Author Archive: physixfan

Banco Popular Avianca (AV) Vida Credit Card Review (Discontinued)

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 Credit Card Review (2020.1 Update: $45 Offer)

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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Plastiq Review: Pay Rent, Mortgage, Tuition Fee with a Credit Card! (2019.6 Update: More Countries Are Supported)

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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“Stud Card”: How to See Increased Sign-up Bonuses from AmEx (via Incognito Mode) from Referral Links (2020.2 Update: No Longer A Valid Concept)

2020.2 Update: It seems the concept of “stud card” is no longer valid.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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Welcome to FTU Chicago 2019!

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 Premier Visa Signature Credit Card Review (2022.4 Update: Discontinued)

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 AmEx Credit Card Review (Discontinued)

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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AmEx Marriott Bonvoy Credit Card Review (2019.8 Update: Still Available via Product Change)

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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AmEx Platinum Card for Ameriprise Review (Discontinued)

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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Citi Prestige® Credit Card Review (2021.7 Update: Discontinued)

Citi Prestige® Credit Card Review 2021.7 Update2: It seems this card is indeed discontinued. HT: Bloomberg, OMAAT. 2021.7 Update: The application link is gone. Not sure whether Citi is going to make some change of this card or it will just discontinue. 2019.9 Update: The following negative changes are in effect in Sep 1 2019: 4th night free benefit will be limited…
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Welcome to FTU Seattle 2019!

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 our author flywithchad, DEVGRU and I are invited to speak at the upcoming event: FTU Seattle! Flywithchad…
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Citi Rewards+℠ Student Card Review (Discontinued)

Citi Rewards+℠ Student Card Review 2020.6 Update: This card is removed from Citi, and all existing application links seem dead. Maybe it is discontinued. Application Link This card no longer accepts new applications. If you have this legacy credit card, you can still enjoy its original benefits. Benefits 2.5k offer: earn 2,500 ThankYou Points after spending $500 in first 3…
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List of Recently Launched Good Credit Cards (2018.12 Update)

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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