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Bad News! AMEX Is Clawing Back Some Welcome Bonuses [May 2020 Update: Closing a Card Early May Trigger a Bonus Clawback; Reopening May Also Cost Money!]
Recently, readers in our group shared an email about a Delta welcome bonus being clawed back, so we wanted to share it here. In addition, DOC reports that AMEX may start charging a...
AMEX Dell Credit Guide (Business Platinum $400) + Tips to Save Money at Dell
The AMEX Business Platinum card comes with up to $400 in Dell credits. In this post, we’ll walk through how the benefit works in detail. With an 85,000-point welcome bonus plus at...
Limited-Time HSBC Credit Card Offer: 3x Points at Grocery Stores, Uber Credit Can Be Used on Uber Eats
Today, HSBC sent an email to many Premier Mastercard and Premier World Elite credit cardholders announcing the following: Before June 30: The Uber credit on both cards can also be...
Michael Jordan’s AMEX Green Credit Card Sold for $3,146 in 2012
I came across a news post on Hupu today saying that Michael Jordan’s AMEX Green credit card sold at auction for $3,146 in 2012. I looked it up, and the earliest report I found is h...
A Nice Surprise: AMEX Offsets Annual Fees on Select Delta Personal Cards and Several Business Cards
Some personal cardholders have also received Customer Appreciation Credits: Delta SkyMiles Reserve ($550 annual fee) – $100 statement credit Delta SkyMiles Platinum ($250 annual fe...
Bank of America BofA Reportedly Tightening Approval Standards for Loans and Credit Card Applications
Today, while chatting with a banker familiar with BofA, I heard that they had just held a meeting and are now tightening approval standards for auto loans, mortgages, and other loa...
It’s broken again! AMEX Platinum Schwab is having issues redeeming Membership Rewards into an investment account
【5.5 Update】This feature is broken again! 【4.29 Update】It’s working again now. Looks like it was just a system issue after all — a false alarm! Recently, every time you use Platinu...
AMEX Centurion Card [2020.5 Update: Personal version gets $2,000 AMEX Travel Credit; Business version offsets $1,500 of annual fee]
According to DOC, cardholders of this card will receive a $2,000 AMEX Travel Credit in August. After factoring in the Saks credit and Equinox membership reimbursement, this card ac...
A bout of laziness cost me $200*N: Both of my discontinued FNBO cards were shut down
At the beginning of this year, AMEX airline reimbursements took a major hit, so I planned to wait for more stable data points before trying to use the reimbursement benefit again....
AMEX | Referral Bonuses Increased Again on Some Credit Cards
AMEX previously increased a round of referral bonuses: AMEX Gold went up to 15,000/20,000 per referral, and AMEX Green went up to 10,000 per referral. Recently, another round of re...
Supermarket Rewards Showdown: Chase Adds Bonus Earnings on Many Cards, Up to 5x UR
AMEX announced today that several of its cards will offer bonus rewards at supermarkets. Chase is not backing down either: basically all of its annual-fee cards are getting bonus s...