Popular Credit, Finance & Travel hacking Acronyms

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A

  • A+: Barclaycard Arrival Plus
  • AA: American Airlines or Adverse Action
  • AAoA: Average Age of Accounts
  • ACH: Automated Clearing House, users will often talk about what ACH transactions worked to trigger bank account bonuses. Datapoints for that can be found here.
  • AF: Annual Fee
  • AFAIK: As Far As I Know
  • AG: Attorney General
  • AGC: American Express Giftcard
  • AmEx: American Express
  • AOR: App-ORama
  • AP: Amazon Payments
  • APR: Annual Percentage Rate
  • APY: Annual Percentage Yield
  • ARS: Advance Resolution Services
  • AS: Alaska Airlines
  • AU: Authorized User
  • AW: AwardWallet

B

  • B6: Jetblue Airways
  • BA: British Airways
  • BBB: Better Business Bureau
  • BB/BBY: Best Buy or Bluebird (BB only)
  • BB+/BBP: Blue Business Plus
  • BBR: Better Balance Rewards
  • BCE: Blue Cash Everyday
  • BCP: Blue Cash Peferred
  • BF: BeFrugal
  • BGR: Business Gold Rewards
  • BOA/BofA: Bank of America
  • BRM: Business Relationship Manager. Manager at Chase that deals with high value business accounts, has been useful for bypassing the 5/24 rule in the past.
  • BRG: Business Rewards Gold or Best Rate Gaurantee

C

D

E

  • ECOA: Equal Credit Opportunity Act
  • ED: AmEx Everyday
  • EDP: AmEx Everyday Preferred
  • EK: Emirates Airlines
  • ENES: Experian National Equivalency Score
  • EQ: Equifax
  • EWS: Early Warning Systems
  • EY: Etihad Airlines
  • EXExperian

F

G

H

  • HH: Hilton Honors or Heavy Hitters
  • HP: Hard Pull, an inquiry on your credit that does affect your score
  • HSA: Health Savings Account
  • HUCA: Hang Up, Call Again. Often if you don’t get the response from a customer service representative you want/expect the advice is to HUCA.

I

  • IHG: Intercontinental Hotel Group
  • INK: Chase Ink Cards (usually referring to the Chase Ink Cash & Cash Ink Plus & Not Chase Ink Preferred as that card has a different earning structure)

J

  • J: Business Class
  • JAL: Japan Airlines

K

  • KE: Korean Air

L

M

N

O

P

  • PC: Product Change/Conversion
  • PFD: Personal Finance Digest
  • PO: Post Office
  • POS: Point Of Sale
  • PP: Priority Pass or Paypal
  • PPBDMC: Paypal Business Debit Mastercard
  • PPDG: Paypal Digital Giftcards
  • PPMC: Paypal MyCash
  • PRG: Premier Rewards Gold
  • PYB: Pay Yourself Back

Q

R

S

  • SAH: Shop At Home
  • SCF: Saverocity Forums
  • SD: Slickdeals
  • SM: Secured Message
  • SP: Soft Pull, an inquiry on your credit that doesn’t affect your score
  • SPG: Starwood Preferred Guest
  • SSN: Social Security Number
  • SUB: Sign Up Bonus
  • SW: Southwest Airlines
  • SYWR: Shop Your Way Rewards, Sears loyalty program.

T

U

  • UA: United Airlines
  • USB: U.S. Bank
  • ULCC = Ultra Low-Cost Carrier
  • USPS: United States Postal Service
  • UR: Ultimate Rewards, Chase branded loyalty program.

V

W

  • WAG: Walgreens
  • WF: Wells Fargo
  • WMT: Walmart
  • WoH: World of Hyatt
  • WTF: What The F***

X

Y

  • Y: Economy Class
  • YMMV: Your Mileage May Vary

Z

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mangorunner
mangorunner (@guest_1614359)
May 8, 2023 16:01

FN = Free Night
(Acronym definition needed https://www.doctorofcredit.com/contact-us/#comment-1614336)

Nick
Nick (@guest_1588293)
March 30, 2023 11:28

https://www.doctorofcredit.com/u-s-bank-600-checking-bonus-plus-35-49-portal/#comment-1587028

What is P1, P2? P2 is mentioned a few times on this thread.

I think I figured it out, is it Player 1, Player 2? Basically spouse or partner or something

Chuck
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Chuck(@chucksithe)
March 30, 2023 12:02

Yep

Kenkai
Kenkai (@guest_1470810)
October 22, 2022 15:30

What do the junbers by the possible eligible deposits nean? The “1,:,3,4,5″s and all? I cant find this info sorry and when i click on it. It just bringgs me to the comments?

Bobby
Bobby (@guest_1430362)
August 23, 2022 01:24

Credit Limit Transfer = CLT

Rhonda
Rhonda (@guest_1223687)
July 16, 2021 14:52

You have acronyms for many of the popular blogs, groups, sites, etc. and fail to mention 10xT.

Kevin
Kevin (@guest_1190691)
May 13, 2021 09:32

ETF = early termination fee

Kevin
Kevin (@guest_1190556)
May 12, 2021 22:38

OOS = out of state; out of stock

Kevin
Kevin (@guest_1188612)
May 10, 2021 09:22

PYB = Pay Yourself Back

Kevin
Kevin (@guest_1125276)
January 11, 2021 09:56

CMS = credit monitoring services

Kevin
Kevin (@guest_1124913)
January 10, 2021 01:16

What is an “MDD”? Reference: https://www.reddit.com/r/churning/comments/kto80q/daily_question_thread_january_09_2021/ginq63i?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

EDIT: Modified Double Dip (applying for two different credit cards at the same bank at nearly the same time).