Bank of America Platinum Visa Business Card Review 2019.4 Update: The new offer is $300 now. Application Link BoA Platinum Business Features $300 Offer: earn $300 statement credit after spending $3,000 in the first 90 days. 0% on purchases for 7 billing cycles from account opening. No annual fee. Disadvantages No spending bonus. Recommended Application Time We recommend you apply for…
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Starting from today, you can redeem your AAdvantage Miles towards flights operated by China Southern (CZ). At the same time, you could also earn redeemable miles on all CZ-operated and -coded flight, with an earning rate outlined below. Understandably, the accrual rate is pretty bad on some heavily discounted cabin, and you should also be aware that it will NOT…
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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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[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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Alaska Airlines just launched a promotion with fast track to MVP and MVP Gold. Typically you need to fly 20,000 miles and 40,000 miles on Alaska metals (and 25% more on partners) to obtain those status. Now, with this offer, you could earn: MVP status after completing 2 round trips (4 qualifying flights). MVP Gold status after completing 4 round trips (8…
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Note: rumor says Etihad may end the partnership with AA soon, so enjoy it while you can! When I tell people I am collecting Etihad Guest points, I often get asked when I’m going to the Middle East. While I’d love to visit many places in the Middle East, the best use of Etihad Guest points is actually flying from…
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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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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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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 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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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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Citi ThankYou Preferred Card Review 2019.9 Update: You can still get this card via product change. Application Link This card is no longer available to apply, but you can get it by converting from other Citi credit cards. Benefits Earn 15,000 ThankYou Points after spending $1,000 in first 3 months. We estimate that ThankYou Points (TYP) are worth about 1.6…
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After its merge with SPG program, Marriott incorporated a lot of legacy SPG policies, including the No Blackout Dates policy, stating that if a standard room is available for sale by any means, it should be redeemable using points. However, we recently found that Marriott has changed its no Blackout Dates policy without announcement. Here’s the new policy: 3.2.n. The…
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