Barclays Arrival Premier World Elite MasterCard Review 2018.10 Update: This card is no longer available. Application Link This card no longer accepts new applications. If you are lucky to have this legacy credit card, you can still enjoy its original benefits. Benefits 75,000 MILES EACH YEAR if you spend $25,000 on purchases. After that, keep earning UNLIMITED 2X MILES on…
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Chase Hyatt Credit Card Review 2018.6 Update: This card won’t be upgraded to the new card Chase World of Hyatt automatically. If you want to upgrade, there’s a dedicated webpage. You can’t upgrade online; instead, you need to call 1-800-436-7941. Some people get 2,000 points upgrade bonus. Should you upgrade? It depends. If you just want to get an annual free…
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(For better viewing experiences, a desktop browser is recommended.) Data exclusively provided by Yeek. Marriott has just revealed its revamped award charts for more than 6,000 hotels worldwide yesterday. Here we will walk you through some important analyses of the new chart. Overall distribution of Marriott hotel categories post-August To our delight, most (~90%) of the hotels will be classified…
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I believe most of our readers already have one or more premium credit cards, therefore get access to some airport lounges. For example: Priority Pass Select (PPS) is a benefit for a bunch of premium cards, such as CSR, AmEx Platinum, Citi Prestige, Chase Ritz-Carlton, AmEx Hilton Aspire etc. AmEx Centurion Lounge access is a benefit for any version of the AmEx Platinum card. Airspace Lounges access…
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Today AmEx added a sentence in the terms for all its credit cards, see this page for example: We may also consider the number of American Express Cards you have opened and closed as well as other factors in making a decision on your welcome offer eligibility. We are not sure how serious AmEx is, but this is definitely not…
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Barclays Arrival Plus World Elite MasterCard Review 2019.6 Update: This card is currently unavailable because Barclays is “re-thinking” this brand. Application Link This card no longer accepts new applications. If you have this legacy credit card, you can still enjoy its original benefits. Benefits 70k offer: Enjoy 70,000 bonus miles after spending $5,000 on purchases in the first 90 days. Earn…
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Asiana is a Star Alliance airline that is known for releasing many award seats to its partners. Currently Asiana serves Chicago, Honolulu, Los Angeles, New York (JFK), San Francisco, and Seattle and offers great connectivity beyond Seoul to South Asia. Among those destinations, LAX and JFK are served by A380 since there are only four of those in Asiana’s fleet….
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IKEA Visa Credit Card by Comenity Bank Review Features $25 + $25 offer: get $25 off your first IKEA purchase when you open and use your IKEA Visa credit card in the same day; earn a $25 IKEA Reward Certificate when you make $500 in qualifying purchases outside of IKEA, Traemand and TaskRabbit within the first 90 days. 5% back in…
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Back in late April United opened its second Polaris Lounge in San Francisco, and it was a truly amazing lounge. At the preview event, we were told that the next Polaris Lounge to be opened will be United’s fortress hub at Newark. Indeed, a couple of days ago it was announced that EWR’s Polaris Lounge will be open to public…
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Wells Fargo Platinum Card Review 2021.10 Update: This card is discontinued. The new 0 APR card from Wells Fargo is Wells Fargo Reflect. Application Link Wells Fargo Platinum Benefits 0% introductory APR for 18 months on purchases and balance transfers. No annual fee. Disadvantages No sign up bonus. No rewards. Balance transfer fee still exists: Introductory fee of either $5 or 3%…
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We know that you can refer a friend for AmEx Hilton Ascend and AmEx Hilton Aspire card: You can earn 20,000/25,000 bonus Hilton Honor points for every approved account you refer, up to 80,000 Hilton Honor Points per calendar year. In fact, the limit of referral bonus from AmEx Hilton cards is 82,090 instead of 80,000. For each account, you may earn…
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U.S. Bank FlexPerks Select+ American Express Card Review Application Link This card no longer accepts new applications. If you are lucky to have this legacy credit card, you can still enjoy its original benefits. Benefits Earn 10,000 FlexPoints after spending $1000 in first 4 months. FlexPoints are worth a fixed 1.5 cents/point towards travel (such as airline, hotel, car rental, etc.),…
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Deserve EDU Mastercard for Students Review 2023.9 Update: This card is unavailable temporarily (hopefully not permanently). “New applications are being paused temporarily as we redesign our card.” 2023.1 Update: The $30 welcome offer is expired. There’s no welcome offer now. Application Link Deserve EDU Benefits This is a credit card that is specially designed for students. International students can also…
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AmEx Platinum has several flavors. Their sign-up bonuses are independent, so you can get each one of them. The benefits are basically the same, but with a few differences. This post summarize the comparisons between all these flavors. Here are the links to the reviews of all these cards: AmEx Platinum regular version AmEx Platinum for Schwab AmEx Platinum for…
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Chase Marriott Rewards Premier Credit Card Review 2019 Update: You can upgrade this card to the new Chase Marriott Bonvoy Boundless card. Here is the upgrade link. The best upgrade offer recently seen is 50k. Application Link This card no longer accepts new applications. If you are lucky to have this legacy credit card, you can still enjoy its original…
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