Currently, Chase Sapphire Preferred automatically awards you a 7% Annual Points Dividend on all new points earned on purchases throughout the year – even points you have redeemed. On my most recent Chase Sapphire Preferred statement, I see that I have received my 2014 annual 7% dividend. This dividend is a nice boost to […]
Category: My Cards
I Am Trading In My Amex Premier Rewards Gold For An Amex Everyday Preferred
I just applied for and was approved for the Amex Everyday Preferred card. Thereafter, I canceled my American Express Premier Rewards Gold Card. For me, the 2 cards are too similar and I did not want to pay 2 annual fees, the Gold card being $175 and the Everyday card being $95. Here was my […]
Barclaycard Arrival Plus-A New Card For Me
I was starting to think about my spending plans for 2015. I usually use the Chase Freedom card on most of my “non-category” purchases, as I earn additional points because I have a Chase checking account. Specifically I earn 10% extra points per $1 spent PLUS 10 bonus points on every purchase. (Note-this benefit is […]
Barclaycard Arrival Plus World Elite MasterCard In My Next Round Of Applications
I would like to “branch” out to different banks and I have been looking at the Barclaycard Arrival Plus World Elite MasterCard for some time. However, I will not apply at this time because Rob and I recently applied for and got a number of credit cards because of big sign up bonus offers and I […]
Bank Of America Virgin Atlantic World Elite MasterCard-A New Bank For Me!
If you have been reading my posts, you can see that most of my credit cards are issued by American Express, Chase and Citibank. Rob and I recently got 4 new credit cards issued through those banks in the last few months, so I need to hold off on my applications to those banks for […]
My Hilton Honors Cards
I am going to talk about these 2 Hilton credit cards together. One is issued by American Express and the other by Citibank. Typically, we do not stay at Hilton Hotels. Reason being, my initial hotel search usually leads me to a Starwood resort, because I love them so much! However, I used to stay […]
My American Express-Starwood Preferred Guest
The Starwood Preferred Guest American Express……..Yes, I have this American Express as well and have had this one for a very long time. It is the American Express that I consistently take out of my wallet when making a purchase where the vendor takes American Express but….. -the purchase is not at a supermarket or […]
My American Express Gold Delta Skymiles Card And Rob’s Too
Rob and I recently each got a Gold Delta SkyMiles American Express card. The sign up bonus, at the time we applied, was to earn 50,000 (Now 30,000-still good) bonus Delta SkyMiles miles after making $1,000 in purchases within the first 3 months. The $95 fee was waived the first year. While I do not […]
My American Express Platinum
I have been a proud member of American Express since 1988. I started with a green card in college, worked my way up to gold and ultimately became a Platinum card holder. Unlike my American Express Premier Rewards Gold Card, with the Platinum Card, there are no bonus points on specific purchases. For this reason, […]
Rob’s American Express Business Gold Rewards Card
Attention Business Owners: Do you or your spouse own a business? Do you or your spouse advertise in your business? My husband has his own law firm and he advertises monthly in various forms of media. Because of this, I had him get the American Express Business Gold Rewards Card as he earns extra American Express […]