Category - Sunday Roundup

There was another flurry of American Express credit card news last week, it’s possible to get a 30,000 point bonus on the personal card. The Blue for Business card is also offering 2.3x everywhere and a bonus of up to 30,000... Read More →

American Express made a number of moves last week, they changed the sign up bonus on their Blue Cash cards to include 10% on Amazon (up to $2,000 in spend). It’s worth considering if you can get $450 on the Everyday card or $450... Read More →

Biggest news of last week is that it’s rumored that Chase will remove 5x categories on Ink, among other changes. Pretty confident this rumor is correct, but as always YMMV. In some more positive news, a lot of cards have increased... Read More →

Last week was really all about American Express, they announced improvements to both the personal and business versions of their Platinum cards (5x points on airfare and 1.5x on purchases of $5,000+) and two cents per point flight... Read More →

The big news of last week was that it’s rumored that American Express will try to compete with the Chase Sapphire Reserve sometime this quarter. I suspect we will know more about this in the next week. American Express also... Read More →

Big news of last week was the finalization of Marriott’s acquisition of SPG, you can transfer SPG points at a 1:3 ratio to Marriott and also transfer in the reverse direction at 3:1. We took a look at all the Marriott/SPG cards to... Read More →

A few credit cards have increased sign up bonuses, the Barclaycard Arrival Plus is now at 50,000 points (worth $525 towards travel). American Express also has 75,000 bonus on the business platinum and up to 75,000 points on the business... Read More →

It was a fairly quiet week in the credit card space, but Chuck put together an awesome list of card issuers that will/won’t reopen a closed credit card. Chase cards can now also be added to Android Pay and the Barclaycard Arrival... Read More →

Last week the new Citi rules finally came into effect, read our strategies for dealing with these new rules here. Bank of America also launched two new credit cards that we reviewed in full, the Asiana card with a 30,000 mile bonus is... Read More →

I officially rename last week, Chase Sapphire Reserve week. The new card finally launched as predicted, our full review can be read here. If you’re over 5/24, then you’re going to want to apply in branch (there are a few... Read More →

In case you didn’t already know, we’re holding an easy to enter competition where you can win $200 in Amazon gift cards. If you haven’t already entered, do so! Now onto your regularly scheduled overview of the best... Read More →

The big news was that Citi is implementing a new rule for it’s credit card products, I’d strongly recommend you read our detailed post about these changes. This new rule will not be in effect until August 28th according to... Read More →

Biggest news of the week was the addition of more information about the upcoming Chase Sapphire Reserve Card. Chase also revamped the Ritz-Carlton card to be a Visa Infinite and made the promotion valid for three nights instead of two... Read More →

Last week was a big one, I’m finally getting caught up on stuff I missed when I was away on vacation. We shared everything you needed to know about Chase Private Client and Chuck shared how statement credits affect points &... Read More →

First of all, sorry for it being a bit slow recently (although @chuckst has done a great job of keeping up on all the important deals & news) – I’ve just gotten back from vacation. Let’s take a look at the best... Read More →