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Has Anyone Noticed American Express Treats Their Customers (Marginally) Differently?

The American Express Cards
The other day I logged into my AMEX account and noticed a different message between the Platinum and HHonors Surpass cards for when I need to pay

Dillard’s Elite Amex offers elite car rental status for some reason

The Dillard’s Elite Amex card has been tweaked a bit by Wells Fargo since Wells took over that card from Synchrony last year.
The way to get the Dillard’s Elite Amex

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How to earn 170,000,000 Amex Membership Rewards points in a single transaction

I’m sorry if I’m killing anybody’s deal here, but this is too good not too share. Here’s how you can earn 170,000,000 Amex MR points in a single transaction:

Be very

Design A SWOT And Find Your Core Competencies

In the last few months, you may have noticed I have been writing more about myself because I have been on a road of self discovery. Let’s take a look

Guide: American Express Fine Hotels & Resorts

An introduction to luxury hotel booking portals
American Express Fine Hotels & Resorts (Platinum & Centurion)
Posts coming soon:
American Express Hotel Collection (Gold)
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Barclay’s UPromise Credit Card Is Finally Useful

A few weeks ago, I wrote about how using the Barclay’s UPromise credit card wasn’t clear on what and when I made extra UPromise portal pay out using their cobranded credit

Earn 10000 Membership Rewards Points To Enroll Pay Over Time

There’s a new promotion that American Express is targeting business card holders. If you enroll in the Pay Over Time program you will receive 10,000 Membership Rewards points.
Th..

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We survived the dreaded Financial Review

About two months ago my wife received a pleasant surprise in the mail: a 150,000-point Platinum business card offer from Amex. We hadn’t tried out that particular card before, so

Outing Another Secret Sauce Because The Deal Is Dying

This past May, a few bloggers and myself participated in challenge towards spending $20,000 on the AMEX Platinum card with the best efficiency and effectiveness. There was some h..

Random Bank Of America Links Floating Around Like Alaska Refer A Friend

I was poking around the internet and found a bunch of random link to several Bank of America products and figured if someone could use it they are:

Virgin Atlantic 90,000

Let’s Play A Game For A Give Away – $50 Gift Card And $20 Silver Serve

Before the portals stopped paying, I was running large amounts of money gift card reselling with one particular vendor. When it stopped, I lost a pretty penny. The other day,

New American Express Offer: Rocketmiles $50 off $200 (Open to all! )

I was checking my American Express offers this morning (which you should do every couple of weeks) and saw an interesting one: $50 back on a $200 Rocketmiles purchase. I

Taking Different Paths To Reach The Same Goal

I was driving the other day and when I’m on my “A” game, this is where I have some of my best thinking done. However, I’d rather not be driving an

Capital One Venture Vs Citi Double Cash Vs Fidelity Visa

I recently came across this thread on FlyerTalk and thought it was apropos because I was working on the math on some of the 2% cash back cards. As of

PSA: Read This Before Converting To The New Serve

There is a post on Doctor of Credit, we learned about new versions of the Serve card. Some of the new versions include a blue, green, and silver version. @MissDSchnei who

Gyft Giving You Problems? Here’s How To Fix it

Today’s post is in alphabetical order @chucksth, @esthery, @made_by_hugo, and @mileswhip all asked me simultaneously about Gyft’s verification process. I’ve written about Gyft a..

The Annual SPG AMEX 30k Sign-up bonus is out, what will you do?

By now, you’ve probably seen a dozen or so Starwood Preferred Guest (SPG) AMEX 30k Sign-up Bonus posts. In fact, from a casual google image search–well take a look for

Rant: Citi Premier Return Protection does not exist

Well, hello stranger(s). I know it’s been a while, and I also know my posting schedule has officially gone from somewhat-understandably to annoyingly to unacceptably late. Workin..

Completed The $20kChallenge And Here Are The Results

As promised, my next update on the $20kChallenge is my last one. Completing the challenge was not very sexy because I can put all of the vendors on two hands for

AMEX Everyday card – much better than I gave it credit for

I wasn’t really a fan of AMEX’s Everyday offerings when they first came out. I just wasn’t super impressed with the earning structure and felt that there were way better

AA bonus transfer from SPG

I don’t normally post these “deals” anymore but I wanted to reflect on something related. However I also wanted to avoid a clickbait-y title so I didn’t know what else to

Set Up Your Amazon Allowance – The Sooner The Better

Free-Quent Flyer made a great post about Amazon Allowance with excellent uses and I wanted to take it a step further. He is suggesting using Amazon Allowance to hit the minimum

Do This Now [Limited Time Offer]: Open A US Bank Checking Account

Taking a page from Free-quent Flyer with his “Do This Now” series, if you don’t have a US Bank Checking account you should open one now. I mentioned in the past