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Citi Is Offering a 5% Cash Back Deal for Online Shopping—Try the Link Below to See If You Can Register
Some Citi cardholders have received this offer: shop online with your Citi card and you can get 5% cash back, with a $500 cap (up to a maximum of $25 in cash back). After signing u...
AMEX Giving Away Free Masks? Use With Caution — It’s Basically an Ad
Today I saw that DOC shared a link for AMEX to give out free masks to merchants. Each merchant can claim 1 pack of 5 masks. If you use Guest Check Out, you can complete the request...
25% Off Select AMEX Membership Rewards Gift Card Redemptions, Worth Up to 1.33 cpp
According to a reader on WeChat, some gift cards are currently available at a 25% discount when redeemed with AMEX MR points. The list is below: Some of these gift cards normally r...
Citi ThankYou Points (TYP) + Shop Your Way Rewards (SYWR): How This Sweet Spot Works [2020.11 Update: Dead, Value Dropped to 1c/p]
The TYPSYWR transfer ratio has now been reduced to 1:10. That means the cash-out value through this method is capped at 1c/p, so it’s no longer very interesting. It’s still unclear...
AMEX | Gold Credit Card 30,000-per-referral bonus returns (apparently publicly?)
It’s unclear whether this is targeted, but based on the comments, my guess is that many people have it. Mine is currently 30,000. This has shown up before, and later dropped to 25,...
Bug? | Pinduoduo app + Apple Pay lets you select any foreign credit card, but payment fails
DP from Feicha’s “his person.” Not sure whether this is a bug, but the Pinduoduo App is just wild. It actually supports paying via Apple Pay and then using any credit card linked t...
Don’t Try the Privacy + PayPal Key Combo for Now: Privacy Has Started Closing Accounts
As we mentioned earlier, Privacy can officially be nested with 5205’s PayPal Key, which enabled a lot of different use cases. However, many readers in our WeChat groups have recent...
"Transfer Bonus" Chase Ultimate Rewards->Avios Miles 30% Bonus
This promotion has appeared before, and the deadline is Dec. 9. Avios can be used for British Airways, Aer Lingus, and Iberia flights. You can see it after logging into your own Ch...
Series Update #1: Places in Mainland China That Accept U.S. Cards — Shanghai Metro App Supports Foreign Mastercard Credit Cards
KUKU will be putting together a roundup of places in mainland China that can directly accept foreign credit cards, focusing mainly on mainstream, budget-friendly merchants. These w...
Reminder: Mint Mobile AMEX Offer Ends on 11/09
This offer ($90-$45), combined with Mint Mobile’s various features, makes it possible to keep a Mint Mobile phone plan at a low cost. The maximum recharge amount is $360, enough to...
WeChat Pay | Dmall Supports US Credit Cards at Self-Checkout in Many Supermarkets
Dmall is a supermarket self-checkout app (and it also works via a WeChat Mini Program) that is available in many mid-sized and large supermarkets across numerous cities. It has act...