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Amazing Deal Alert: American Express Platinum 100K Sign-Up Bonus

January 7, 2013

Update: Deal appears to be dead. American Express has an offer for a 100K sign-up bonus. You’ll receive 100,000 Membership Rewards points when you spend $3,000 in your first 3 months of Card membership. Before you take advantage of this offer, the terms state that the welcome bonus offer is not available to applicants who have [...]

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Maximize Monday: Choosing the Best Site and Credit Card for Purchasing Airfare

January 7, 2013

Update: The offer for the British Airways Visa looks to be still available publicly for the moment, though we cannot verify it since it is not one of our affiliate links. Maximize Monday is a new weekly series, where I’ll dig into different topics and offer my suggestions on how you can change your habits in order [...]

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Maximizing Travel Credit Cards Calendar Year Spending Threshold Bonuses

January 2, 2013

Update: The offer for the British Airways Visa looks to be still available publicly for the moment, though we cannot verify it since it is not one of our affiliate links. I hope everyone had a great time ringing in 2013. A new year means…a new chance to hit some spending thresholds on your travel credit cards [...]

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The Points Guy 2012 Year In Review

December 31, 2012

As 2012 comes to an end, I wanted to take stock of what turned out to be another exciting, challenging and ultimately rewarding year both on ThePointsGuy.com and personally. I visited over 20 countries, flew dozens of airlines, flew about 200,000 miles the good old-fashioned way and spent nearly 160 nights in hotels – and [...]

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Video Sunday Reader Question: Will Canceling a Credit Card Raise Red Flags With Banks?

December 30, 2012

TPG reader Howard writes in asking about what happens when you have several cards with a bank and want to cancel one: “When I call to cancel a credit card, will the agents be able to see info on the other cards I have open with that provider?   I’m thinking in particular about the [...]

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End Of Year Airline Miles Account Audit – Claiming Miles That Are Rightfully Yours

December 26, 2012

As the year comes to an end, and everyone is concerned about maintaining elite status, I wrote earlier this week about End of Year Hotel Point Account Audits, so today I look at how to make sure you received all the airline miles that you are due this year. Similar to hotel programs, I almost always find discrepancies in my [...]

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Santa Came… And Allowed Me to Buy Vanilla Reloads at Walgreens!

December 26, 2012

Update: Office Depot no longer sells Vanilla Reload or American Express Prepaid cards. I hope everyone had a great Christmas holiday (whether you celebrate it or not). Whether you were doing last-minute mileage runs to attain elite status or just relaxing at home, this time of year is always a good time to reflect on [...]

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(Video) Sunday Reader Question: Which Credit Cards Sign-up Bonuses Can You Get Multiple Times?

December 23, 2012

TPG reader Doug writes: “I’ve gotten about 14 credit cards in the last year. I have gotten nearly all of the ones that I am especially interested in, and am starting to think about canceling some cards so that I can reapply for them down the line. I know the basics: keep your oldest cards to [...]

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Maximizing The Ink Plus Sign-Up Bonus

December 21, 2012

Update: The Ink Plus Business Card from Chase no longer offers 0% intro APR on purchases and balance transfers for the first 6 months. These days big credit card sign-up points bonuses seem to be sticking around, but scoring 50,000, 75,000 and even 100,000 points can often mean having to meet large minimum spending requirements. [...]

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Gold Delta SkyMiles Credit Card Discontinuing Companion Ticket Benefit in 2013

December 20, 2012

In my post earlier this week ranking the top American Express travel credit cards, I included the fact that the Gold Delta SkyMiles credit card gives cardholders a $99 annual companion ticket (for L,U,T fares) benefit. However, as of January 25, 2013, this benefit will be discontinued on this particular card. Like several other airline [...]

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Maximizing Prepaid / Reloadable and Reload Cards For Points And Miles – Choosing Which Credit Card To Use

December 20, 2012

All this week TPG contributor Jason Steele took us through the basics of Maximizing Prepaid and Reload Cards for Points and Miles with a series on the topic including Maximizing Reload Cards for Points and Miles: Vanilla vs. Green Dot vs. PayPal vs. REloadit and Maximizing Prepaid and Reloadable Cards for Points and Miles: Reloadable [...]

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Ranking the Top US Bank Travel Credit Cards

December 19, 2012

This is a post in my series ranking the top travel credit cards from the major banks. Other posts include: My Ranking of the Top American Express Travel Credit Cards, My Ranking of the Top 12 Chase Travel Credit Card Offers, and My Ranking of the Top Citi Credit Card Offers. Although it was pretty [...]

