Posts You May Have Missed From February

It’s a new month, which hopefully means some new deals & tactics to discuss on the blog. But let’s have a look at some of the articles & offers you may have missed from February.

Contents

1 Credit Cards
2 Bank Bonuses
3 Deals

Credit Cards

Chase to Limit Credit Card Approvals (5/24) on Co-Branded Cards. Get those Chase applications in sooner rather than later. This is going to be a big big change.
Amex Adds Once-per-Lifetime Limit to Business Cards Signup Bonus. Not good news at all, but was always bound to happen after the introduction of similar.
How To Get The Chase IHG 80,000 Point Offer. Really good offer that is not talked about nearly often enough.
Citi Hilton No Annual Fee Card 75,000 Points After $2,000 In Purchases (Highest Ever). As mentioned in the title this is the biggest sign up bonus that they have offered on this card.
American Express Hilton HHonors (No Annual Fee): 70,000 Points – Highest Bonus Ever. Not as good as the Citi offer above, but still the highest it’s been on this card.
American Express Hilton Surpass 85,000 Point Bonus Offer [New Highest Bonus]. Even more Hilton points, kind of expect them to up this offer again given how close it is to the no AF card.
Bank of America Alaska Airlines Credit Card Will Increase Sign Up Bonus To 30,000 Miles In May. Let’s hope that it also includes the $100 statement credit, otherwise it’s not much of an improvement and more of a negative.
Chase Freedom Unlimited Coming Soon. Pretty big change if it’s true, let’s hope existing cardholders are grandfathered.
What Foreign Currency Exchange Rate Do Credit Card Issuers Use? There is a lot of misinformation out there about foreign exchange conversions and how they are calculated. Hopefully this clears that up somewhat.
All You Need to Know about Credit Reporting on Business Cards. If you apply for business credit cards, you should read this.
Credit Card Issuers That Don’t Do A Hard Pull If You’re Denied. This doesn’t always work, but as long as your credit hasn’t changed significantly then it should be ok.
Barclaycard Choice Privileges 32,000 Points After $1,000 In Spend (No Stay Requirements). Previously you had to have a Choice stay to get the majority of the bonus, this is no longer the case.
24 Things You Should Know About Barclaycard Credit Cards. Really useful summary you should read before applying for a new Barclaycard and also for anybody that already has one.
15 Things Everybody Should Know About Wells Fargo Credit Cards. See above, but replace Barclaycard with Wells Fargo.
18 Things Everybody Should Know About Capital One Credit Cards. Again, see above.
14 Things Everybody Should Know About Discover Credit Cards. See above.
19 Things Everybody Should Know About US Bank Credit Cards. See above.
19 Things Everybody Should Know About Bank of America Credit Cards. See above.
Chase Marriott Card Back Up To 80,000 Points (+7,500 For Authorized User, AF Not Waived). Not the best deal they have ever offered, unless you value Mariott points highly.
Citi Shutting Down Credit Card Accounts. Still don’t know exactly what causes these shut downs, but we can have an educated guess or two.

Bank Bonuses

A Beginners Guide To Bank Account Bonuses. If you’re just getting starting
“Which High-Interest Savings Account Should I Get?”. A look at the best high interest savings accounts.
KeyBank $300 Checking Promotion [AK, CO, ID, IN, ME, MI, NY, OH, OR, UT, VT, or WA only]. KeyBank have offered better sign up bonuses in the past (well same bonus but easier to keep fee free), but they are churnable so still probably worth jumping on it.
How to Use Amazon 50¢ Reloads to Meet Transaction Thresholds. A lot of bank bonuses have PIN/signature requirements, this’ll show you how to change how Amazon processes it.