American Express Platinum Card needs no introduction. It is the premier card in the AMEX line up that is available to everybody (with excellent credit that is). Elite status in Hotels, Car rentals, airline lounges… the benefit list is pretty huge. The Points Guy covers it in good depth.
The standard offer for Platinum card right now is 25K Membership Rewards (MR) points. However if you follow this LINK and apply, you can get 50K MR bonus points (Bonus ID 6751). Note that there is a 100K MR points targeted bonus …

Get another free 100 Miles from Continental. This time it is for checking out their in-flight DirectTV discount offer for using the Chase MasterCard.
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I had blogged earlier about how much I loved my Chase OnePass Plus card for its perpetual double miles promotions and 10K bonus miles for $25K spend in a calendar year. I just got a shock yesterday. Well, that is exaggerating the situation; but why would they advertise a benefit that does not exist? The roadside assistance on Continental OnePass card is a total joke!
To cut the long story short, I woke up yesterday morning to notice that I had forgotten to turn off the lights in my car and …

A reader of our blog, Andy, asked me what I thought about the CapitalOne Venture Card. It is well advertised on TV that it earn two points per dollar charged. My co-blogger, the Nomad rated it as one of the Best ‘other’ rewards Card. Good deal or not? As I started typing my response to Andy’s email, I realized that I was really giving him a comparison between the Venture card and a typical Airline Miles or Hotel Points card. I decided to give Andy my response as a blog …

One of the advantages of having the Continental (CO) OnePass Plus card was the access to the double miles at selected retailers when clicking through ShopOnePass. This led to excellent deals like 50 miles per dollar on floral purchases.

 
Thanks to the UA/CO merger, this benefit is ending on July 19. So get the deal before it’s too late. There are plenty of good deals to be had. For example, 4 miles/$ at Walmart, Best Buy; 10miles per $ at Kmart/drugstore.com; 2000 miles for Netflix subscription.
The best part is you don’t …

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 …

Before I delve into the details, let me give you the one line conclusion:
Use the highest grade Visa card you have or if you have the Amex premium protection plan, use your Amex card.

 
Car rental collision damage waiver is probably the most common way to ‘lure’ card members. All card issuers say they offer collision damage waiver, so you can decline the CDW (collision damage waiver) offered by the car rental companies. Seems like a huge benefit! But you will get scared if you read the fine print of …