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My Ranking of the Top American Express Travel Credit Cards

December 17, 2012

This is a post in my series ranking the top travel credit cards from the major banks. Other posts include: My Ranking of the Top 12 Chase Travel Credit Card Offers, My Ranking of the Top Citi Credit Card Offers, and My Ranking of the Top US Bank Travel Credit Cards. Following my rankings of [...]

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40,000 Point Citi Thank You Preferred Bonus Ends Tomorrow

December 13, 2012

This deal is now dead. The current offer for the Citi ThankYou Preferred Card is 15,000 bonus ThankYou Points after $1000 in card purchases within 3 months. For those of you who might have been interested in getting the Citi ThankYou Preferred card after my post on Monday ranking the top Citi travel credit cards, you have [...]

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Reminder: Activate Chase Freedom 2012 Q4 Bonus Categories

December 13, 2012

If you haven’t already done so, you have until tomorrow, December 14, 2012, to activate your Chase Freedom card to earn 2012 Quarter 4 5x bonus spending categories. The current categories for Quarter 4 of 2012 are airline tickets, hotels, Best Buy and Kohl’s. Don’t panic if you haven’t activated yet because Chase will retroactively [...]

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Detailed Look At Ink Bold and Ink Plus Perks You Might Not Know About

December 11, 2012

After my post Ranking the Top 12 Chase Travel Credit Card Offers last week, a lot of readers had questions about some of the lesser-discussed perks of my top two cards, the Ink Bold and the Ink Plus, so I wanted to address their specific benefits – apart from the super lucrative 5x bonus spending [...]

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My Ranking of the Top Citi Travel Credit Card Offers

December 10, 2012

This is a post in my series ranking the top travel credit cards from the major banks. Other posts include: My Ranking of the Top American Express Travel Credit Cards, My Ranking of the Top 12 Chase Travel Credit Card Offers, and My Ranking of the Top US Bank Travel Credit Cards. Last week I wrote about [...]

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Southwest 50,000 Bonus and AirTran 32 A+ Points Bonuses Rundown – Which Card Should You Get?

December 5, 2012

Update: The Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards Premier Credit card bonus is now down to 25,0000 points. With the 50,000-point sign-up bonus on the Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards Premier Credit Card and the AirTran Airways A+ Rewards Credit Card with 32 A+ points both available, you might be wondering which card to get. As a reminder, [...]

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My Ranking of the Top 12 Chase Travel Credit Card Offers

December 5, 2012

This is a post in my series ranking the top travel credit cards from the major banks. Other posts include: My Ranking of the Top American Express Travel Credit Cards, My Ranking of the Top Citi Credit Card Offers, My Ranking of the Top US Bank Travel Credit Cards. Kind of like the weather across much [...]

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Details on the New US Bank Club Carlson Credit Cards

December 3, 2012

In yet another step that signals Club Carlson’s increasing presence in the loyalty points world, the hotel chain has teamed up with US Bank to launch three new Visa credit cards. Here are the terms of each: Club Carlson Rewards Premier Visa Signature Up to 85,000 Bonus Gold Points to start. Receive 50,000 Gold Points [...]

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The Top Travel Credit Card Offers for Canadians

December 3, 2012

This morning I’ll be on Canadian news network BNN discussing Canadian credit cards and all the ways Canadians can maximize their points, but I also wanted to provide a quick snapshot of the current credit card deals of the moment that are available north of the border. Although sign up bonuses for cards in the [...]

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(Video) Sunday Reader Question: Avoiding Credit Annual Fees and Keeping Points

December 2, 2012

TPG reader Serena asks: “Many of the cards have a $0 introductory annual fee, but then some sort of annual fee after that.  Do you keep the card after a year and pay the annual fee, or transfer your points and close the account once the year is up?  And does that do anything to [...]

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Is The Amex Platinum Card Worth The $450 Annual Fee?

November 30, 2012

One of the biggest reasons people hesitate to get the Amex Platinum, Business Platinum and Mercedes-Benz Platinum cards is the hefty $450 annual fee…which is generally not waived the first year. However, if you plan to take advantage of many of  the perks the card has to offer, you can reap much more from the card than the [...]

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British Airways Visa 50,000 Avios Offer is Back Through February 2013

November 29, 2012

Update: The current offer for the British Airways Visa is 50,000 Avios when you spend $1,000 in the first 3 months. One of the best credit card bonus offers in the points world is back! The Chase British Airways Visa is once again offering 50,000 bonus Avios for spending $1,000 within 3 months then 25,000 more bonus [...]

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