Introduction You may have heard the term “dummy booking” thrown around before but may not be familiar with it. We’ll go over that and a few examples here in this post. What is a Dummy Booking? “Dummy booking” refers to a trick that allows people to find higher-than-normal sign-up bonuses on a new credit card. This is a good trick…
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One major benefit of using miles to book your travel is its flexibility. Unlike cash tickets, which often inflict punitive charges for ticket change, you could cancel or change your award tickets at a much more affordable price. What’s even better? Some airlines allow you to hold your award ticket for a certain amount of time, free of charge, even if…
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Hilton HHonors Surpass Card from American Express Review 2018.1.18 Update: This card is discontinued and replaced by AmEx Hilton Ascend. Application Link This card no longer accepts new applications. Benefits 90k Offer: earn 90,000 HHonors Points after spending $3,000 in first 3 months. The highest sign-up bonus is 125k. We value Hilton HHonors Points at 0.5 cents/point (Hotel Points Value), click here to see how…
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Citi Forward Card Review 2017.10 Update: According to this reddit thread, Citi Forward will be automatically converted to Citi ThankYou Preferred, and before that date, Citi Forward can not be converted to any card. I called and was told the same info by representative. So, this will reset the 1/24 clock. We will be a few months further way from…
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Deserve PRO Mastercard Review 2020.10 Update: This card is currently invitation based. This company is now focusing on the student card Deserve EDU. Application Link This card is currently invitation based. Benefits $30 offer: earn $30 after making one purchase within the first 3 months. Earn 3% cashback on travel and entertainment, earn 2% cashback on restaurants, and earn 1%…
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Citi AAdvantage Gold MasterCard Review 2018.7 Update: It seems this card is discontinued. 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 25,000 AAdvantage Miles after spending $750 in first 3 months. We value AA Miles at 1.6 cents/point (Airline Miles Value),…
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We’ve known that Amex will be the exclusive issuer of Hilton cobranded card since 2018. And Citibank has stopped accepting new applications for Citi Hilton and Citi Hilton Reserve credit cards. So what will happen to the current Citi Hilton cards? People believe there are two possibilities: Both cards will be converted into Citi’s other credit cards, presumably Citi ThankYou…
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2018.1 Update: We guessed the reason quite a while ago, and now there’s finally news discussing about it: https://www.fastcompany.com/40516897/a-new-wave-of-bad-ads-is-hijacking-even-top-tier-websites & https://blog.confiant.com/uncovering-2017s-largest-malvertising-operation-b84cd38d6b85 . These phishing scam ads appeared because ad networks are hijacked. As a result, not only us, big websites like New York Times also showed these phishing scam ads. So the problem is finally solved, by ad networks. Hope they can…
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Chase Fairmont Visa Signature Card Review 2017.10 Update: The free night certificate for 6k spending has posted! Check it on Fairmont official site. 2017.08.15 Update: If you log in to Chase Ultimate Rewards portal, you will find this card has already been listed as a Chase Sapphire Preferred card now with all its points converted to UR points. For those who…
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This post is a collection of hotel points -> UA miles promotions. Similar hotel points -> AA miles promotions are collected here. 2017.10.12: 30% Bonus Miles There is a limited time promotion for UA that through November 30, you will earn a 30% mileage bonus (up to 25000 bonus award miles) when you transfer hotel points to UA. The official…
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Recently one of our readers “本群倒数第一” received a call from BoA, informing him that the most recent credit card he’s got from BoA is approved by mistake, and therefore, he needs to close down one of his BoA credit cards. The representative specifically quoted one BoA internal policy: Any account holder currently can only open up to 3 new BoA…
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Introduction Recently Marriott starts to promote its social media campaigns. Now we can earn Marriott points simply by some clicking! Some notes to keep in mind: You can earn up to 45k Marriott points per year by social media. The points earned in this way won’t postpone the expiration date of Marriott points. Preparation: Connect Your Accounts In order to…
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Update: Here come’s the results of the poll! The top 10 best looking credit cards are as follows, are they in agree with your choices? #1 Chase Sapphire Reserve (CSR) ($450 annual fee) #2 Chase Sapphire Preferred (CSP) ($95 annual fee) #3 AmEx Platinum ($550 annual fee) #4 AmEx Centurion ($2500 annual fee, invitation only) #5 JP Morgan Reserve ($450 annual fee, requires $10M…
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SelfScore Achieve MasterCard Review 2017.10 Update: SelfScore is now rebranded to Deserve. This card will be automatically converted to Deserve Edu after some time, and you can enjoy the first year Amazon Prime reimbursement as well if you are a current SelfScore card holder. See the official FAQ for more details. Application Link This card no longer accepts new applications. Please move to their…
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Discover AAII Savings Account Review 2017.11 Update: The bonus is expired. Application Link Discover AAII Savings, offer code: AAIIBONUS Benefits New account opening bonus of $150/$200! See below for detailed requirements. Apply before 2017.10.31, and deposit at least $15,000/$20,000 before 2017.11.15. According to data points, you don’t have to be an AAII member to open this account and get the…
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