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30 days to use Toys R Us gift cards

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As you've likely heard, Toys R Us is going out of business and closing all of its remaining stores. USA Today has reported that stores will accept gift cards for the next 30 days: gift...
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JetBlue nixes Amazon 3x except in-flight as of 3/27

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JetBlue has sent an email out to TrueBlue members announcing that they will cease to offer 3x for Amazon purchases on the ground -- only offering 3x when connected to Fly-Fi in-flight Internet on JetBlue. It was...
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Staples GC sale: 20% off GAP Options gift cards

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Staples.com is offering 20% off on a couple of denominations of GAP Options gift cards. This would be an easy opportunity to earn 5x with a Chase Ink Cash card (or Ink Plus if you still...
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New big spend bonus: more free annual nights with Radisson Visa cards

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Club Carlson announced today that they have re-branded to become Radisson Rewards. There were some negative changes in terms of points earnings for mid-tier members (more on that below), but one interesting change came to...
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American Express Ending The OPEN Savings Program

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American Express have started advising their business credit cardholders that the OPEN Savings Program will be ending on June 1, 2018. The OPEN Savings Program offered business credit cardholders a choice of either a 5%...
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Mandarin Oriental Launches New Loyalty Program

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Mandarin Oriental has recently launched a new loyalty program called Fans Of MO. It's free to join and potentially offers some great benefits to enhance your stay. You can sign up for Fans Of MO...
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Activate Now: Discover 5% Cashback Bonus For Q2

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It's less than a month until the second quarter, so you're now able to activate the 5% cashback bonus if you have a Discover It credit card. The Deal Earn 5% cashback bonus at Grocery...
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Mercedes-Benz Platinum discontinued; get 60K while you can

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As reported by US Credit Card Guide, the Mercedes-Benz American Express cards (including the Mercedes-Benz branded flavor of the Platinum Card) will be discontinued in January 2019 and replaced with different cards. Applications are still available at the...
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Hyatt cracks down on second guest approach to sharing status

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This morning I posted options for getting top tier Hyatt elite benefits without having status.  The best of these options is for a top-tier friend to book your stay as a Guest of Honor...
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Update: Chase says breach is fixed

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This morning, we posted about a possible security breach at Chase bank (See: Potential Chase security breach: Don’t log in?). Chase has since confirmed the breach. According to their news release to Bloomberg, the breach was...
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Potential Chase security breach: Don’t log in?

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Late last night / early this morning, Fly & Dine and Doctor of Credit as well as many people on Twitter have reported what could be a major security breach at Chase: people report logging into their Chase...
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Marriott Best Rate Guarantee Now Offers 5,000 Points Or 25% Off

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The Marriott Best Rate Guarantee (aka their Look No Further Guarantee) used to only offer 25% off the matching rate. They've now introduced an additional option - 5,000 Marriott Rewards Points. To take advantage of...
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Another hit: No more Amazon GCs with Gamestop GCs

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After a rough day in MS news yesterday (See: Alliant paying 0% cash back at Giftcards.com, No more 5x at MPX, and Another one down: No more 5x at Gift Card Mart), the hits...
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Another one down: No more 5x at Gift Card Mart

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And the hits just keep on coming: We have received two reports here on the blog -- from reader Max in our Laboratory and reader Sophie on the post What's left for 5x Ink? indicating...

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