Southwest Rapid Rewards portal 5X to 9X: Staples, Kmart, Sunglass Hut, more…
The Southwest Rapid Rewards Shopping portal has increased offers today for a number of merchants. These offers are most likely good for today...
REDbird: What’s safe?
Note: As of October 13, 2015, the Target REDcard (REDbird) can only be loaded with cash in-store at Target. Gift cards and/or debit cards no...
Real or hoax? Your Target Prepaid REDcard Account has Been Closed
As of May 6, 2015, Target no longer accepts credit cards for in-store REDbird reloads. For more information, please see "REDbird Post Memo Answers", and...
Increasing credit card spend: What’s safe?
I write often about techniques for manufacture spend. These are techniques designed to increase credit card spend in ways that result in getting most...
Bluebird, REDbird, Serve in-store loads working again
Note: As of October 13, 2015, the Target REDcard (REDbird) can only be loaded with cash in-store at Target. Gift cards and/or debit cards no...
Bluebird, REDbird, Serve in-store loads down? Online issues too. Developing…
Note: As of October 13, 2015, the Target REDcard (REDbird) can only be loaded with cash in-store at Target. Gift cards and/or debit cards no...
US Bank business card employee spend does not count towards spend requirements
Consider this a public service announcement… A reader reports that she did not earn the full signup bonus from the US Bank Club Carlson...
Banking transferable points and keeping them alive
Amex Membership Rewards, Chase Ultimate Rewards, and Citi ThankYou Rewards have a lot in common between them, besides their similar sounding names. All three...
How to convert 8900 Arrival Plus points to cash, and my latest retention call...
Update: This post references a card offer and benefits that have since expired. See our Best Offers page for current offer information.
Yesterday I called Barclaycard...
Cancelling my favorite cards
Every time an annual fee comes due on a credit card, I make a decision as to whether to keep, cancel, or downgrade the...
Today’s portal offers: up to 10X AAdvantage, up to 6X United and Southwest
Increased portal offers have popped up today for a number of merchants. These offers are most likely good only for today (Friday February 20th). ...
Discover introduces a new card and a potentially VERY lucrative 1st year offer
Discover has just unveiled a new credit card: Discover It Miles.
While this card earns “miles” it appears to really be indistinguishable from a cash...
How one call led to a points bonanza and rethought plans
A couple of days ago I called Citibank to cancel one of my AA Executive cards since the annual fee was about to come...
Are Visa gift cards at Staples still worth buying?
There was a time when $200 Visa gift cards at Staples was an absurdly lucrative deal (see this post, for example). Then, Staples stopped...
