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

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 #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

This is post #6 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

You may have already seen this on many blogs this morning, but it looks like the public offer for the Chase Sapphire Preferred credit card on Chase.com has decreased to 40,000 points. While this is unfortunate, the good news is that through my link you can still jump on the 50,000 points offer – phew!… Read full article

Hot off the press – between now and May 31, you can transfer your American Express Membership Reward points to British Airways Avios and receive a 50% bonus. Typically, for every 1,000 Membership Reward points you transfer over, you’ll receive 1,000 BA Avios points, but with this promotion, you’ll instead receive 1,500 Avios points. There… Read full article

This is post #5 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

Currently, there is NO bonus offer with the American Express Business Gold Rewards Card, however, TODAY ONLY (Wednesday February 29th), this card comes with a 75,000 bonus point offer! This is the 2nd time I’ve seen this one day only special – the last time was in November and Mr. Deals jumped on this opportunity…. Read full article