Recap: Citi Retention Layoffs, Credit Scores To Jump For Some & More

• Citi layoffs: Last day at work for 57 employees is May 12 by Argus Leader. I’ll avoid making any jokes about retention offers as people have lost their jobs. The plus side is employees are getting paid for two months after the end date and it looks like Citi will be making an attempt to re-employ at least some of them.
• Credit scores could jump 30 points this month by CNBC. Tax liens are being removed completely. I thought this had already happened last year, but only 50% of liens were removed. This number should now be 100%.

 

• HBO & Cinemax Free Preview for Multiple Providers This Weekend by FreePreview Tv. Might be useful for some readers.
• Reader 5150d shared some information regarding SPG/Marriott merger from a  Vistana Timeshare Owners perspective and how it’s a good deal:

For Example: 1. Owners can convert their timeshare week into SPG points that will now be multiplied each year by 3X. If you are 5 Star Elite with Vistana you get an additional bonus of 10%. This can result for many weeks in 100,000 SPG = 300,000 Points for each week and each year. 2. If you own enough timeshare weeks you get to be Vistana 5 Star Elite. This gives you SPG Platinum for as long as you own them. With the new Marriott program an additional benefit is added that the Stay qualifier iswaived for 5 Star Elite VSN members. This means that for Platinum 50 you do NOT have to actually stay 50 nights and therefore get the 5 SuiteNightAwards each year. With Points becoming much more difficult to accumulate due to devalue of credit card spend Vistana Timeshares look better. See FAQ: https://www.vistana.com/news-faq

We are also trying something new where we include deals that are due to expire today at the bottom of our recap posts. As always a complete calendar can be found here and we will still repost the bigger deals, but this is another way to remind you. Dues deal to expire after April 20th:

• [Targeted] Select Banks: $100/$75/$50 Back for Spending $30 at AT&T – Moneymaker [BofA, Regions, Suntrust & More]
• Capital Bikeshare – Free Unlimited Single Trip Rides Until 04/20 [DC, VA & MD]
• Get 8% eBay Bucks for Buying and Selling [Targeted]

Would be great to get your feedback about including this.