Best Posts This Week From Around The Web, Deals Dying Next Week & Our Own Best Posts (Dec 21st)

Our Posts This Week

This was a busy week for news and because my work hours have been reduced coming into Christmas/New Years Eve I was also able to add a whole lot of bank account sign up bonuses to the site, I hope to have these all added before Christmas. The best of these bonuses can be found here.

Sunday 14th

• [TN, FL, NC, SC, VA Only] First Tennessee $150 Checking Promotion
• American Express Adds Free Inflight Wifi Passes As A Benefit On The Business Platinum Card
• [CT, MA, PA & NY only]First Niagara $100 Checking Bonus
• American Express Delta Gold Cards Now 50k Miles + $50 Sign Up Bonus
• Office Max: Spend $300+ On Visa/Mastercard Gift Cards & Save $20
• Bank Of America $100 Business Checking Bonus

Monday 15th

• [AZ only] Arizona Central Credit Union $200 Checking Bonus
• IHG Purchases Kimpton Hotels For $430 Million In Cash
• [OH only] Telhio Credit Union $200 Business Checking Bonus
• [OH only] Telhio Checking & Savings $200 Bonus
• USAA Cashback Rewards Plus American Express Review, 5% Cash Back On Gas & Military Base Spend
• Applied For The US Airways Card Recently? Ask For A Match To The 50k + 10k Offer
• American Express MR To British Airways Avios, 40% Transfer Bonus
• Chase Ritz-Carlton 140,000 Point Offer Is Back, Annual Fee Of $395 Not Waived
• Card Issuers That Combine Multiple Credit Pulls/Inquiries
• Amazon Freezes My Account for Buying Lots of 50¢ Gift Cards

Tuesday 16th

• [NJ only]Garden Savings $100 Checking Sign Up Bonus
• [TX, KS, MO, NE, IA, WY, CO only]Open A Free Checking Account With Pinnacle Bank & Receive $100 Bonus, No Requirements For Bonus
• [Targeted]$10 Discount At Amazon.com When You Redeem Discover Points/Cashback For The First Time
• Sale on eBay: $100 Sears Gift Cards for $80, ($35 Moneymaker)
• [TN, FL, NC, SC, VA Only] First Tennessee $100 Money Market Savings Bonus Certificate
• Rules For Reallocating Your Credit Limit With Each Credit Card Issuer
• [NJ, PA only]Unity Bank $150 Business Checking Bonus

Wednesday 17th

• Recent Deals & Posts You Shouldn’t Miss
• [OH, WV or KY] Peoples Bank $100 Checking Promotion + $100 Referral Bonus
• Flushing Bank $100 Business Checking Bonus (No DD) + Toshiba Encore 2 For Depositing $15,000+
• [IN only] Advance Financial Federal Credit Union (AFFCU) $150 Checking Promo + $100 Vehicle Loan
• [WI, IL, IA, MN only]AnchorBank $100 Checking Promotion
• [CA & AZ only]$10 Cash Back On $10+ In Spend At Participating Restaurants Or ~400 Miles
• Correction On The New GoGo Inflight American Express Business Platinum Benefit
• Reflections on the Ongoing Saga of Amex Old Blue Cash
• Citibank $100 Regular Checking Promotion
• [MA only]Watertown Savings Bank $100 Giftcard Checking Promotion
• [PA only] TruMark Financial $100 Checking Promo
• [MN & WI] Spire Credit Union $100 Checking Promotion
• [WA Only] Sound Credit Union $100 Free Checking Bonus
• [CO only] Public Service Credit Union $100 Visa Giftcard Checking Bonus
• [AR, KY, IL, MO, & TN] Focus Bank $100 Free Checking Bonus

Thursday 18th

• Sony Credit Card $200 Bonus After $500 In Spending (Issued By Capital One)
• Visa Gift Cards at Target.com – why it’s NOT Awesome, and more Target and Walmart Gift Card Experiments
• Chase Ink cards after Visa Savings Edge
• What Triggers The Ritz-Carlton $300 Annual Travel Credit?

Friday 19th

• Evolve Money Disallows Discover Credit Card Payments For Some Bills & Will Allow Vanilla Reloads Starting January
• Free $5 Amazon Gift Card with Chime [Limited Quantity]
• Portal Double Dip on eBay – Success!
• 5,000/10,000 Mile Referral Bonus For The US Airways Barclay Card 50,000 Mile Offer
• Changes To The Way ACH Transfers Are Coded & The Ramifications For Bank Bonuses

Saturday 20th

• Staples Confirms That 1.16 Million Credit Cards Affected In Data Breach
• I Received A Shorter Than Advertised APR, Why?
• Can I Get Both The American Express Business Gold & The Platinum Bonus?
• [Targeted] Barclay Sallie Mae Card Receive 7x Points On Grocery Store Spend
• Purchase $15 In Giftcards For $5, Lots Of Retailers Available

Best Posts From Around The Web

Credit Cards

• Citi Prestige vs Premier vs Preferred by Frequent Miler
• The Top 25 Credit Cards by Mile Nerd
• Southwest Credit Card Holder? Earn 2,000 Bonus Rapid Rewards Points For Dining & Shopping! by Miles to Memories
• Citi AAdvantage Executive Card Holder? How About 2,000 Free Miles! by Miles to Memories

Manufactured Spending

• Guest post: Funding bank accounts with credit cards by yours truly on the Free-quent Flyer book website
• How To Automate Changing Prepaid Card PIN by Chasing the Points, this follow up on automating telephone calls is also worth a read
• Comprehensive List of Money Order Prices and Locations by Frugal Hack Me
• Easy and free ways to liquidate prepaid gift cards from Office Max by Free-quent Flyer Book
• How to cash in your PayPal My Cash cards when PayPal freezes your account by Frequent Miler
• New Site Resource – How To Liquidate Prepaid Visa & Mastercard Gift Cards by Miles to Memories
• Breaking News: Vanilla Reloads Will No Longer Be Able to Reload Serve/Bluebird Online by Forward Cabin

 Travel Hacking

• Information about the new IHG set your sights promotion. You can register here.
  • New IHG Promo for 2015: Q&A by Travel is Free
  • Information regarding the Holiday INN Vacations Task by Loyalty Traveller
• Marriott’s MegaBonus is Dead, But the Name Lives On. Here are the Offers. by View From The Wing
• Hold reservations for more than 24 hours with American Airlines by Forward Cabin
• Visa On Arrival to India now available by Tagging Miles
• What’s the real value of hotel points?? by Wandering Armean

Misc

• Buy A $0.50 Amazon Gift Card And Receive $50 Off Your Next DSLR Camera Purchase! by DansDeals

Deals Dying Next Week

There aren’t actually a lot of deals dying next week, as most of them are due to expire on the 31st of December. Today is your last chance to get the increased sign up bonus on the Delta American Express cards though.