Barclays
CategoryThe Upromise credit card has been discontinued
I noticed that the Upromise credit card was no longer showing up on the Barclaycard home page. The requisite googling yielded no application links, so I emailed customer service to
Quick note about Barclay Arrival+ redemptions
tl;dr You can only redeem Barclay+ Arrival points against a travel cost if you have enough points to redeem against the entire cost, even if you only want to zap
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
Running An Experiment For Most Of This Year And It’s Baffling
The other week, I read a post from Freequent Flyer where he wrote “the long con” and it reminded me of one of my favorite TV Shows, White Collar. One
Spinning Denied Credit Card Applications To Approvals
I wrote the other day, that I have 37 active credit cards and I think I am at the max that my salary can support for all the credit that has been
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
20% cash back at Sears with a Upromise credit card
Look what showed up in my inbox:
Time to load up on gift cards? Maybe not: see Frequent Miler’s post a few days ago. Apparently they’re tightening up on paying out
The pernicious effects of credit card affiliate marketing: a tale of two cards
It was the best of cards, it was the worst of cards…
A certain blogger has written up two similar cards: the Barclaycard Arrival Plus and the Capital One Venture. The two
Barclay’s Upromise Changes Their Bonus Structure Again
I wrote about the Upromise bonus being increased temporarily in early May. The good Doctor of Credit noticed something I didn’t realize when we went to press:
participating Upr..
TD Bank First Class Visa Credit Card Review
TD Bank offers a Visa credit card call First Class and you would earn 3x on the points if you spend it in dining or travel categories. Along with that,
This Has Not Been A Good Month For Me
The First Store
I’m officially calling a deal dead and it’s cost me nearly 20% for the gift card churn. I was fully expecting a handsome portal pay out and it
Barclay’s UPromise Has An Increased Sign Up Offer Again
Back in March, I applied for the Barclay’s UPromise credit card where you spend $1000, you would receive $100 as the sign up offer. The same offer is back now.
Another Warning About eBay Gift Cards: Cash Advances
Noah who writes on Money Metagame is on a roll and discussed his experience about buying gift cards on eBay and they were charged as a cash advance. Doctor of Credit also picked
The Best Hawaiian Airlines® World Elite MasterCard® offer ever!
Folks, I’m pleased to report that for one day only, Barclaycard has given me permission to link to their best Hawaiian Airlines® World Elite MasterCard® offer ever! Why would th..
Some Simple AA Credit Card Mistakes You Probably Know to Avoid
Update: Literally 5 minutes after I posted this, I got an e-mail from AAdvantage saying programs would start combine on March 28 (though no real details).
Most are savvy enough to
My Theory Of Getting A 3 Month Approval Cycle For Barclay Credit Cards
When Miles Whip posted on Doctor of Credit that Evolve was not charging fees for using a credit card because it was coming up as debit, I quickly reached over
Don’t Do My Stupid Mistake – Applied For The Wrong Darn Credit Card
Before we began 2015, I thought about my next credit cards and what to close and open. I actually wound up changing the plans and product changed my Sapphire Preferred
Learn About The New Barclay American Airlines Aviator Cards Blue and Aviator
Hat tip to jolesch on Travel Codex for asking Barclay about the Aviator Cards and discovering there’s actually two more. I called Barclay’s and the agent told me there’s actually..
A list of credit cards that earn 2% on all purchases
(Note: I have no credit card affiliate links whatsoever, so click away on the links below! If you’re feeling generous, I will ask you, in the spirit of Travel Blogger Buzz,
Why I Will Not Sign Up For the Citi AAdvantage Business Card
In the last few weeks, there have been tons of talk about quickly making an easy American Airlines AAdvantage miles from signing up for the Citi cards as well as
Barclay’s Matched US Airways 50,000 Miles Offer
As some of you may know I applied for a 40,000 mile offer straight from US Airways and found out I was able to get the 50,000 mile match along with
2015 and 2016 Credit Card ReEvaluation
This post is more of the long range plan that I have for my credit cards, hence the long winding road picture. Earlier this year, I wrote about my latest
Automating Your Telephone Calls
This post was a guide to automating how to change your PIN, today’s will be a quick guide of how you can take it further besides just changing your PIN.