Discover it Miles Credit Card Review 2019.7 Update: The sign-up bonus and referral bonus are both $100 now (previously $50). Application Link Discover it Miles Benefits $100 offer: earn $100 statement credit after making one purchase within 3 months. Earn 1.5 Miles per $1 spent on all purchases. 1 Mile worth 1 cent if you redeem for travel statement credit. So it’s…
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Capital One Walmart Rewards® Mastercard® Review Learn More Capital One Walmart Benefits Welcome offer: Earn 5% back on in-store purchases at Walmart using Walmart Pay for the first 12 months after approval. Earn 5% back on purchases made at Walmart.com and the Walmart app, 2% back on purchases in Walmart stores and Murphy USA gas stations, 2% back on restaurant…
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City National Bank (CNB) Crystal Visa Infinite Credit Card Review 2020.1 Update: There are some negative changes starting from 2020.1.1: The air credit is now $350 per calendar year across the whole account (previously each authorized user has separate $250 air credit). The guests are not free any more with this PPS cards. Gas and grocery are removed from 3x…
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One of the primary aspects to the credit card rewards game involves the following transferable point currencies: Chase Ultimate Rewards (UR), AmEx Membership Rewards (MR), Citi ThankYou Points (TYP), and Marriott Bonvoy (MB). The best value for these rewards are often found in transferring to airlines. The relationship of each currency to various airlines is summarized in Wings of the…
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Avianca Vuela Visa Card Review 2022.2 Update: This card is discontinued. Current cards will be closed. This is really a bad practice because it will hurt customers’ credit history. HT: HelpMeBuildCredit. Application Link Banco Popular Avianca Vuela, the right one is this card. Benefits 40k offer: earn 40,000 Avianca LifeMiles (AV miles) after the first purchase within the first 90 days. The…
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Avianca Vida Visa Card Review 2022.2 Update: This card is discontinued. Current cards will be closed. This is really a bad practice because it will hurt customers’ credit history. HT: HelpMeBuildCredit. Application Link Banco Popular Avianca Vida, the left one is this card. Benefits 20k offer: earn 20,000 Avianca LifeMiles (AV miles) after the first purchase within the first 90 days. The recent…
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Sam’s Club MasterCard Review Learn More Sam’s Club Credit Card Benefits Get $45 back! Paid as a statement credit when you open a new Sam’s Club® credit card and spend $45 at SamsClub.com today. Offer ends 6/15/20.* Earn 5% cash back on eligible gas worldwide, including gas at Sam’s Club (on the first $6,000 per year, then 1% after). Earn 3%…
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2019.6 Update: Previously Plastiq only support payments to USA and Canada. Now they have add some more supported countries or regions: China, Hong Kong, and Singapore. HT: Plastiq Blog. Introduction Plastiq is a 3rd-party payment processor that offers the ability to pay any type of bill (such as rent, mortgage, tuition fee, etc.) with a credit (or debit) card for…
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2022.1 Update: We slightly improved the value of UA miles to 1.5 cents/point. 2019.6 Update: This table is fully updated today. Recently I will also update estimated values for points/miles in other places in this website, during this time if you see any inconsistency, use this table as the most up to date info. There are many ways to use…
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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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Frequent Traveler University (FTU) is the world’s premier educational series of seminars for frequent travelers. It holds several seminars every year in varies cities. The topics are usually about maximizing points and miles, credit card strategies, and Manufactured Spending (MS), etc. It is a great honor that several authors from our website are invited to speak at the upcoming event: FTU Chicago! The…
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US Bank Radisson (Formerly Club Carlson) Premier Rewards Visa Signature Credit Card Review 2022.4 Update: This card is now discontinued, and existing cards will be automatically converted to US Bank Altitude Go in May 2022. 2019.4 Update: There’s a 120k offer now! Application Link US Bank Radisson Premier Visa Signature Benefits 120k offer: earn 120,000 Radisson points after spending $3,000 within the first 90…
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Wells Fargo Propel American Express Card Review 2021.4 Update: This card is discontinued on 2021.4.20. Application Link This card no longer accepts new applications. If you have this legacy credit card, you can still enjoy its original benefits. Benefits 20k offer: earn 20,000 bonus points when you spend $1,000 in purchases in the first 3 months. The recent best public…
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Marriott Bonvoy American Express Card (Formerly The Starwood Preferred Guest Credit Card from American Express) Review 2019.8 Update: This card is still available via product change. 2019.2 Update: AmEx SPG is rebranded as AmEx Marriott Bonvoy for current card holders (it does not accept new applications). Application Link This card is no longer available to apply, but you can get it by…
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Platinum Card from American Express for Ameriprise Financial Review 2019.10 Update: It seems this card is discontinued. The previous application link shows this offer is no longer available; and the Ameriprise website now only shows two Visa cards. R.I.P. 2019.2 Update: The card does not offer first year AF waiver anymore. Instead, it now comes with the standard sign-up bonus: 60k MR…
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