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Amex Airline Fee Reimbursements. What still works?
Several American Express cards offer annual airline fee reimbursements. These reimbursements can go a long way towards easing the sting of the high annual fees charged by personal American Express Platinum Card® and Business Platinum cards. Readers often wonder which types of charges will trigger these credits and/or which methods still...
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Air Canada Aeroplan Credit Card Now Has a 100,000-Point Bonus Offer
Turn a $95 annual fee into 100,000 points you can redeem across Star Alliance, Emirates, Etihad, Oman Air, and more airlines than any other program.
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Does the Chase Sapphire Reserve® Card need fixing?
Gary at View from the Wing took exception to my proposal for fixing the Chase Sapphire Reserve® Card. He argued that the card, as is, meets Chase’s goals of saving money and increasing revenue (by driving cardholders to book travel and buy merchandise through Chase). He also noted that the...
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Chase Is Running a 70% Bonus on Marriott Transfers — But Here’s How To Get Nearly Double the Value Instead
Chase is offering a 70% transfer bonus to Marriott Bonvoy — but even with that boost, moving Chase points to Marriott is still a poor deal. In most cases you can get close to double the value by redeeming through Chase instead, especially when a hotel is available through The...
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Capital One Venture X Rewards Credit Card vs Chase Sapphire Reserve®
Should you get a Capital One Venture X or Chase Sapphire Reserve - we provide an extensive side by side chart comparison
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Citi Strata Elite’s First Cardmember Year Windfall: 100,000 Points, Up To $1,200 in Credits, and Faster Earning on American Airlines Miles
It's hard to imagine anyone that won't find this to be incredible for a year. After that, it's up to you.
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Hyatt Visa ‘Status Machine’ Offer Ends In A Week – Double Elite Nights For New Cardmembers Through January 31
This gets interesting and creative because the people who should be most interested in the card are also the people most interested in Hyatt status. Globalist receives complimentary upgrades up to suites, club access or breakfast at most brands and properties, and guaranteed 4 p.m. late check-out at most...
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Chase adds lifetime langage to no-annual-fee Ink Cards
The Chase Ink Business Unlimited and (especially) the Ink Business Cash cards are standards that have found honored places in many of our wallets. Each one has a unique superpower: the Business Unlimited earns 1.5x Ultimate Rewards Points on all purchases, while the Ink Business Cash earns 5x on office...
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Don’t settle for a $75 Lululemon credit – here’s how you get $150+ back on that same Amex Platinum credit.
One of the quarterly credits on the American Express Platinum Card® is an up to $75 credit to Lululemon. While it’s popular knowledge at this point that you can walk into the store and buy a gift card to use later, or anecdotally buy one online, did you know that...
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Everything About Sapphire Reserve’s Refresh Makes Sense Once You See How Its Economics Forced Chase’s Rethink
The Sapphire Reserve refresh wasn’t about adding perks or taking them away — it was about bringing the card’s economics back into line with how Chase needs it to operate.. Once you understand why the old earn and redemption structure no longer worked for them, every change in the refresh...
