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Barclays is slashing benefits on many cards

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Emails went out today to various Barclays / Barclaycard credit card holders announcing negative changes to many credit card benefits. This news comes on...
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Possible new BOA application restrictions: 3/12 or 7/12

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Reports online from Doctor of Credit and reddit indicate that Bank of America has instituted new application restrictions that bear some resemblance to Chase's 5/24...
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American Express Adding & Removing Benefits From Select Cards

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American Express has announced a number of changes to the benefits provided on a wide range of its cards today. Most notably, premium cards...
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Google Fi Launching Unlimited Plans

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Google Fi recently announced the launch of Unlimited Plans, potentially providing a better-priced alternative to their existing flexible plans. If you already have their service...
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Cathay Pacific Flights Now Bookable On The American Airlines Website

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Cathay Pacific awards have always been a bit of a pain to book with American Airlines AAdvantage miles as you had to call American...
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Tip: Check Marriott reservations for decreases

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Marriott Bonvoy introduced peak and off-peak pricing over the weekend (and we published a post earlier about how you could leverage the current sale...

Centurion Lounge 3 hour policy doesn’t apply to layovers

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In March 2019, Amex added new restrictions for Platinum cardholders accessing Centurion Lounges: You can no longer access the lounge upon arrival at the...
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Marriott Bonvoy: Book Cat 7 Off-Peak with 50K Certs

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Here's a sliver of a silver lining for Bonvoy fans... Now that Marriott has implemented their Peak and Off-Peak award pricing, those with 50K free...
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Q4 2019 Activation Links For Freedom, Discover, Cash+, Dividend & ABOC

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As of today, all the credit cards with rotating quarterly categories have opened registration for Q4 2019. We've provided details below of each card's categories...
Chase Freedom Q4 2019

Chase Freedom Q4 2019 Categories Announced: PayPal, Chase Pay & Department Stores

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Chase has announced the 5% categories for Q4 2019 and it's a good selection - PayPal, Chase Pay & department stores will all earn...
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Hotels.com Makes A Lame Move, Adds $5 Fee When Redeeming Free Nights

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Hotels.com has announced that they'll be introducing a $5 fee when redeeming free nights earned through their Welcome Rewards program. While it's good that...
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Chase Adds Emirates Skywards As Transfer Partner

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One of the best features of Chase Ultimate Rewards is the ability to transfer points to airlines and hotel programs. That list has expanded...
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Citi (apparently) loses transfer partner Garuda Indonesia

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In reading blog posts from around the Internet for our week in review around the web post (which publishes later tonight), I came across...
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Negative Hilton status match changes: No instant Diamond, more nights required

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Hilton has today announced changes to its status match program. Unfortunately, the news is not good: effective today, Hilton no longer offers a direct match...

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