- Office Depot / OfficeMax stores have $15 off of $300 or more in Visa gift cards through Saturday. For best results:
– Try for multiple transactions back-to-back
– Try and get even multiples of $300 for better discount stacking
– Link your cards to Dosh
In theory these are limit 10 per transaction. These are Pathward gift cards. - Giftcards.com has 10% off of $100 virtual Visa gift cards using promo code SUMMER10. The code only applies to three per order, but multiple orders work fine because rules only matter sometimes.
These are Pathward gift cards too. (Thanks to SPX) - Bank of America has a small business checking account bonus of $1,000 for bringing $30,000 in new funds within 30 days of opening the account and keeping an average balance of $30,000 or more between days 31 and 90. Depending on how well you play timing, it’s an effective APR of between 13.5% and 20.3%. The account must by open by July 31.
You can also register for a fast track to Preferred Rewards through the same funds and promotion, which frankly is a better deal than it probably sounds. (Thanks to DoC) - The Citi Strata Premier card has a meaningful update: It now includes travel insurance for luggage, delays, and common carrier cancellations and interruptions. Just like everything Strata related, Citi botched the rollout though. This time, they posted the terms and conditions and a FAQ, but then pulled them a bit later. I did read through them while they were up, and the summary for trip delay insurance is (was?): UPDATE: Benefits guide here
– Trips must be paid in full with the card for revenue tickets for coverage
– Taxes and fees must be paid in full with the card for award tickets for coverage
– Round-trips required, one-way bookings may not count [needs to be re-verified]
– Trip delay insurance requires a 6 hour delay
– Maximum $500 per incident
The Sapphire Reserve and US bank Altitude Reserve have better travel insurance than the Strata Premier, especially because you only need a partial payment with those cards for eligible coverage, and one-way trips are covered too as long as you’re away from your home city. - Finally, personal American Express Platinum cards have changed the criteria for at least some authorized user bonuses, requiring that the authorized user card be a Platinum version which has an additional annual fee. That is, the free version of the authorized user cards don’t count for a bonus.
We haven’t seen this on other cards or business cards yet. (Thanks to Xero Clarity)
Happy Tuesday!
Another rule that only matters sometimes.