Tag: Keystone
Beginner with business credit card plan: Over 500K points & 2 years Companion Pass
Separately I published a first year credit card plan for a single person with no ability or willingness to apply for business cards: Beginner...
Flying under 5/24
Signing up for credit cards is, by far, the fastest and easiest way to amass a fortune in points and miles. Chase, in particular,...
Awesome Amex Offers and how to get them
Amex has been killing it lately with fantastic Amex Offers. Here are a few recent examples:
Amazon: Spend $50 or $100 (offer varies), Get...
Beginner credit card plan: over 500K points in 12 to 15 months
The quickest and easiest way to amass points and miles is through credit card welcome bonuses. In this post I'll demonstrate a credit card...
How to get targeted for the best Amex welcome bonuses.
An easy way to find the best Amex welcome bonuses is to visit Frequent Miler’s Best Offers page. But, that page focuses on the best publicly available offers. This post details a number of ways to get targeted offers that may be even better. American Express usually doesn’t offer welcome bonuses to those who have had the same card before, so it is especially important with Amex to sign up only for the very best offers.
How to earn airline elite status without flying
Lost in the excitement about airlines eliminating change fees was the announcement from American Airlines that their elites will no longer be punished while...
Awesome new targeted Amex credit card offers
While updating links on our Best Credit Card Offers page today, I stumbled on a number of awesome targeted offers. They didn't show up...
Citi ThankYou points sweet spots for high value redemptions
While ThankYou points came out less valuable than Chase or Amex points when we last updated our Reasonable Redemption Values (See: A big change...
Best credit cards for Plastiq bill payments (updated w/ 2.85% fee)
Plastiq is an online bill payment service that lets you pay almost all of your bills by credit card. The usual fee is 2.85%, but they sometimes...
Stacking rewards via business card spend
Visa, and Mastercard offer extra savings for business card holders with select merchants including gas stations, restaurants, hotels, car rental companies, and more. It's often possible to stack these discounts with credit card category bonuses. And, in many cases, you can earn more rewards by ...
Cancelling your Prestige or Premier card? Here’s how to keep ThankYou points alive.
I’m a huge fan of transferable points programs, (like Citi ThankYou points). These are programs that allow you to transfer points to multiple loyalty...
Manufacturing free nights (Hyatt, Hilton, Marriott)
Many of us aren't currently doing much traveling, but we are still earning points through credit card spend. This brings up the question of...
Top ways to earn MORE miles (after the signup bonus)
There's no doubt in my mind that credit card signup bonuses are the single best way to earn points and miles quickly. But, what...
Credit card changing fortunes (COVID-19 Edition)
Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, travel related perks have lost value while the advantages of stay-at-home perks have grown. I've long been interested in how...
