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Here’s the link! Note that this one includes a $50 statement credit. I gain nothing whatsoever from this link; I’m just passing it along. Be warned: the affiliate link being promoted by many bloggers today does not include the $50 credit.
Thanks to poster alexro in the Fatwallet Financial thread for mentioning this offer. If anybody encounters a better offer, please let me know and I’ll update this page.
I have in front of me a copy of the Capital One Rewards Barometer survey. As per the fine print, it’s a poll of “1,000 U.S. rewards card holders ages 18+, between April 3rd and April 14th, 2014, using an email invitation and an online survey.” Which is to say, the methodology isn’t perfect (understandable, since perfect methodology is expensive), but good enough. So what can we learn about U.S. rewards card holders, you ask? [Read more…]
Look what came in the mail today!
Mrs. PFD somehow managed to get herself pre-approved for a 50,000-point offer from Fifth Third bank–and these appear to be real points, not KeyBank points or PNC points. The minimum spend is only $2,000 and the annual fee is waived the first year. AND it’s not from one of the big players!
All of which is to say, keep an eye on your mailbox. I hadn’t seen the thread before now, but on Flyertalk some other folks reported a similar (and also invitation-only) offer a few months ago.
AND IN OTHER NEWS: I’ve been out all week but I’d like to offer belated congratulations to Saverocity’s esteemed founder Matt and his wife on the birth of their first child! Good luck and I hope you get some sleep, Matt.
Have a great weekend everybody!
That metallic Chase Sapphire Preferred you’ve been slinging around may be impressive, but is there room for improvement? Absolutely!
A bank in the Isle of Man — a possession of the British Crown located in the Irish Sea between Scotland, England, Ireland and Wales— is offering a 14-carat gold credit card to customers who have at least $168,000 (£100,000) of metal bars in their vault.
The Bullion Visa card, issued by IMGold, is the world’s first solid gold credit card backed by the precious metal itself that allows users to effectively borrow against their bullion possessions,reports FT.com (subs. required).
If you want to be on the waiting list, here’s the sign-up. This isn’t the world’s first (literal) gold card, though. Check out this report from 2012:
A bank in Kazakhstan is introducing an exclusive credit card made of gold, diamonds and mother of pearl.
The Visa Infinite Exclusive card, now being marketed by Sberbank-Kazakhstan, will grant the user perks, such as lounge access at airports and discounts on hotels and meals. The bank even throws in an iPhone 5 and a Montblanc card case.
The card will cost $100,000. The bank says it spends about $65,000 to make the card, but the remaining $35,000 stays with the user.
Yearly fee is $2,000.
If you’re interested in opening credit cards for make benefit glorious nation of Kazakhstan, here you go.
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