McDonald’s China Introduces POS Terminals That Accept Visa/Master/JCB (with Apple Pay + V/M Support)
Recently, some McDonald’s China locations have started introducing new POS terminals that support UnionPay, Visa, Master, and JCB credit cards, and also allow payments via Apple Pa...
AMEX Now Strictly Requires Hilton Gold on a Platinum Primary Card Account to Match the Cardholder’s Name
You’re not seeing things—this post is not late. As early as 2-3 years ago, AMEX had already started enforcing a name-matching policy for elite status enrollments, especially for Ma...
New: How to Tell Whether It Will Be Reimbursed as Wireless — Google Fi/Google Voice Top-Ups and Reimbursement Issues for Google Purchases
【Updated 2020.7】Previously, I hadn’t dug deeply into the data points in this post. Based on information provided by WeChat reader NXL, whether Google Fi payments (both manual and a...
More online merchants that may trigger the Shop Small offer (small VoIP merchant Callcentric, Samsung Pay gift cards, etc.)
The Shop Small promotion runs for a fairly long period, through September 20. You can even complete it after returning to China, especially with some online merchant types. Note th...
How to Use a US Credit Card on Ele.me
We just published a quick update yesterday: Asia Miles now offers rewards on Ele.me and Meituan delivery orders: 2.5 miles/$ (orders must be placed from a mainland China IP) In tha...
Guide to Using US Credit Cards in the Meituan App (Supports Visa/Mastercard)
Meituan has supported foreign-issued VISA/Master credit cards, including US cards, for quite a while now. I had been putting off writing about it, but Asia Miles recently started l...
You Can Now Add a Payment Account Directly in the AMEX App Without Logging In Again
AMEX now allows new cards to directly add new Payment Account information or link an already connected Payment Account in the app. Previously, you had to jump from the app to the A...
Selected Mainland China Visa Credit Cards: Get $10 Back Each Week After 3 Uber/Uber Eats Purchases of $15 (10 Weeks)
Visa announced a promotion early today for eligible Mainland China Visa credit cards: make three Uber or Uber Eats purchases of $15 each per week (likely based on the posted transa...
Spend $500, Get $100 Back! Extra Savings at Costco with the Citi Costco Card
Right now, if you use the Citi Costco co-branded credit card on costco.com to buy $500 or more in eligible products, you can get a $100 Costco Shop Card. Limit two per account. I t...
Chase Launches a Round of Targeted Spending Offers (Insurance, Utilities, Phone, Cable, Internet): "Pay Twice, Get 1,500 UR"
There is actually another version of this offer: just pay any bill amount twice and you can earn 1,500 UR. I received this offer by email. This is what it looks like after activati...
Chase May Have Applied the 5/24 Rule to Proactive Credit-Limit Increase Requests
Chase appears to have recently started applying the infamous 5/24 (524) rule to proactive credit-limit increase applications. If you request a credit-limit increase on a Chase card...