This week we showed you the best credit cards to use when there is no category bonus. This also resulted in us doing a little more research on the Marukai Premium card that offers up to 3% cash back and we listed it as one of our underrated cards.
We also let you know about the new Chime card, at first glance it looked like this might be able to use for manufactured spending purposes, but nobody has bee able to successfully load any prepaid cards yet. That said it’s probably still worth getting just for the merchant bonuses.
We also had our first reader question for awhile and discussed how getting a charge card can affect your credit.
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Posts From Around The Web
Travel Hacking
- New canadian travel blogger DCTA made me jealous when he said it’s still possible to do manufactured spending with the Canadian mint
- Frequent miler posted a great transfer partner master
- TBB shared his Carribean Cruise which was paid by Capital One bank
- Loyalty Lobby shared how some people can get Hilton gold status until 2020
- FFU told me that you can redeem award wallet referral points for real miles
- Milestomemories shared two targeted Club Carlson spending offers
- Maximizing money told us that Barclay will be rolling out a referral program for their Arrival card
- Loyalty traveler let us know about a Best Western promo offer
- PFdigest of saverocity shared some interesting things that the Capital One rewards VP said
- Frequent flyer book had a post titled “when standard room availability is a lie”
- Loyalty Lobby told us about a SPG promo where for the second night stay you pay your birth year
- Giddy for points let us know about a targeted 3,000 Club Carlson survey
- Big habitat continues to make progress on his SouthWest companion pass challenge (no points from credit card sign up bonuses)
Posts From Our Own Site
Sunday 22nd
- Sunday Roundup: June 22nd, 40k Venture Offer & $1,000 Gift Cards
- Credit Sesame Reaches One Million Free Identity Theft Protection Customers
- Amazon Increases The Mininmum Giftcard Purchase To $0.5 From $0.15
Monday 23rd
- View Your Bank of America Pre-Approved Credit Cards
- Arizona State Credit Union $150 “Shred” Checking Promotion
- Best Credit Cards For Every Day Purchases
- [K-5 & East Coast Only] Read Ten Books This Summer And Receive $10 From TDBank
Tuesday 24th
- An Introduction To Chime Card: New Reloadable Cash Back Debit Card
- How Does A Charge Card Affect Your Credit?
- Pricing Mistakes At KrisFlyerSpree.com
- [OH, PA, WV Only] WesBanco $200 Checking Promotion
Wednesday 25th
- Capital One 360 Independence Day Sale June 30th-July 3rd, 2014
- Underrated Cards: JCB Marukai Premium – 3% Cash Back
Thursday 26th
- Chase Marriott Rewards Premier $150 + 40,000 Point Sign Up Bonus
- New Sam’s Club Mastercards: 5% Cash Back On Gas, 3% On Travel & Dining
- American Express Serve $25 Sign Up Bonus
- OfficeMax $15 Off $300 Visa Gift Cards: June 22nd – 28th, 2014
Friday 27th
- None
Saturday 28th
- None