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Citi Strata Elite Looks Premium — But The Real Value Is 75,000 Points And American Airlines Miles
Citi Strata Elite arrives in a surprisingly premium package, but the real value is what the card earns. The current offer delivers 75,000 points and credits worth up to $1,200 in the first year, and its points now transfer to American Airlines AAdvantage.

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New JetBlue Premier card benefits are live, now with 100K welcome offer
A month ago, JetBlue announced that it would be enhancing its premium Premier credit card “this spring.” And by enhancing, I mean actually enhancing it. It turns out that today—May 5—constitutes “this spring” because the new benefits are live for cardmembers as of today. To go along with the card...

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Up to 110,000 United Miles For New Card: Unlocks Faster Flight Earning, Lower Award Prices
United’s big MileagePlus changes are now live, and the program is plainly moving more of its value behind a co-brand card: faster mileage-earning, cheaper United award prices, and better access to saver inventory for cardholders, while non-cardmembers earn less. United and Chase are raising the upfront incentives just as the...

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American Express® Gold Card changes: Minor tweaks, good limited-time offers
Late last week, American Express launched some changes to the American Express® Gold Card in celebration its 60th anniversary (note: this only pertains to the consumer version of the card). For the most part, the changes were pretty lukewarm and not particularly exciting or notable. However, they did make a couple...

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Rakuten credit card bonuses (Bank of America boosted up to $300)
Shopping portal Rakuten is offering cash back bonuses for those who open select credit cards through the Rakuten portal. These bonuses being offered by Rakuten stack on top of the introductory card holder bonus offered by the respective banks. We are currently seeing boosted rates of up to $300 back,...









