I have to admit, I used to ensure that I earned the correct amount of rewards based on my spending. For example, I would check to make sure I earned 4x American Express Membership Rewards points on dining with my American Express Gold card, 3x Chase Ultimate Rewards points on travel charges with my Chase Sapphire […]
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$60 Statement Credit Immediately After Amex Application Because No Access To Card Number Or Credit Limit
I have never seen the below very generous offering before from Amex. I just recommended a client get the extremely lucrative Amex Gold card. They applied and were approved and selected the option to gain access to their card number and credit limit. (Which is a benefit that Amex offers when you apply-other banks not […]
Barclays Canceled Rob’s JetBlue Mastercard And It Was Totally My Fault!
I failed to follow my own advice and have paid the price. Barclays has canceled Rob’s JetBlue MasterCard for lack of activity. 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. I didn’t […]
How Many Chase Cards Can I Apply For And Get Approved For At One Time?
You likely won’t be approved for more than two Chase credit cards in a 30 day period. I usually advise my clients to wait about 35 days after being approved for one Chase card before they apply for a second. This 35 day strategy seems to have been successful thus far. Fingers crossed that it […]
How Many Amex Cards Can I Apply For And Get Approved For At One Time?
You won’t be approved for more than two Amex CREDIT credit cards in a 90 day period. Note, that charge cards are counted separately and don’t go into this 2 count tally. You can learn about the difference between charge cards and credit cards here. I often have many of my clients apply for the […]
Earn Even More Hyatt Points At SLH Properties
As we know, last year World Of Hyatt teamed up with Small Luxury Hotels of the World, a collection of independent boutique hotels. World Of Hyatt members can earn points at SLH properties and redeem points for stays at SLH properties. Specifically, members earn 5 Base Points per eligible $1 USD spent at Hyatt properties. Now, […]
Darn!-I Forgot About The $100 Minimum Travel Charge That Would Have Allowed Me To Use My Arrival Miles
On our recent trip to Italy this summer, my goal was to have every portion of the trip that constituted travel to be paid with using rewards. After all, we had already gotten the flights on British Airways Avios saving, $4,700 and our 4 night stay in Milan was paid for using 120,000 World Of Hyatt […]
An Unforeseen Negative Of Booking Flights Using Miles
I often say that to travel for free you need to be flexible. You may not get the best times for flights, you may need to connect or you may need to leave from a different airport rather than your home airport. However, today I encountered a new instance in which I need to be […]
Save Your Amazon Purchases For Your JetBlue Flight
You can earn 3 TrueBlue points per dollar spent when you shop at Amazon onboard your JetBlue flights via their Fly-Fi netowrk. You need to log in to Fly-Fi using the name and email associated with your TrueBlue account, then go to Amazon.com to shop. This will not work via the Amazon mobile app but […]
I Have Downgraded My Chase IHG Rewards Club Premier Credit Card
For the time being, I have downgraded my Chase IHG Rewards Club Premier Credit Card to the Chase IHG Rewards Club Traveler Credit. Don’t get me wrong, I really like the card and feel the $89 more than makes up for the free night up to 40,000 IHG Rewards points. (Although, I probably would have kept the card […]