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Amex Going Clawback-Happy For Grocery Store Spend

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When it rains, it pours. After recent hits to manufactured spending due to both GiftCardMall and GiftCards.com reducing the amount of cashback that can be earned through shopping portals from $60,000 of spend per month...

GiftCardMall no longer selling $500 cards?

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We recently reported the news that GiftCardMall has reduced the monthly cap on orders that qualify for shopping portal rewards (from $60K per month in orders to only $2K per month in orders). Unfortunately,...
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Wyndham Has Cut Elite Status Earning Requirements By 40%

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Wyndham Rewards announced some time ago that they'd be extending status through December 31, 2021. This was good news for those of us who'd already hopped on the status-match-go-round, but it wasn't helpful for...
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Discover It Student Good Grades $20 per Year

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This is a simple reminder for those with a Discover It Student card to claim your $20 each year for good grades.  The process is super simple and takes less than a minute: Browse to...
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Some Chase Accounts Displayed Wrong Information Overnight – Now Resolved

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It's not only Hyatt balances that Chase has been messing up. There were reports overnight that some customers with Chase checking accounts were noticing that money had either gone missing from their accounts or they'd...
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Duplicate Hyatt Points From Chase Have Been Reversed Out

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Chase giveth and Chase taketh away. Back on June 19, many people noticed that their World of Hyatt accounts had been given a nice boost in points beyond those which they were expecting. This appeared to...
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Ouch: Plastiq Fees Increasing To 2.85%

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The hits keep coming. There was bad news for manufactured spending a couple of days ago when GiftCardMall announced that they'd be limiting the cashback you can earn through shopping portals from $60,000 of...
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Some peer-to-peer payments coding as cash advances

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A few days ago, Doctor of Credit reported on the fact that some credit card issuers are now charging cash advance fees when sending money to a friend via peer-to-peer payment networks like PayPal or...
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American Express Waiving Excise Tax Fees For Membership Rewards Transfers Until End Of 2020

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While the American Express Membership Rewards program is an excellent transferable currency when it comes to airline partners, one of its few downsides has been the excise tax fee it charges when transferring points...
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Citi Premier Codes As 3x For International Grocery Stores

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A couple of months ago Citi announced that they'd be changing the earning structure on the Citi Premier card. Those changes were originally due to take effect on August 23, with one of the changes...
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Q3 2020: Quarterly Bonus Categories For Freedom, Discover, Cash+, Dividend & ABOC

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All of the credit cards with rotating quarterly categories have now opened registration for Q3 2020. We've provided details below of each card's categories from July 1 to September 30, 2020, along with links to...
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A debit card that offers $550 per year in rewards

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Earlier today I published a method for getting the Morgan Stanley Platinum card for free.  More specifically, the post detailed how to earn the Morgan Stanley $550 Annual Engagement Bonus.  This relationship bonus perfectly...
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ANA Surcharges Reduced To $1 Per Leg, Potentially Saving Hundreds

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ANA has made a great improvement when booking award flights as they're now charging only $1 per leg on many routes. On many ANA-flown routes, if you book a round trip flight, the surcharge will...
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US Bank Altitude Reserve Allowing Dining Purchases Towards $325 Travel Credit (Temporarily) + 3x...

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US Bank has announced a couple of enhancements to its Altitude Reserve card, both of which relate to dining purchases. First up, the card's $325 travel credit can be used towards dining purchases through December...

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