the AAdvantage eShopping portal is offering 18 miles per dollar at Backcountry.com. *Extra miles available through 1/18/2016 11:59...
Fidelity FlexPerks? Is the Fidelity Visa Signature 2% card better than we thought?
A couple of weeks ago, I announced that Fidelity’s new no-annual-fee 2% cash back Visa Signature card is now available. Cards offering 2% cash...
Crystal Visa Infinite: The best card you can’t get
I signed up for the Crystal Visa Infinite card late last year because of its 100,000 point signup bonus and waived first year fee...
Coin Digital Wallet Card Review
My wife and I have 30 active credit card accounts. Give or take. If you include authorized user cards, the total is closer to...
Your Serve or Bluebird is still alive. Now what?
Late last week, Amex delivered bad news to huge numbers of Bluebird and Serve account holders. They shut down accounts due to “unusual usage...
Sears 100% back in points wireless headphones, iPhone cables, more
Via Sears’ Weekly Member Deals page, many products are listed at 100% back in points. To see why you might be interested in this,...
Bluebird Serve Birdpocalypse: How to liquidate remaining gift cards
This morning Amex delivered bad news to huge numbers of Bluebird and Serve account holders. They shut down accounts due to “unusual usage patterns...
Amex kills Bluebird and Serve for many
Amex seems to have swept through all Serve and Bluebird accounts to identify any that were being used to manufacture spend. Identified account holders...
Bet You Didn’t Know: A Repeatable Companion Airfare Discount with the CNB Crystal Visa...
By Julian, author of Devil’s Advocate...
In my experience, one of the most overrated credit card benefits is the companion airfare discount. It seems these deals...
Credit Card Spend in 2016 and Beyond
There was a time when the US Mint sold dollar coins online at face value, with free shipping, and allowed customers to pay with...
Nationwide Buxx far less useful as of January 11 2016
Doctor of Credit warned us yesterday. Nationwide Bank had changed the terms on their Visa Buxx cards. Previously, you could load Nationwide Buxx debit...
Barclaycard’s 15,000 mile anniversary incentive
My wife and I have a total of four Barclaycard AAdvantage Aviator Red MasterCards (we have two each). The cards began life as US...
Fidelity’s new 2% cash back Visa Signature card now available
You’ve probably seen the news by now: Fidelity has dropped Amex. Fidelity’s Amex card used to be the only no annual fee 2% cash...
How bad were my 2015 predictions?
I probably should have just swept these predictions under the rug and forgotten about them. In January, I published my predictions for 2015. Every...
