Back in 2018, Rob got this card (then an SPG card) with a 35,000 point bonus, which seems so light when compared to the bonus offers nowadays. Over the years, I paid the $125 annual fee as I always found a way to use the free Bonvoy night award that I got with the card. […]
Category: Canceling Cards
I Canceled My Amex Business Gold In Year 2
Last year I scored a 70,000 Bonus of Membership Rewards and a $300 statement credit by getting the Amex Business Gold that Rob referred to me with a 25,000 point referral bonus! That was a total of an easy 95,000 points that likely went to my stay at the Montage in Cabo this past fall. […]
Rob And I Are Saying Farewell To Our Amex Green Cards
Back in June of 2019, when the retro American Express Green Card got a revamp, Rob and I both got the card with a nice bonus of 45,000 Membership Rewards points. We even used the card often for travel despite the fact that I also had a Chase Sapphire Reserve, which like the Amex […]
I Downgraded My Chase Sapphire Reserve To The Preferred, Here’s Why
Like many of you, I got the highly touted Chase Sapphire Reserve card back in 2016 with a bonus of 100,000 Chase Ultimate Rewards points. At the time, 100,000 bonus points were rare. I used my Sapphire Reserve card and loved my card for the next 5 years, but with so much more hitting the […]
I Canceled My Chase Marriott Rewards Premier Business Credit Card
Back in 2019, I got the Chase Marriott Rewards Premier Business Card with a 75,000 bonus. I paid the $99 annual fee after the first year as I always found a way to use the free Bonvoy night award that I got with the card. The free Bonvoy night was always handy for college visits. However, […]
I Canceled My Barclays AAdvantage Aviator Business MasterCard
Last year around this time, I got the AAdvantage Aviator Business MasterCard with an increased bonus back then of 60,000 American Airlines AAdvantage miles. (The current limited time increased offer for this card is 75,000 miles). Now, a year later, I got the bill for my $95 annual fee. I decided that I wasn’t going to pay […]
Chase Plans To Cancel Rob’s Chase British Airways Visa Card But Is Letting Me Stop It If I Want To
Unlike what Chase did with my Disney Premier card a few years back, Chase is taking a different approach with Rob’s Chase British Airways Visa Signature Card. Chase stated in the letter, that he got via mail, that in 60 days, they are closing his account due to inactivity and he has 60 days to use […]
I Switched My BOA Virgin Atlantic Card To A No Fee Travel Rewards Card-Thx BOA!
Back in 2014 I got the Bank Of America Virgin Atlantic World Elite MasterCard with a nice sign-up bonus. I paid the $90 annual fee for the next 4 years because, well I don’t really know why. However, this past year, I decided to try to downgrade my card to a no fee version. There wasn’t […]
Rookie Mistake-Barclays Canceled My AAdvantage Aviator Red World Elite MasterCard
I made a rookie mistake and let Barclays cancel my AAdvantage Aviator Red World Elite MasterCard because I had 24 months of inactivity. I tell all of my clients to keep a small monthly charge on all of their no fee cards that sit in a drawer, or to remember to use them every so often. […]
How To Destroy A Metal Card, Or Not
I recently posted that after careful analysis, I decided to cancel Rob’s Business Platinum at the hefty price tag of $595 and you can read why here. However, have you ever felt the American Express Platinum or Business Platinum card? It is made of metal and it is impossible to cut in half or destroy. I […]