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Several Ways to Use the AMEX Platinum $200 Travel Credit
In theory, this benefit needs to be used through AMEX Travel, and it can also be used for FHR bookings (as long as you pay through AMEX). This article goes over several ways to use...
Discover Sent Out a Sam's Club $45-for-$45 Offer, So You Can Net $45!
Discover sent out an offer by email. After you activate it, if you join Sam's Club ($45 membership) and check out with this Discover card, you get the $45 cash back provided by Dis...
Rumor: AMEX Platinum Card Annual Fee to Increase, With New Benefits Added
According to a rumor (DOC comment), the AMEX Platinum card will get a round of updates in July 2021, with a higher annual fee and additional benefits. Existing cardholders would re...
AMEX Platinum Cards Will Lose Free Guest Access to Centurion Lounges (Effective 2023)
According to the latest Centurion Lounge terms, after January 2023, Platinum Card holders will no longer be able to bring guests into Centurion Lounges for free. Bringing in a gues...
Chase Sapphire Preferred Can Now Refer 80,000 + $50 in Rewards
If you have the Chase Sapphire Preferred, you can now refer friends for an 80,000 + $50 welcome bonus. Keep in mind that if you receive referral rewards, Chase may issue you a 1099...
Chase Sapphire Cards: Free Peloton App Credit $60/$120 + 10x/5x Rewards
[Updated 2021.4] Chase has now also added extra rewards on Peloton purchases: 10x on CSR and 5x on CSP. It’s unclear whether the Membership fee might also count, which could mean f...
Easy Freebie: Mastercard Adds DoorDash and Hello Fresh Benefits
Mastercard has added new benefits for all credit cards that run on its network, including DoorDash, Hello Fresh, and Lyft. This applies to all U.S. cards with the Mastercard logo,...
WeChat Pay + Foreign Credit Card Accepted Merchants and Spending Limits [Mar. 2021 Update: DP Submission Forms and CDF Payment DP]
We recently created two forms to make it easier for everyone to submit DPs. If we receive enough submissions, we may occasionally offer small perks, such as posting some credit car...
Barclays to Launch Two AARP Credit Cards with 3-2-1 Cash Back and a $100 Welcome Bonus (Existing Chase AARP Cardholders Will Be Converted)
Barclays previously reached an agreement with AARP to take over issuance of AARP co-branded credit cards from Chase. Now the full details of the new cards are out: there will be tw...
AMEX Blue Delta SkyMiles: 10,000-Mile Sign-Up Bonus; No Annual Fee
Even this no-annual-fee card now comes with a welcome bonus of 10,000 miles + a $200 home spending reimbursement. Still, I personally recommend applying for Delta Gold instead: get...
AMEX Cash Magnet Credit Card [Update 2021.3: $100 Welcome Bonus + $200 Home Furnishing Credit; No Annual Fee]
This card now has a new $300 welcome bonus. The bonus comes in two parts: earn $150 after spending $1,000 in the first three months, plus 10% cash back at supermarkets in the first...