Posts by shuruir
How to Apply for the Chase Ritz-Carlton Credit Card With No First-Year Annual Fee
【16/3】Recent DPs indicate this method may no longer work because some CSRs have started refusing credit line decreases, but other DPs say it still works, so YMMV. Since we can’t te...
"Complete Visa Guide": How to Apply for a Canadian Visa in the U.S. and Renew a U.S. Visa in Canada
Introduction One day in March this year, my boss suddenly delivered some bad news: there was a meeting in Canada in early April, and asked whether I wanted to go along. In a moment...
OfficeMax/Office Depot Now Selling $500 Visa Gift Cards; Staples Has $300 Visa Gift Cards
Recently, $500 Visa gift cards have started showing up at Office Max/Depot stores, with activation fees of $5.95 or $3.95. Office Max/Depot supports Apple Pay, so you can use Apple...
“Earn 60,000 Miles; Soon to Become Alaska” Hawaiian Airlines Barclays Hawaiian Airlines Credit Card
The Barclays Hawaiian Airlines World Elite Mastercard is a co-branded credit card issued by Barclays and Hawaiian Airlines. The standard welcome bonus on this card is 35,000 Hawaii...
Q4 2015 5x Bonus Categories Roundup: How Should I Use Them?
There has been a lot of big news lately in the miles-and-points world: first, Discover Apple Pay’s 22% cashback; then AMEX started handing out unusually high welcome bonuses left a...
Open a Discover Savings Account and Get a $100 Bonus
If you don’t already have a Discover Savings account, you can now open a new account by 10/31, deposit $5,000 by 11/15, and keep the money there for one month to easily earn a $100...
Useful Extension: Reveal Priceline Express Deals Hotels
Priceline Express Deals can be a great tool for booking hotels, but when you place an order through Express Deals, you can only see the general area and star rating of the hotel. Y...
How to Buy a Surface Book for the Lowest Price with a USPS Coupon
At 10 a.m. Eastern Time on October 6, Microsoft unveiled a wave of new Windows 10 devices in New York City. The standout was undoubtedly the Microsoft Surface Book. The Surface Boo...
"$2,900-$4,500 in Value": How to Maximize the Citigold 50,000-Point/AA-Mile Account Opening Bonus
Citi recently launched a Citigold account opening bonus of 50,000 TYP/AA miles. If you are not sure how to apply, please refer to our other article. If handled well, this bonus can...
ANA Adjusts Award Chart Starting 10/15
Following Air Canada, All Nippon Airways (ANA) has also announced that it will adjust its award chart starting October 15 of this year. ANA’s own flight award chart is unchanged; t...
“UR Devaluation”: No More Transfers to Amtrak Points Starting 12/8
Since March of this year, after Chase stopped issuing the Chase Amtrak Mastercard, we already anticipated that the transfer partnership between UR and Amtrak would eventually end....