Many Bilt 1.0 cardholders applied for Bilt 2.0 and were surprised to be denied the card. It was supposed to be a simple transition from 1.0 to 2.0, yet turned into a credit card denial. It turned out that the bank-backers had different... Read More →
Author - Chuck
Keep Calm & Signup For The Bilt Card
There’s a lot of noise around the new Bilt 2.0 credit cards. On a professional level they did a terrible job – I wrote my opinion on how they should have rolled out the cards in this post. That said, the cards themselves can... Read More →
(YMMV) Capital One Shopping: Spend $250+ Hotel Booking & Get $250 Back
Check your Capital One Shopping homepage for the following offer: Book a hotel via the Capital One Shopping booking portal of $250 or more and get up to $250 back. Read More →
Save Marriott Giftcards In The Marriott App (Starts 2/26/26)
Update: Based on this email, I’m not sure if we have the details right – it might just be the ability to save gift cards in the app, not applying the gift card to a stay. Let’s see. Original Post: Starting... Read More →
[Fixed] United TravelBank Expiration Date Glitch
Just a quick headsup: for the past few days, United TravelBank funds have been showing a 12-month expiration date. It still shows clearly on the page that TravelBank credits are valid for 5 years. It’s pretty clearly a glitch in... Read More →
[Expired] Staples: 100% Back In Points On Paper Mate Products, Up To $40
Staples is offering 100% back in Staples rewards on all Paper Mate products, up to $40. Expires 1/31/26. Valid in-store or online. Be sure to activate first. Read More →
[Public Link, YMMV] American Express Business Gold 125,000-200,000 Points Signup Offer, No Lifetime Language
Update 6/15/21: There's a new link which has 100,000 offer: same 90,000 for $10,000 spend, plus an added $10,000 if you add an employee card. Expires 12/31 Read More →
[Expired] H-E-B: Buy Visa/MC/AmEx Giftcard & Get $20 H-E-B Gift Card (Works On $500 Giftcard)
Update 1/21/26: Deal is back on Mastercard, AmEx, and Vanilla Visa. Looks like 3 coupons so I guess you can do one of each. Should work on $500s too, I'd think. Valid 1/21 - 1/27 Read More →
How I’d Fix The Bilt Cards
Here is my proposal to the Bilt team. Related: Three Brand New Bilt Cards 2.0: Blue, Obsidian, Palladium (Full Review) This can’t be implemented right away for legal reasons, but longer term here are the three Bilt cards: Blue... Read More →

