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AA locked and reviewed certain accounts, related to Citi AA co-branded credit cards [Update 2020.8: AA co-branded cards were forcibly closed]
Citi has emailed people that credit card accounts linked to locked AA accounts will be closed within 30 days. If you still want to keep a Citi card, you can try calling to product...
Friendly Reminder | AMEX Hilton Aspire and Marriott Brilliant Dining Credit Ends Aug. 31; Weee Gift Cards May Trigger Reimbursement
【Update】According to reader Rafi Wang’s DP, buying a Weee gift card can trigger the reimbursement. Weee is one of the largest Asian online supermarkets on both the East and West Co...
[Old Post Review] A Super-Complete Chase Account Shutdown Experience (Everything You Thought Of, and Didn’t Think Of, Is Here)
Recently, I’ve seen a lot of people get their entire Chase relationship shut down, so I’m pinning my own full experience of being shut down, trying to get it reversed, and what the...
American Express WeChat Official Account Has Been Transferred to LianTong (Hangzhou) for Operation
If you follow American Express’s official WeChat account, you probably received the following message today:Due to operational needs, the official account American Express that you...
Elite status without flying! Targeted spending offer on Delta Platinum/Reserve credit cards, up to 25,000 MQMs
Both of my Delta Platinum cards received this targeted offer: for every $1,000 spent, you can earn an extra 500 miles and 500 MQMs. The cap is $50,000 in spending, for a total of u...
More China RMB AMEX Credit Cards Launched! (USD Cards May Eventually Be Fully Replaced by RMB Cards)
After American Express obtained approval to issue RMB credit cards in mainland China [Reference 1; Reference 2], it has recently been pushing out AMEX RMB credit cards aggressively...
WeChat Pay now has a chance of coding as a "wechatpay" transaction type for merchant-presented QR payments or online shopping, earning only 1x
About 1–2 months ago, WeChat started showing a new wechatpay cat on some transactions. In fact, the author mentioned this cat much earlier in the complete WeChat Pay guide. There a...
Ouch! Forget to pay your AMEX bill and you may lose your points — but you can buy them back for $35
I previously forgot to pay a $175 monthly bill on my AMEX Green. I paid it on the second day after the due date. But then a notice showed up in the Membership Rewards Summary sayin...
China-Issued RMB AMEX Credit Cards Cannot Add AMEX Offers, but the Older USD Cards Still Can
As we mentioned earlier, AMEX initially allowed China-issued AMEX single-network and dual-network credit cards to register for the Shop Small offer, and later opened things up comp...
Try Activating Again: Chase's Marriott Co-Branded Credit Cards Can Earn 10x on Gas, Restaurants, and Takeout (July 15–September 15)
If you couldn’t activate it before, try again now. Chase’s Marriott co-branded cards can earn 10x rewards on gas, restaurants, and takeout, up to $3,500. The promotion runs from Ju...
Rumor: Legacy Chase Hyatt Card May Be Automatically Converted to the New World of Hyatt in November (Higher Annual Fee, Updated Benefits)
According to DOC, the legacy Hyatt card with the old $75 annual fee may be automatically converted in November to the new World of Hyatt credit card with a $95 annual fee. Will thi...