Posts by KUKU
AMEX Lets You View Hilton Weekend Rewards Online [2020.7 Update: It’s Back, but Only Right After You Receive an FN]
Without much notice, this feature has effectively come back. However, it only works for viewing an FN right after it is issued (back in August last year, you could check any card a...
Did the Barclays Uber Credit Card Get New Card Art?
Today I received an email from Uber, and it looks like the card art may be changing? Only the card design changed—the cash back structure is the same as before, after the devaluati...
AMEX Shop Small | Avoid Third-Party Card Readers and Third-Party Wallet Purchases
AMEX’s official website includes an explanation of the Shop Small offer; the full PDF is here. First, here’s an awkward situation many people run into: because these are small merc...
Friendly reminder | Second-half AMEX Platinum Saks/Dell credits are live (Xbox gift cards, GAME10, $100-$10)
【07/02 Update】On Dell’s website, Xbox gift cards can use code GAME10, and the $100 denomination gets $10 off. Xbox has always been a good way to use Dell credit. If you don’t have...
Hyatt | Starting July 1, Hyatt Will Stop Managing Alila Yangshuo Sugar House
Hyatt’s official WeChat account suddenly posted today that it will stop managing the social-media-famous property Alila Yangshuo Sugar House right away, so it will be gone starting...
Chase Banking | A pop-up now reminds you to add a physical U.S. mobile number after login (YMMV, not mandatory; Voice-type numbers don’t work)
I’ve always used Google Voice, this powerful virtual phone number, to manage bank accounts. Recently, Chase has started showing a pop-up reminder every time I log in, asking me to...
A Few Tips for Using Apple ID Funds to Trigger the AMEX Streaming Credit [Through 07/10, Get an Extra 10% on Reloads]
Apple is running a reload promotion with an extra 10% bonus. If you have in-app purchase needs and haven’t used your streaming credit yet, this may be worth considering. That said,...
AMEX’s 4-Credit-Card Limit: DP of Getting Denied for a 5th Card [Update: Applied Again, and the Reason Was No Longer the Card Limit]
I had just been approved for the 100,000-point Biz Platinum, so I figured another application probably wouldn’t be denied. So, being a bit stubborn, exactly 30 days later I applied...
AMEX | How I Resolved a Fraud Alert on an Authorized User Card in My Name
What Happened I want to share something that just happened to me. I was shopping online, and my card transaction didn’t go through. Then I opened the app and saw an exclamation mar...
US Bank Cash+ Card Gets a New Design
I just noticed today that US Bank has given its classic 5% quarterly credit card, Cash+, a new card design. The new look seems pretty good—maybe it was made for Contactless? [capti...
Now you can product change via Citi online chat in just 5–10 minutes, down from at least 30 minutes before
I previously wrote a short filler post about how, during the pandemic, banks were short-staffed in customer service. People were stuck at home with nothing to do and kept calling c...