Credit cards will sometimes send out emails with little incentives reminding you to use them.
I received two today:
1. Bank of America Alaska Airlines card:
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The first 15 credit cards to get if you want to travel for free-ish
Now that the benefit of using credit cards has gone mainstream:
This is something I’ve wanted to post for a while, because it’s something I wish I’d seen 15 months ago, upon first realizing credit cards aren’t evil when used responsibly.
Instead I made some stupid choices.
There are tons of “best cards” lists out there, but the confusing thing is that many of the people writing those lists have financial incentives in getting you to sign up for certain credit cards.
A couple of notes:
- Some of the bonuses listed here are the highest ever for those cards. If you see it higher, move it up your list. If you see it lower, move it down your list.
- Chase won’t approve you for most of its credit cards if you’ve signed up for 5 or more cards in the last 24 months. That’s why the first 5 cards on this list are from Chase.
Here is the list I would give to my closest friends who want to start traveling for free: Continue reading
The unadvertised benefits of the CitiBusiness AAdvantage & AmEx SPG cards
I never get a new credit card without having a solid rundown in my head of its useable benefits.
Two different cards I opened recently had benefits I had no clue about until after they were in my wallet.
1. CitiBusiness AAdvantage
Does this targeted sign-up bonus move a USAA card to the top of the cash-back cards list?
USAA has a targeted holiday offer on its 1.5% cash-back Visa card that’s one of the best cash-back bonus offers I’ve ever seen: a $200 bonus after only 12 purchases.
Amex Hilton cards offering more points for adding authorizing users; 10K or 5K (targeted)
American Express offered 10K Hilton points a few months ago for adding an authorized user to the no-fee Amex Hilton card.
They must really like authorized users, because they’re trying again, though they are requiring some spending this time.
Here’s the email I received today:
Chased away from Chase cards? Here are 6 cards they won’t know about
If you’re one of those special people Chase still wants to give a credit card to because you haven’t gotten five or more of them in the past two years, then you & Chase just go to town. See the world together.
Are you a Chase reject or currently Chase-averse like me, due to the 5/24 hysteria?
Here are 6 great cards that Chase will never know about:
5 Things to know before diving into points, miles & credit cards
Once I realized that credit cards aren’t the evil I thought they were, I dove into the waters of sign-up bonuses pretty eagerly. Maybe too eagerly. I have some regrets. Some things I wish I knew.
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