City National Bank (CNB) Crystal Visa Infinite Credit Card Review 2019.9 Update: no sign-up bonus now. Also, rumor says this card will remove the $250 air incidental credit benefit for the authorized users, instead there will be a $350 air incidental credit for the whole account. 2019.8 Update: 50k offer is expired. The current offer is 30k. Application Link The…
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2019.8 Update: Added new card Apple Card: 15. Most credit cards are made of plastics (~5g), but some are made of metal. Not all heavy cards have the same weight, which credit cards are the heaviest? #1: JP Morgan Reserve: 27g Annual fee: $450. Note: you need to be a client of JP Morgan Private Bank (which requires $10M investable assets) in…
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Apple Card Review 2019.8 Update: It’s publicly available now. If you still can’t see it, please make sure your iOS system is updated to at least version 12.4. BTW, today there is a new bonus category: you can now earn 3% cashback on Uber and Uber Eats via Apple Pay. Application Link Here is the official page for Apple Card. Apply in…
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American Express Platinum Card for Schwab Review 2019.8 Update: A Reddit user reported a 100k targeted offer via email on this card, and the spending requirement is $5,000 in 3 months. We are not sure what kind of customers can get this targeted offer. If you get targeted, this is a no brainer! Here is the official landing page. If you…
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IHG® Rewards Club Premier Credit Card Review 2019.8 Update: The new offer is 125k+$50. This is the best offer in recent years! Application Link Chase IHG Premier Benefits 125k+$50 offer: earn a $50 statement credit after first purchase, and earn 125,000 IHG points after spending $3,000 in 3 months. This is the best offer in recent years. [New] In the first…
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[06.2019 Update]: Multiple readers report in the comments having applied for a second Altitude Reserve, meeting the minimum spend, but not receiving the bonus points. I just received a letter from a reader calling out each of his two card numbers as a reason for declining the 50,000 bonus points. At this point, I highly recommend not applying for a second…
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Chase United MileagePlus Club Business Card Review 2019.6 Update: The new offer is 50k. Application Link Chase UA Club Business Benefits 50k offer: earn 50,000 UA Miles after spending $3000 in the first 3 months. We value UA mile at 1.4 cents (Airline Miles Value). So the 50k highest sign-up bonus is worth about $700. See A Beginner’s Guide to UA Miles to…
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American Express Gold Card (Formerly Premier Rewards Gold) Review 2019.8 Update: 50k offer is still available. Application Link AmEx Gold public link. Possible to see 50k offer with $2,000 spending requirement. Note that you have to use the incognito mode or empty the cache in your browser to see the 50k offer. If you can only see the 40k offer, please try…
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UBS Visa Infinite Credit Card Review 2019.9 Update: It seems 85k offer is expired. The regular offer is 50k. 2019.5 Update: There’s a 85k offer now, and the spending requirement is $5,000. Offer ends in Aug. Some customer service will say you have to be a UBS customer to get this bonus (otherwise the offer is 25k with $3,000 spending requirement); while…
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Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card Review 2019.4 Update: The new offer is 60k, but first year annual fee is not waived. The 10k more points is worth more than the $95 annual fee, so the new offer is slightly better. The links with the old 50k + first year annual fee waived offer are all dead now. BTW, the referral bonus…
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Wells Fargo Propel American Express Card Review 2019.4 Update: The current offer is 30k. 2019.3 Update: The new offer is 30k+20k. The latter part requires $12,000 extra spending (~2.67% in return if you spend on 1x categories), so it is only suitable for those who already have a lot of planned spending. Application Link Wells Fargo Propel AmEx Benefits 30k…
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Platinum Card from American Express for Ameriprise Financial Review 02-06-19 Update: The card does not offer first year AF waiver anymore. Instead, it now comes with the standard sign-up bonus: 60k MR points after $5000 spending in 3 months. BTW, the Ameriprise Gold card is discontinued today. Application Link AmEx Platinum Card for Ameriprise Benefits Earn 60,000 Membership Rewards (MR)…
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Citi Prestige Card Review 2019.1 Update: This card is available now! The offer is 50k. 2018.10 Update: There will be a new benefit in May 2019: Cellphone protection for damage and theft There will also be some negative changes to current benefits in Sep 2019 (date not announced): 4th night free benefit will be limited to 2 times per calendar…
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Capital One Venture Rewards Credit Card Review Application Link Capital One Venture Benefits 50k offer: earn 50,000 miles after spending $3,000 in first 3 months. The recent best offer is 75k. Earn 2x miles on all purchases. Earn 10x miles on thousands of hotels, through January 2020; learn more at hotels.com/venture . How to redeem the miles: [New] You can…
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Chase Ritz-Carlton Credit Card Review 2019.8 Update: This card is still available via product change. 2019.1 Update: This card stopped accepting new applications since 2018.7. But it is still available via product change. Note that you won’t get sign up bonus by product change. FIY, it seems since 2018.7, Chase has changed the material of the card to the same one…
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