Ink Business Preferred℠ Credit Card Review 2020.3 Update: There is a new 100k offer, which requires $15k spending in 3 months. This spending requirement is huge. The 80k offer links are still alive, which only requires $5k spending in 3 months. You can choose the offer based on your spending ability. Application Link Chase Ink Preferred 100k offer, $15k spending requirement. Chase…
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United℠ Club Infinite Card (Chase UA Club) Review 2020.3 Update: This card now becomes a Visa Infinite card, and the new offer is 100k. There are also many changes on this card today: 100k offer. Visa Signature -> Visa Infinite. Previously you earn 2x on United and 1.5x everywhere else; now you earn 4x on United, 2x on dining and…
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2020.3 Update: 2020 Q2 (Apr., May., Jun.) 5% categories are released! Now it’s the time to activate them. In Q2, the grocery category for Freedom and the Amazon category for Dividend are very nice. A number of credit card issuers have at least one product that offer 5% cashback in categories that rotate every quarter (three months). If you are…
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Marriott Bonvoy Brilliant American Express Card (Formerly Starwood Preferred Guest American Express Luxury Card) Review 2020.3 Update: The 100k offer is back. Offer ends on 2020.04.08. Application Link AmEx Marriott Bonvoy Brilliant Benefits 100k offer: earn 100,000 Marriott points after you make $5,000 in purchases within the first 3 months. Marriott point is now the most flexible points (after the merger…
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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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2020.3 Update: Recently AmEx made it harder to get the Airline Incidental Fee Credit, therefore we lowered these value to 50% of face value in this rank. Earning credit card signup bonuses is one of the best ways to acquire a large amount of miles/points in a short period of time and can lead to a 20% or more return…
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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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Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card Review 2020.2 Update: These days some people received a 80k targeted offer ($4,000 spending requirement) by mail. See picture: 2019.4 Update: The new offer is 60k, but first year annual fee is not waived. The 10k more points is worth more than the $95 annual fee, so the new offer is slightly better. The links with…
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American Express Gold Card (Formerly Premier Rewards Gold) Review 2020.2 Update: Some people recently see a 50k offer with $2,000 spending requirement in ads (the regular offer is 50k but with $4,000 spending requirement). You can also check CardMatch to see whether you are targeted to this offer. 2019.12 Update: 50k offer is still available, but the spending requirement has been…
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Bank of America Business Advantage Cash Rewards Mastercard Review 2020.2 Update: There is a new $500 offer now. HT: DoC. 2019.4 Update: Now you can earn 3% cashback in category of your choice, similar to the personal version of BoA Cash Rewards. But “online shopping”, which is the best category to choose in its personal version, is not available in this…
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The ongoing coronavirus outbreak in China has certainly generated huge impact on the travel industry worldwide. We have seen airlines cancelling flights to and from China, and many hotels in China remain close. Needless to say, lots of people have to change or cancel their travel plans, affecting their ability to reach elite status this calendar year. Given this situation,…
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Follow our Instagram account (instagram.com/uscreditcardguide) for more trip reports! Doha is among the latest cities in the world to host a Park Hyatt in town. Considered as the flagship brand in Hyatt portfolio, Park Hyatt symbols a subdued sense of luxury and offers a cozy residential feeling. Opened in Dec 2019, Park Hyatt Doha provides a much-needed addition to Hyatt’s…
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Delta SkyMiles® Reserve Business American Express Card Review 2020.1 Update: The welcome offer is 100k now. This card is also revamped, the changes are: Earn 3x on Delta now (previously 2x). After you spend $150,000 in purchases on your Card in a calendar year, you earn 1.5 miles per dollar (that’s an extra half mile per dollar) on eligible purchases…
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Delta SkyMiles® Reserve Card from American Express Review 2020.1 Update: The welcome offer is 100k now. This card is also revamped, the changes are: Earn 3x on Delta now (previously 2x). Miles Boost is renamed to Status Boost: you can only earn more MQM, but no more Delta miles. You can earn 15k bonus MQM up to 4 times now…
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Delta SkyMiles® Platinum Business American Express Card Review 2020.1 Update: The welcome offer is 100k now. This card is also revamped, the changes are: Earn 3x on Delta and hotels now (previously 2x and 1x). Earn 1.5 miles per dollar on single eligible purchases over $5,000 (that’s an extra half mile per dollar), up to 50,000 additional miles per year….
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