Introduction Whether you live alone or have a growing family, everybody spends money at the grocery store. Credit card issuers know this and in turn offer significant rewards on a variety of different credit cards specifically for spend at grocery stores. Additionally, many grocery stores carry third party gift cards. By purchasing these gift cards with a credit card…
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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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Introduction PFS Buyer’s Club is a group that allows you to pre-register for the ability to sell them limited-edition coins before they go on sale from the US Mint. The process is simple. Register and “opt-in” for the deal with PFS, buy and receive the coin you paid for with a credit card from the US Mint, mail the coin…
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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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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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