I saw this on the Doctor of Credit website. Here is the direct link for the article: AmEx Offers: Avis/Budget Car Rental, Spend $200/$400 & Get $40/$80 Statement CreditCheck your AmEx Offers for the following deal: Get a $75 statement credit by using your Card to spend
Chase has increased the bonus on the British Airways VISA Signature Card from 75K to 90K Avios points. The spend is $5,000 with three months of account opening. Value is approximately $1,260 and the card annual fee is $95. Use this link! Avios points are useful for booking
This is a work in progress as the banks can shift what bureaus they use (I just had BofA hit Experian last week when they had normally hit Transunion in the past). Apparently, the banks can shift their inquiries based on location and which card is being applied for. So
Newly approved to the Capital One Venture X card? Do the following: 1. Memorize all of the VISA Infinite benefits. You will be tested later. 2. You can spend immediately upon approval. Add a virtual card to Apple Pay, Google Wallet or use it online. Just go to the Capital
You booked your Marriott Stay with points or free stay certificates and you will not able to show up for your stay (illness, flight cancellation, etc.). Also, the cancellation window, which varies by property, has expired. Since you didn't stay, the hotel is not paid and Marriott returns
This will be short. My Wyndham Earner Business came up for renewal. I called the Barclay's customer service number on the back (866-757-3648) and got to a representative. I then gave a brief whine about the point devaluations (loss of Vacasa bookings and the doubling of points needed
Saw this on Upgraded Points, an offer on the BofA Atmos Ascent card of 80k plus a $99 companion fare. Now it is 85k here with $5k spend in 90 days! Of course, my player 2 submitted for the 80k offer (sigh). I guess I will try to get BofA
Chase has increased the bonus on the British Airways VISA Signature Card from 75K to 90K Avios points. The spend is $5,000 with three months of account opening. Value is approximately $1,260 and the card annual fee is $95. Use this link! Avios points are useful for booking
Road warriors who travel for business 200+ days per year will find getting value pretty easy. But, if you are like me and you have a regular job that allows you to travel just a few times per year, getting enough value out of a premium card to justify the
If you are just getting into this hobby and you want fairly quick satisfaction, do this: 1. Get a Travel Freely account (no cost). This will organize you and possibly save your sanity. Add credit card information for any of your current credit cards (site does not collect credit card
1. Travel Freely - If you are going to pursue this hobby, you need to be able to track your credit card sign up bonuses and renewals. With 30+ active credit cards at any given time, I depend on this free tool. Web and mobile. 2. PointsYeah - Very nice
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The Chase Marriott Boundless card has an offer that differs from the standard public offer of three 50k free night certificates. The issue with free night certificates is that they expire after one year and this can cause pressure to redeem for a less than ideal scenario. If you redeem
This card is $99 per year but it is waived the first year. Here is the link for the offer. Note that this is supposed to be based on an inflight offer: Citi® / AAdvantage® Platinum Select® World Elite Mastercard® Inflight Offer | Citi.comExplore this special inflight offer for the Citi®
Wyndham points redemptions were at the top of my list for years. Vacasa, the troubled vacation rental company that was bought in 2025 by Casago, was my go to for Wyndham point stays as they had a large footprint of available vacation rentals plus they managed the rental of Wyndham
Road warriors who travel for business 200+ days per year will find getting value pretty easy. But, if you are like me and you have a regular job that allows you to travel just a few times per year, getting enough value out of a premium card to justify the
When using points, I use a criteria that if the flight is over three hours, I really don't want to be in economy. Booking Hawaii from my hometown on the West Coast means about six hours in the air so I truly, deeply do not want to be
If you are just getting into this hobby and you want fairly quick satisfaction, do this: 1. Get a Travel Freely account (no cost). This will organize you and possibly save your sanity. Add credit card information for any of your current credit cards (site does not collect credit card
How to pay for your stay with points using the Marriott Bold card I recommend you familiarize yourself with the rather convoluted restrictions on getting Marriott cards if you are getting more than one card per user. Frequent Miler has an article on this that spells it out https://frequentmiler.
1. Travel Freely - If you are going to pursue this hobby, you need to be able to track your credit card sign up bonuses and renewals. With 30+ active credit cards at any given time, I depend on this free tool. Web and mobile. 2. PointsYeah - Very nice
There are a few credit cards that have strong sign up bonuses and travel benefits that can be acquired without any cost. This is a list of the most attractive opportunities that are zero cost and yet provide substantial returns. The hotel and airline cards listed with the first year
So, you need to hit a spend on a credit card with a great sign up bonus, but you are straining to hit the spend requirements. You can, for a price, pay your federal taxes with a credit card. Here are the rules and caveats of using this technique: Paying
Not a regular Ritz Carlton guest? Neither am I, but for Marriott stays and premium card perks, the Chase Ritz Carlton card is on my radar. I look for the following from my credit cards: 1. Travel points 2. Rental car status 3. Hotel chain status 4. Airport lounge access
If you are a Marriott associate or immediate family, you can book Marriott stays with the code supplied through your employer or the Marriott intranet. During the late fall to early winter, you can often book with another code with an increased discount (dates and availability vary). I am not