Credit cards
CategoryCheck your E-mail – British Airways Visa Credit Card Spend Bonus
I received an e-mail today from Chase / British Airways essentially offering a 2x bonus (I think its really 2.25x because you get 1.25x on all spend) I’m not sure
New 5x Kid On The Block But Finding Information Is A Blackhole
Just want to put this out there, thanks to my buddy @ PF Digest for always looking out for the obscure banks and credit cards and inspiring me to do
Is Vanilla Reload Finally Dead?
Many of you may have received an e-mail from American Express about your Bluebird accounts this afternoon. If you have not yet, it is probably coming. Brace yourselves: it’s not
Revisiting my Star Alliance Identity Crisis: United Airlines
Last week, I wrote about the particular problem I have with Star Alliance. After having Aegean Airlines Gold Status for the past two years, I’m disappointed to find out that
Insane! The 50k Per Month Opportunity We’ve Been Missing
In researching for my next post, I stumbled upon a gold mine. I am not sure how we, a group of highly trained expert manufactured spenders, missed this. We could
AMEX to British Airways transfer bonus is back!
Finally, a long-awaited feature that makes American Express Membership Rewards points more valuable is back. Through January 31, 2015 there is a 40% transfer bonus to British Air..
Amex No Longer Capping MR Transfers to Delta at 250k/yr.
In case you’re feverishly working at transferring out your MR to Delta Skymiles before January 1, I wanted to update you to the fact that there won’t be a need to
US Bank Cash+ Devalues A Bit With Shifting Categories And Removing Drug Stores
US Bank offers the Cash+ card as a credit card where you can choose your 2% categories and 5% cashback categories. When the cards first launched, there were no limits
Chase releases Chase Freedom 5x Categories for 2015
Chase has posted a preview for the Chase Freedom 5x categories for 2015, its not a whole lot different. If anything, the only thing that makes it different is that they
Chase Credit Card downgrades
In September I wrote about the disappearing Citi Dividend card that you can only get by downgrading other Citi cards. The article is here, and I’m happy to report that
Triple Dip: 5% Cash Back, Best Buy Rewards, and Fuel Rewards.
As we settle in for the holiday I wanted to share with you a pretty good little Triple dip opportunity I’ve started working on. The components you need for the opportunity to work
A Take on the 2015 American Express Hotel Collection
Many of you who have some form of the American Express Gold or Platinum card may have recently received a notice about the American Express Platinum Hotel Collection. Trevor got
Avoiding Talking to Phone Representatives for Credit Card Transactions
I have no interest in using these when I don’t have to
I’m not a big fan of calling the credit card companies for any reason. I don’t like being on
Act Quickly on Hot Deals that Fit YOU Best
If you are in the miles and points game for any period of time greater than, say, one month – eventually you’ll start to notice a lot of all caps
Banana Republic / Old Navy / Gap credit card has a nice promotion
After reading about the Banana Republic credit card’s generous marketing promotions over at MilesAbound, I was inspired to get my own to see what would happen. I can’t complain–I..
Toys R Us increases credit card rewards to 10%
I wrote a few weeks ago about Toys R Us making 8% its new normal for credit card rewards. Now, it’s possible to do even better: on Saturdays in November
Why falling gas prices are good news for Marathon Visa cardholders
I wrote about the Marathon Visa earlier in the year. Unlike a lot of gas station cards and rewards programs which give you rebates based on the amount of gas
A Comparison of 0% Introductory APR Credit Cards
Spoiler alert
Disclosure: I receive no compensation for any links from this post. I found them on Google. They aren’t compensating me for name dropping them either. Messing with ..
2015 Southwest Companion Pass – Business Card Update
A couple weeks ago I wrote about our plans to get a companion pass to replace Bonnie’s current pass which expires at the end of this year.
Several readers have contacted
The best time to get the Chase Ink Plus is… maybe later!
A few weeks ago I realized I hadn’t opened a new card for almost two months, so I decided to do something about it. Chase business had denied me for
Southwest Companion Pass and Application Timing
This was supposed to be a post about an App-O-Rama but we decided to call it quits after just two applications so there’s really nothing to say there. If you’re
Looking Back on the Greatest Credit Card Promotion Ever
It was a dark and stormy night. Jake, a marketing manager at Citi, sipped a complimentary Bud Light at an undisclosed secure location in a DFW admiral’s club, answering texts
Who doesn’t love a new month? Happy August!
Well not only is it a new month but it’s a Friday too! How awesome is that? Remember folks that means it’s Fuck First Friday day! Yes today is the