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Don’t Transfer! Chase Ultimate Rewards to IHG with a 60% Bonus...
Chase is currently offering a 60% bonus when transferring UR points to IHG. In other words, the transfer ratio has changed from 1:1 to 1:1.6. As most people know, IHG points are wo...
Double! BofA Cash Rewards Sending Targeted Offer for Double Cash Back on Spending (3% Becomes 6%)
Several readers received a targeted email offer from BofA: spending in office supplies, electronics, discount stores, and online shopping can earn double cash back. The extra cash...
AMEX Offer | Pandora subscription: Spend $9.99, get $9.99 back [Not Recommended]
AMEX recently rolled out a streaming offer. At the moment, there are no other rewards for this subscription besides airline or hotel shopping portals, and the payout rates there ar...
How One Person Can Add the AMEX Shop Small Offer Multiple Times: Discussion [Update 2: China-issued AMEX cards can receive the rebate]
[Update 2] It looks like the rebate can post successfully. If you have multiple China-issued AMEX credit cards, you may be able to add it multiple times. Also, the Shop Small offer...
Targeted Chase/BofA Mint Mobile Offer: Spend $5, Get $10 Back
Some Chase cards now have a targeted Mint Mobile offer that gives you $10 back with any purchase amount. If you’re not familiar with Chase Offers, see: Introduction to Chase Offers...
McDonald’s China Introduces POS Terminals That Accept Visa/Master/JCB (with Apple Pay + V/M Support)
Recently, some McDonald’s China locations have started introducing new POS terminals that support UnionPay, Visa, Master, and JCB credit cards, and also allow payments via Apple Pa...
AMEX Now Strictly Requires Hilton Gold on a Platinum Primary Card Account to Match the Cardholder’s Name
You’re not seeing things—this post is not late. As early as 2-3 years ago, AMEX had already started enforcing a name-matching policy for elite status enrollments, especially for Ma...
New: How to Tell Whether It Will Be Reimbursed as Wireless — Google Fi/Google Voice Top-Ups and Reimbursement Issues for Google Purchases
【Updated 2020.7】Previously, I hadn’t dug deeply into the data points in this post. Based on information provided by WeChat reader NXL, whether Google Fi payments (both manual and a...
More online merchants that may trigger the Shop Small offer (small VoIP merchant Callcentric, Samsung Pay gift cards, etc.)
The Shop Small promotion runs for a fairly long period, through September 20. You can even complete it after returning to China, especially with some online merchant types. Note th...
How to Use a US Credit Card on Ele.me
We just published a quick update yesterday: Asia Miles now offers rewards on Ele.me and Meituan delivery orders: 2.5 miles/$ (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...