Explanations on the marks: you can’t get approved if: Now: you have this card now. Now/30: you have this card now or have had it in the past 30 days. 90: you have acquired this card in the past 90 days. “Acquired” includes card application and card conversion. 24: you have obtained a welcome offer or upgrade offer on this…
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These days some people (like in USCardForum and MyFICO) are starting to notice a new AmEx feature: “Apply With Confidence”. This feature means, if you can see the “Apply With Confidence” box in the application page, then AmEx will do a soft pull based on your info, give you a decision whether they will approve your application, and then let…
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2021 Update: This table has now become a Github open source project. More data are welcomed! When we have a tons of credit cards, we probably won’t carry all of them all the time. However, sometimes we need to call the banks, and it will be a trouble when you can not get access to the phone number. The purpose of this…
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2021.8 Update: Data points are starting to trickle in on Reddit and DoC showing that fixed APR applications are no longer bypassing the Chase 5/24 rule. This includes Green Star/Black Star “Selected for You” and Pre-approved/Pre-qualified offers that would show up on the Chase app and website. The result of submitting an application is immediate denial and no evidence of…
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American Express is giving a lot these days. We’re seeing highest ever offer on Platinum card now, as well as extra benefits on many cards they announced at the beginning of 2021. Now they’re offering better signup bonus offers on many cards via referral links! As shown above, you can earn an extra $200 credits on eligible purchases at select…
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Introduction If you are involved with this hobby for long enough, you will start to run out of credit card products from the big issuers that you can apply for. This is the time when you should start branching out and finding other issuers. Below is a compilation of credit cards issued by smaller banks and credit unions. If there…
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AmEx and their Rewards Abuse Team (RAT) is trying their best these days to punish any abusive behavior. Today, a new development happened: some people got their airline fee credit clawed back! The airline fee credit is a benefit for several premium credit cards, for example: AmEx Hilton Aspire ($250), AmEx Platinum ($200), AmEx Gold ($100). It used to be…
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With American Express continuing to target more and more users with an all time best offer to upgrade to the Marriott Bonvoy Brilliant American Express Credit Card, I thought I would highlight something I found recently regarding the $300 Marriott Statement Credit. When I upgraded back in November 2018 I shortly after made some purchases totaling $251.52 that were quickly…
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If you are a long time reader of our blog, you must have known that for many of AmEx cards, you may see increased signup bonuses if you open the application link in incognito mode or with the help of VPN. Here is a table of regular bonuses v.s. incognito increased bonuses. These incognito bonuses are stable for a few…
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2020.2 Update: It seems the concept of “stud card” is no longer valid. All amex cards have the same effect now. 2019.5 Update: According to data points on reddit, AmEx Biz Gold and Biz Platinum now become “stud cards” as well. They have the highest referral bonuses, so if you have them, they are the best cards to generate referral…
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[2019/03/13 Update] – I just received another mailer for a Business Gold card with a new link to try if you have been unsuccessful enrolling thus far. AmEx is sending out physical mailers for a promotional offer where charge card holders can earn 10,000 MR points per account by enrolling in the “Pay Over Time” feature. There are no additional…
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2018.12 Update: 2018 will end soon, so this post is updated accordingly. Things change fast in the credit card game. There are always some cards discontinued every year, and there are also some good new cards launched every year. In this post, a list of recently launched good credit cards are presented in chronological order. The definition of “good” is subjective,…
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Things change fast in the credit card game. There are always some good new cards launched every year, and there are also some cards discontinued every year. In this post, we collected a list of recently discontinued good credit cards, for everyone to cherish the memory of the past. The definition of 「good」 is subjective, and here we treat the…
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After a few months’ silence with its premium travel card Citi Prestige, Citi finally rolls out the revision of the premium card’s benefit. A major change is that after 2019.09.01, Citi will allow customers to use its lucrative benefit of fourth-night-free two times per year. Current cardholders can use Citi Prestige card to book (almost) any hotel in the world,…
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It’s been a while that you can use your AmEx cobranded card to refer other related cards in the same series. For example, if you have the Delta Gold card, then you can refer Delta Gold, Delta Platinum & Delta Reserve, and their business version. This is true for Hilton series and Marriott series as well. Now AmEx further improved…
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