A few months ago, I wrote about a 5,000 mile retention offer I received from Bank of America for keeping my Alaska Airlines business card open. They never gave me a timeframe for when the miles would post to my account, so after a few months of waiting, I figured it was time to call.…
The end of the year is upon us! You can still get the increased sign-up bonuses on the American Express Delta cards ahead of the refresh in the beginning of 2020. Other than that, there haven’t been too many exciting offers, but hopefully something good comes up later this month. Here’s my list of top…
When opening credit cards from Chase, you have to be careful with “velocity”, or how quickly you open the cards. Of course, there are some ground rules which control how quickly you can open Chase cards like only two personal cards every 30 days and one business card every 30 days. And if you open…
Like last time, there’s not a whole lot to report since my last results post. Our spending has been way down this year which is good for our wallets, but less exciting for churning. Here are our credit card applications and results for Summer 2019. My Applications CitiBusiness / AAdvantage Platinum Select World Mastercard This…
I can’t believe it’s already November. Soon the year (and decade!) will be ending. The American Express Delta cards still have increased sign-up bonuses ahead of the refresh in the beginning of 2020. This is also a good time to get Chase Freedom or Freedom Unlimited since the sign-up bonuses are worth 5,000 more points…
It’s standard practice with credit card churning to close the card when the annual fee is due. Some card issuers like American Express are notorious for extending retention offers as a means of incentivizing you to keep your card open. I’ve never had success getting a retention offer from Bank of America so I was…
I applied for the Barclays AAdvantage Aviator Business Mastercard back in August when the sign-up bonus was 75,000 miles. I applied on August 12th and expected that the application would go pending as that’s typical for Barclays. However, I wasn’t sure what to make of this message: I was mainly concerned about the following: We’re…
It’s an exciting month for credit card sign-up bonuses. We have increased offers on the IHG Rewards Club Premier and the Marriott Bonvoy Boundless from Chase. American Express also increased the sign up bonus on the Delta cards ahead of a refresh in 2020. Here’s my list of top credit card sign-up bonuses for October…
The Marriott Bonvoy Brilliant Card from American Express isn’t my favorite luxury credit card. I personally think the $450 annual fee is too high for the limited benefits it provides. One of the best benefits, however, is the $300 annual Marriott statement credit which can be redeemed each card member year. If you play it…
It feels like summer is over even though it doesn’t technically end for a few weeks. While I’ll miss the longer days and warm weather, fall is one of my favorite seasons. Things slow down in the fall so I like to use this time to start making travel plans for the next year, especially…
