If you are a Visa Signature card holder (just to name a few: CapitalOne Venture, Marriott Rewards, AAdvantage, Chase Sapphire Preferred, etc.) you can get a free 90 day trial of platinum status. This promotion ends Friday May 11th, so tomorrow is your last day to register. You can register here. Also,t he 90 day… Read full article

About a month ago, American Airlines enhanced the value of their Citi® / AAdvantage® Card with additional added benefits. In the past, I personally did not think the card was worth it after earning the initial bonus for new applicants. It really added no value at all when compared to all the other credit cards… Read full article

Welcome to Round 3 of the credit card showdown. This series is due to a session that was presented at the Frequent Traveler University conference this past weekend (which you can read more about here). The two previous debates with the pros/cons of each card include: Debate 1: United Explorer vs. British Airways Visa (currently… Read full article

Welcome to Round 2 of the credit card showdown. This series is due to a session that was presented at the Frequent Traveler University conference this past weekend (which you can read more about here). I posted the first debate a few days back, which was between the United Explorer card and the British Airways… Read full article

As mentioned yesterday, there was a frequent traveler conference this past weekend and one of the sessions involved a head to head debate between many points and miles credit cards. You can read more about the conference and this particular session here. The first debate was between the United Explorer card (represented by blogger Mommy… Read full article

It looks like the Chase Ink Bold card will be following in its footsteps of its sister card, the Chase Sapphire Preferred, and altering its promotion slightly. While the Sapphire Preferred card actually lowered its bonus from 50k to 40k two weeks ago (prior blog post), it looks like the Ink Bold will be keeping… Read full article

This is post #1 of a series regarding the British Airways Avios program. I am really excited to say that British Airways has announced a new credit card offer of 100,000 Avios points. While the minimum spend has increased drastically from last years promotion, this is still a great offer if you can make it… Read full article

This is post #8 of a series regarding the Chase Ultimate Rewards program. Related Posts Post #1: Introduction to Chase Ultimate Rewards Program Post #2: Maximizing Chase Ultimate Rewards with Chase Freedom Post #3: Downgrading your Chase Ultimate Rewards Card to Avoid the Annual Fee Post #4: Best Redemption for Chase Ultimate Reward Points –… Read full article

This past week I posted about the possibility of the Chase Sapphire Preferred bonus offer decreasing. It now seems like a sure thing and starting April 3rd the new promotion will be 40,000 points (declining from the current 50,000 point offer). Currently many of the promotional material from Chase have already been decreased to the… Read full article

This is post #7 of a series regarding the Chase Ultimate Rewards program. Related Posts Post #1: Introduction to Chase Ultimate Rewards Program Post #2: Maximizing Chase Ultimate Rewards with Chase Freedom Post #3: Downgrading your Chase Ultimate Rewards Card to Avoid the Annual Fee Post #4: Best Redemption for Chase Ultimate Reward Points –… Read full article