Update 6/26/19: More people getting this email offer today. Update: Readers have clarified that the amount of the bonus varies with some being $300, some $200, and some $100. The Offer Capital One is sending out an email to some Spark... Read More →
Category - Credit Cards
KeyBank Cashback Card Now Released (1.5-2% Back On All Purchases)
Update 6/25/19: Card has now officially launched. Keybank is rumored to be releasing a new card on June 28th, 2019. Card Basics Sign up bonus of $100 after spending $500 within the first 60 days of account opening Card earns 1.5% on all... Read More →
Citi Launches ‘Pay With Points’ – Ability To Redeem Points At Checkout (0.8¢ Per Point)
Citi has launched ‘Pay With Points‘ this lets members with Citi ThankYou points to use them directly at check out. This new feature will launch in July and you can either receive push notifications after a purchase is made... Read More →
Bank of America Cash Rewards Mastercard To Lose Travel Accident Insurance
Bank of America Cash Rewards Mastercard holders should have (or will soon) receive a physical mail out informing them that as of October 1st, 2019 travel accident insurance will be removed as a benefit on this card. Yesterday it was... Read More →
Spring Rewards To End June 27th, 2019
Update 6/25/19: Spring has sent out an e-mail letting users know that they are shutting down the program as of June 27th, 2019. Full e-mail below. For more card linked programs, click here. Hat tip to reader Alex R Original post: Spring... Read More →
Citi To End Price Rewind Program On September 22nd, 2019
Citi has announced that it will be ending it’s price match program called Citi Price Rewind on September 22nd, 2019. Purchases made before that date will still be eligible for price matching under the same terms as before. Last... Read More →
Mastercard To Launch ‘True Name’ Program
On June 17th, Mastercard announced ‘True Name‘. The press release states this is a card, but actually it’s a process that card issuers can opt into that allows people to change the name on their credit, debit or... Read More →
[Expired] [Targeted] Bank of America: Double Cashback Offer (Up To $150)
Deal has expired, view more Bank of America deals by clicking here. The Offer No direct link, sent out via e-mail with the subject line ‘<name>, you qualify for a double cash back offer’ Bank of America is offering... Read More →
Capital One Will Honor Glitch $500 Signup Bonus on SavorOne Card
Last month, in an apparent glitch, the regular $150 signup bonus on the Capital One no-fee SavorOne card was showing at $500 instead. We initially reported on the bonus, then updated the post with the warning that the fine print is... Read More →
U.S. Bank Altitude Reserve – Not Churnable
In March we shared an article in a recap post stating that the U.S. Bank Altitude Reserve card was churnable and at least one person was able to churn it with the existing card still open. That no longer seems to be the case as reported... Read More →
[Expired] [YMMV] American Express Transfer Bonus: 50% To Marriott (1:1.5)
Deal has expired, view more transfer bonuses by clicking here. The Offer Some American Express members are being targeted for a 50% transfer bonus to Marriott. Normally you can transfer 1,000 Membership Rewards points to 1,000 Marriott... Read More →
Card Issuers That Combine Multiple Credit Pulls/Inquiries
Update 6/19/19: Recent data points all suggest that U.S. bank is no longer combining inquiries. Introduction When you apply for a credit card, the card issuer will check your credit report. They rarely look at this credit report... Read More →
Ally Bank Credit Card Discontinued
Back in June of 2016 Ally Bank & TD Bank teamed up to offer the Ally CashBack credit card. As of June 17th, 2019 the relationship between Ally & TD has ended and no new sign ups are being accepted. Existing customers can... Read More →
[DEAD] Amex Airline Credit: Keep your Southwest Giftcards $100 or Less?
Update: DEAD [Update 6/23/19: Far as I can tell from the more recent data points, even Southwest gift card amounts of $200 (and likely higher too) ARE being reimbursed. The issue was probably just a glitch whereby for a few days the... Read More →
[Update] American Airlines Gift Cards are again Working to Trigger Amex Travel Incidental Credit?
[Update 6/18/19: Multiple data points over the last few days are indicating that it’s back to coding as ‘Gift Certificate’. We’ll find out for certain over the new few days. Update 2: it appears that it may still... Read More →

