American Airlines AAdvantage® MileUp® Card Review Application Link Citi American Airlines AAdvantage® MileUp® Card Benefits 10k + $50 offer: earn 10,000 AAdvantage Miles and $50 statement credit after spending $500 in first 3 months. We value AA Miles at 1.6 cents/point (Airline Miles Value), so the 10k+$50 highest sign-up bonus is worth about $210. See A Beginner’s Guide to AA Miles to check…
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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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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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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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Wells Fargo Rewards Card Review 2021.4 Update: This card is discontinued on 2021.7.1. 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 points when you spend $1,000 in purchases in the first 3 months. Earn 5x rewards points on gas, grocery, and drugstore purchases…
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Wells Fargo Visa Signature Card Review 2021.4 Update: This card is discontinued on 2021.7.1. 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 points when you spend $1,000 in purchases in the first 3 months. [Expired] Earn 5x rewards points on gas, grocery, and…
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Wells Fargo Cash Wise Visa Card Review 2021.4 Update: This card is discontinued on 2021.7.1. Application Link This card no longer accepts new applications. If you have this legacy credit card, you can still enjoy its original benefits. Benefits $200 offer: earn $200 after spending $1,000 in first 3 months. Earn 1.5% cash back on all purchases. You will earn…
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HSBC Gold Credit Card Review 2021.12 Update: HSBC now only keeps the Premier business in the US, and this card is now discontinued. Application Link HSBC Gold Benefits 0% Introductory APR on Purchases and Balance Transfers for the first 18 months from Account opening. No annual fee. Disadvantages No sign up bonus. No rewards. Balance transfer fee still exists: A Balance Transfer…
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HSBC Cash Rewards Credit Card Review 2021.12 Update: HSBC now only keeps the Premier business in the US, and this card is now discontinued. Application Link HSBC Cash Rewards Benefits Earn 1.5% cash back on all purchases. No annual fee. Disadvantages No welcome offer. Recommended Application Time We recommend you apply for this card after you have a credit history…
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Sallie Mae Credit Card (SM) Review 2018.3 Update: This card will be automatically converted to Barclaycard Rewards Credit Card (Discontinued) (HT: DoC). This is also a useless card. No idea what Barclaycard is doing here. 2016.12 Update: This card will be automatically converted to a card called “Commence by SallieMae Mastercard”. It only offers 2% cashback on Grocery & Utility and 1%…
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Costco Anywhere Visa® Business Card by Citi Review Application Link Costco Anywhere Visa® Business Card by Citi Benefits Earn 4% cash back at gas stations worldwide (including Costco gas station); 3% cash back at restaurants and eligible travel spending worldwide; 2% cash back at Costco and Costco.com; 1% cash back on other purchases. No annual fee if you are a…
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Barclays Ring 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 Enjoy a 0% intro APR for 15 months on balance transfers made within 45 days of account opening. After that, a…
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BankAmericard Credit Card Review Application Link BoA BankAmericard Benefits Introductory 0% APR for your first 15 billing cycles for purchases, and for any balance transfers made within 60 days of opening your account. Introductory $0 balance transfer fee for the first 60 days your account is open. No annual fee. Disadvantages No sign up bonus. No rewards. Recommended Application Time The time…
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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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