Discover has quietly announced a new benefit for new (after July 23rd, 2015) Discover it for Students & Discover it Chrome for Students cardholders called “Good Grades Cash Back”. If your grade point average is 3.0 or... Read More →
Category - Credit Cards
How To Reach Minimum Spending Requirements Without Manufactured Spending
Note: This is an old post from back in November of 2013, I decided to republish as a lot of people have been asking about meeting minimum spend requirements recently. Almost all credit cards with large sign on bonuses now require you to... Read More →
Discover Q4 2015 Categories Announced – Online Shopping Not There
Discover released their Q4 2015 bonus categories. This year it will include: Amazon, department stores, and clothing stores. These categories are almost identical to the Q3 2015 categories, except that the Q3 Home Improvement category... Read More →
Citi Best Buy Mastercard Becoming A Visa + New Bonus Category
The Best Buy credit card has a long history, it was first issued by HSBC and then Capital One took over and finally Citi took over. When Citi took over the card no longer earned 2% cash back on gas, but kept earning 2% on restaurants... Read More →
Navy Federal Increases Sign Up Bonus To $150 On cashRewards Credit Card
The Offer Direct link to offer Receive a sign up bonus of $150 on the Navy Federal cashRewards credit card when you spend $1,500 during the first 90 days. The Fine Print Eligibility to NFCU is for military members, associated persons... Read More →
$100 “We Miss You” Bonus For Existing PenFed Account Holders [YMMV]
The Offer A lot of PenFed credit cardholders have told me about an e-mail that they’ve recently received, it seems as almost everybody that hasn’t had much/any recent activity has received this e-mail. The subject line is... Read More →
How To Book A Free Round Of Golf For More Than One Person With A Citi Prestige
One of the benefits of the Citi Prestige card is that you receive three free rounds of golf every year. These rounds can only be used by the primary cardholder. Golf is a social sport, so I doubt most people will want to play a round by... Read More →
TD Bank To Use Mastercard Payment Network For Debit & Prepaid Products And Why You Might Care
A few days ago TD Bank announced a new partnership with the MasterCard Mastero Payment network, at the start of 2016 all TD Bank debit cards and prepaid cards will run on the MasterCard payment network. Currently these cards are running... Read More →
American Express Membership Rewards Points Can Now Be Used At BestBuy.com, Value Is Only 0.7¢ Per Point
Yesterday American Express announced that cardholders with cards that earn American Express Membership Rewards points would be able to use these points as cash for BestBuy.com purchases. This is the similar to the partnerships American... Read More →
[YMMV] Enroll BBVA Compass In Visa Checkout & Receive $10
The Offer Direct link to offer Receive $10 when you enroll a BBVA Compass credit or debit card with Visa Checkout The Fine Print Offer expires August 29, 2015 at 11:59PM CST, or when funds and/or supplies are exhausted, whichever... Read More →
Retailer Payment App CurrentC Will Begin Testing Next Month
Bloomberg is reporting that the payment app CurrentC which was developed by Merchant Customer Exchange (with funding from Walmart, Target & Best Buy) will have limited testing sometime in August. The app has already been tested by... Read More →
PSA: Put a $5 Charge on that Better Balance Rewards Card
Better Balance Rewards We’ve written about the Bank of America’s Better Balance Rewards (BBR) credit card. The card doesn’t come with a signup bonus, but it’s the perfect card for downgrading any unused BoA... Read More →
List Of Third Party American Express Credit Cards
I thought it’d be useful to create a list of third party American Express credit cards, this isn’t a comprehensive list (if I missed any cards then please let me know in the comments) but rather a list of cards that are... Read More →
Citibank Forced To Refund $700 Million To Cardholders & Pay $35 Million Fine – What It Means To You
The Fine The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has forced Citibank to provide approximately $700 million in relief to customers who were affected by illegal practices relating to credit card add ons. In addition Citibank has... Read More →
Two Targeted Barclaycard Promotions: 10,000 Wyndham Bonus Points + $10 From Sallie Mae
There are two current targeted offers for some Barclaycard cardholders. They are as follows: Spend $250 or more using your Barclaycard Wyndham credit card for the months of August, September & October and receive 10,000 bonus points... Read More →
