Chase Freedom is one of my favorite cards especially in 3rdquarter when they have 5% cashback on travel related purchases up to $1500.
I had written earlier about a 20K signup bonus Ultimate Rewards (UR) points for the Chase Freedom card. Recently they have been sending out a targeted offer for 30K UR points. If you have applied for the card in the last 3 months, it might be worthwhile asking them to bump the bonus on the card to 30K. The promo offer code is D1R.

Ultimate Rewards points are transferrable …

Continental OnePass Plus Card is becoming my go-to card for dining purchases. I had blogged earlier about double miles opportunity on dining, gas and grocery purchases until June 13.

 
I figured out this would be a good time to call up Chase since the older promotion had ended. And I am glad I did. The Chase rep told me that most Chase OnePass cardmembers are getting 2X miles on retail, entertainment purchases from June 8 to Aug 8. No registration is required.

I asked for clarification on what ‘retail’ meant. I was …

Most of you must have heard about the 50K sign up bonus Ultimate Rewards points offer for the Chase Sapphire Card. Now it gets even better: buddychan (on FatWallet) has reported of an offer for 100K bonus sign up bonus Ultimate Rewards points! However, it appears to be targeted.

 
If you have already applied for the Chase Sapphire Card in the last two months, it might be worth an effort to send them a secure message requesting them to match this new offer. If you haven’t, it is probably better to …

2011 has been the year of mega credit card bonuses. In case you are still craving for more, there are three new credit cards that may be worth your attention.

 
· Chase Ritz Carlton Rewards Card: 50K sign up bonus points good for one night in most Ritz Carltons or several nights in Marriotts. Annual fee of $350. However you can get $200 credit towards airline incidentals. Brian (aka The Points Guy) has covered other details here.
This may be a good value but I would probably wait to sign up …

This is why most experts feel, you should never transfer to Delta unless you really need Skymiles. They have been having a perpetual 50% transfer bonus for first time transfers from Membership Rewards (MR) to Skymiles. The last offer just ended on May 31 and the new one is back already for transfers until Sept 30.

 
The only difference is that unlike last time, the threshold for getting 25K MQM (and hence Silver status on Delta) has been raised from 50K to 100K MR points transfer. Still, a good deal in …

In my earlier post on this topic, I discussed the Mega Bonuses Credit Cards are doling out and their impact on us the consumers. In this article, I continue with a detailed analysis on how some of these specific very large bonuses impact the Mileage marketplace for us, the frequent travelers, who earn their loyalty rewards the hard way – by flying the miles and sleeping in the hotels.
Are we being out earned by someone with a good credit history and an Internet connection, who may have never left …

What’s with all the mega bonuses that Credit Cards doling out? They seem to be handing out tens of thousands of miles to new customers like drunken sailors on shore leave in Jamaica or a Fed Chairman trying to revive a country’s economy. Here are some examples of recent offers:

British Airways – 100,000 miles
Capital One Venture Card – upto 100,000 points
American Express Membership Rewards card – 50,000 points

In this article, I will explore two areas – one, why are companies doing this? And two, what does it mean for us, …

If you haven’t already taken advantage of this offer, hurry. Chase is offering 100K miles to new applicants for the British Airways Visa Credit Card. However, the offer ends May 5th at 11:59PM. That’s only a few more hours!

The Points Guy has outlined an extensive primer on using British Airways miles. Do check that out if you are still dilly-dallying. This offer is probably one of the best that we have seen this year.

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Time to go on a mini App-O-Rama?

The credit card offer that started the recent trend of big signup miles/points bonus is back. Garyand others have blogged about it. Yes, I am talking about the 100K British Airways miles bonus Chase Visa card. If you did not grab this card when it was offered in 2009, now is the time to get it.
Even without the signup bonus, this is a good Visa card as I have discussed in an earlier post. In that post I also discussed the best cards in …

I had discussed earlier that the Amex Premier Rewards Gold Card is a great card if you spend a lot on airfares (3 Membership Rewards (MR) points per dollar), gas and groceries (2 MR points per dollar). Moreover you earn 15K MR point bonus if you spend $30000 in a year. As most of you know, MR points are very valuable since they can be transferred instantly 1:1 to many airlines.

 
The normal signup bonus for this card is 10K or 15K MR points. Though people have got targeted 50K …