Posts by KUKU
“AMEX Mainland Bankcard Clearing License Follow-Up”: Multiple Mainland Chinese Banks Launch AMEX RMB Single-Network Credit Cards
If you may recall, I previously posted two news flashes: Official announcement! AMEX formally obtained the “Bank Card Clearing Business License” in mainland China AMEX’s first batc...
Rakuten Increased Referral and Sign-Up Bonuses for Some Users: Up to $30 or 3,000 MR
Rakuten has recently rolled out enhanced referral offers to some users. Under normal circumstances, if you sign up through someone else’s referral link, the bonus is usually just $...
Reader Drew a $190 Visa Share on Robinhood
Robinhood was one of the more popular commission-free brokerages in its early days. Back then, some people could even draw Apple stock, but the signup lottery mechanism has since c...
AMEX Offer | Pandora subscription: Spend $9.99, get $9.99 back [Not Recommended]
AMEX recently rolled out a streaming offer. At the moment, there are no other rewards for this subscription besides airline or hotel shopping portals, and the payout rates there ar...
How One Person Can Add the AMEX Shop Small Offer Multiple Times: Discussion [Update 2: China-issued AMEX cards can receive the rebate]
[Update 2] It looks like the rebate can post successfully. If you have multiple China-issued AMEX credit cards, you may be able to add it multiple times. Also, the Shop Small offer...
You Can Now Buy a Google Fi SIM Card on Amazon With $10 Preloaded for $9.99, and It Can Ship Directly to China
Previously, only Best Buy sold the $10 preloaded version (which includes $10 Fi credit). If you're experienced with package forwarding, ordering from Amazon to a forwarding warehou...
McDonald’s China Introduces POS Terminals That Accept Visa/Master/JCB (with Apple Pay + V/M Support)
Recently, some McDonald’s China locations have started introducing new POS terminals that support UnionPay, Visa, Master, and JCB credit cards, and also allow payments via Apple Pa...
AMEX Now Strictly Requires Hilton Gold on a Platinum Primary Card Account to Match the Cardholder’s Name
You’re not seeing things—this post is not late. As early as 2-3 years ago, AMEX had already started enforcing a name-matching policy for elite status enrollments, especially for Ma...
"Clicking Through to the Meituan App May Not Track" Asia Miles now offers rewards on Ele.me and Meituan Waimai orders: 2.5 miles/$ (Mainland China IP only)
[Update] This promotion is in full swing, but the Asia Miles Portal does not seem to reliably track cashback when redirecting to the Meituan app. Right now, the chance of tracking...
Google now lets one Gmail account have both a Fi number and a Voice number [Update 2: the GV number moved back from Fi appears to be permanent]
Update 2: This method can be combined with GV dual-number dual-standby to turn 1 into 5; see here. Using the GV dual-number setup, KUKU found that the number automatically moved ba...
Google Voice now supports dual-number dual-standby and can be made permanent: "paid mitosis" with Google Fi can turn 1 into 5
Google Voice can now be switched between two numbers and made permanent for a fee. Combined with Google Fi, one number can become five....