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The Offer
- Receive a sign up bonus of $300 cash back after $2,000 in spend within 90 days on the Star Trek credit card issued by NASA Federal Credit Union.
Card Details
- Cards earn at the following rates:
- 3x points on purchases at Startrek.com
- 2x points on gas purchases
- 1x points on all other purchases
- Annual fee of $39 (not waived first year)
- Points can be redeemed for exclusive rewards and experiences
- Four Star Trek card designs to choose from
- Free Experian FICO Score
Each point is worth 1.5 cents when redeemed for cash, so essentially you’re earning 4.5% back on Startrek.com, 3% back on gas, and 1.5% back everywhere else.
Our Verdict
You also need to be a member of NASA FCU, that will result in a hard pull (in addition to the hard pull for applying to this card), so if you care about hard pulls this likely isn’t worth it.
After deducting the annual fee, you’ll land up with a $261 net (minus the opportunity cost which lies in the $2,000 spend requirement). Could be worth it for some. They used to offer 50,000 points on $5,000 spend, now they’ve switched over to a cash offer.
Hat tip to tom0963
This is now dead.
Not only is the offer dead I don’t even see that the card exists anymore 😐
William Charles
It still exists, albeit maybe only grandfathered.
Recommend holding it if you have one because every summer they send a $100 for $1k spend offer (net gain at least $76 after AF =7.6%).
Landing page URL is now https://apply.nasafcu.com/startrek/
30,000 points (cash back equiv. $450) after $3,000 spend in 90 days
I wonder if this offer is dead? When I click the link I don’t see the bonus offered.
after being instant approved with a credit score over 800, the follow-up approval process is manual, they asked for DL and paystubs, and it is like 5 days. Wouldn’t do it again.
i applied and got no response for 3 days, albeit there was a weekend. this is a little frustrating.
They just waived the $49 annual fee when I asked via chat (login, select help near the upper right corner on desktop, select chat). Fee was waived within 24 hours.
They waived it after a year. I didn’t try when I first got it.
Is there a household limit? I’d like to do this for myself and my wife, if possible
I did the star trek card at the end of May last year, and now just shy of a year later I got an offer for $300 cash bonus to sign up for the checking. Terms are a pain because they want 2k DD plus 20 debit transactions for 3 months in a row. I’m doing it though, because I normally can’t sign up for most CU checking accounts due to a chex ding. I thought maybe nasa CU wouldn’t pull chex for this because it’s an offer for existing members (afaik) and it does look like I was approved without a chex pull. So far so good, anyway.
Did a live chat and if approved,
“No, non-members can apply. However, if your application is approved, credit union membership is required. When you sign your credit card application to finalize your app, we will open a NASA Federal Savings Account for you to become a member.”
Unclear if the annual fee counts towards the bonus spend requirement, so don’t forget to subtract it or give yourself a good cushion just in case. Of course, that goes for all cards. This is so obscure though I almost forgot.