Bonus has now expired and is 50,000 after $3,000 and an additional 25,000 after $10,000 in the first 12 months. Can now get a maximum of 75,000 points instead of 100,000. Prior to mid-2016, the Chase British Airways Visa Signature... Read More →
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Mercedes-Benz Credit Card – $15,000 Cap on Gas Stations Category, Effective May 1
The Mercedes-Benz Credit Card earns 3x Membership Rewards points on gasoline purchases at gas stations located in the United States, but only if the transaction is $400 or less. Apparently, the restriction to transactions of $400 or... Read More →
Merrill Rewards for Business Application Link – No Signup Bonus
Will recently reviewed the Merrill Rewards for Business Visa Signature, which you could apply for in-branch or by-phone. As it turns out, there is an application link online. The Offer Direct link to offer. The direct link redirects to... Read More →
PSA: A Word of Warning About Bank of America Credit Card Applications
A concerning comment was left on our article about the new Merrill+ link last night, and it mirrors some recent data points that have popped up on r/churning. While I don’t want to unduly worry you, our readers, I think it’s... Read More →
American Express Platinum Card Referrals Are Back – 60,000 MR / $5,000
As speculated previously, the change in the signup bonus for the “reimagined” American Express Platinum card has led to the return of referrals on the card. Direct link to generate referral. Signup bonus is 60,000 Membership... Read More →
Targeted Citi Spending Bonuses, April 1 – June 30 (Q2)
Quarter 2 of 2017 is shaping up to be a hot bed of spending bonuses. We’ve already posted about Barclaycard’s spending bonuses for quarter 2 and Chase’s spending bonuses for quarter 2 / part of quarter 3. Now Citi is... Read More →
Targeted Chase Spending Bonuses, April 1 – June 30 & August 31
Yesterday, we posted about a targeted spending bonus on the Chase IHG Rewards Club Select credit card. It looks like Chase is sending out a number of these offers for their co-branded cards, so I thought it would be useful to do a round... Read More →
[Expired] New Merrill+ Link (50,000 Merrill Points / $3,000 Spending, $500-$1,000)
Update: this is now expired; the application link was taken down around 5 PM on March 31. We have covered the Merrill+ extensively here, so I won’t go into detail about the offer again. If you would like to read more about this... Read More →
[Targeted] Chase IHG Rewards Club – 600 Points / $750 Monthly Spend April thru August (3,000 Max)
Chase has sent out a targeted bonus to some cardholders of the IHG Rewards Club Select credit card. So far, it looks like only cardholders of ~6 months or more have gotten the offer. (Note that the e-mail comes from Chase, not IHG.) The... Read More →
100,000 Hilton Honors Surpass Upgrade Link, No Once in a Lifetime Language
Update: reader iahphx may be seeing once-in-a-lifetime language using this link. As mentioned in the post, please be sure to check the terms when upgrading. I’ll update the post or remove this warning as appropriate once more DPs... Read More →
Love My Credit Union Rewards Sprint Offer – $100 or $50 / Line, $50 Annually
I stumbled across this interesting offer, but was unable to find any coverage of it. I don’t have any experience with this site, or with Sprint—so if you notice anything I’ve missed, please drop a comment! Love My Credit... Read More →
You Profit (A Little Bit) When Fee % Equals Reward %
Now that RadPad is back and codes as travel, using Apple Pay at least, I thought it would be useful to explore how you make a profit when the processing fee percent is close to the percent you get back in rewards. I imagine that many... Read More →
Master List of Credit Cards with Additional Spending Bonuses
March 28, 2017 update: added FNBO Best Western cards. March 27, 2017 update: added IHG, Southwest, & Virgin America cards; moved various definitions of “year” to their own section. In the comments of our article “A... Read More →
Buy 5,000+ Hilton Honors Points, Get a 100% Bonus
The Offer No direct link; log in to your Hilton Honors account and head to the buy points screen. I don’t believe e-mails have been sent out about the offer yet. Buy 5,000+ Hilton Honors points thru May 13, 2017 and get an 100%... Read More →
Bank of America Better Balance Rewards – Program Rules, Cashback Equivalence & Opportunity Cost
Reader Nate had a very interesting suggestion in the comments of my “Citi Double Cash: 2.00% or 1.98%? A Mathematical Analysis” post (warning: that post is quite niche): How about a post with a table/chart about diminishing... Read More →