- Do this now: Register for the American Express Shop Small promotion for 10% back on up to $150 in spend at Shop Small restaurants through December 31.
Don’t miss that you can link many offers including this one to any third party issued American Express cards at AmEx Connect. - The Charles Schwab American Express Platinum card has an increased sign-up bonus of 125,000 Membership Rewards after $8,000 spend in six months, which is an all-time high.
The main feature of this card is the ability to cash-out up to 1,000,000 Membership Rewards annually at 1.1 cents per point. - Staples stores have fee-free $200 Visa gift cards starting Sunday and running through the following Saturday, limit nine per transaction.
These are Pathward gift cards. - Alaska is sending targeted applications for either 80,000 or 100,000 MileagePlan miles for the Bank of America Alaska personal card with $4,000 and $8,000 spend required, respectively. Look for the email subject: “Earn up to [80,000 or 100,000] bonus miles + Alaska’s Famous Companion Fare™”
If you’ve got one, consider combining it with a business card application or two. - MasterCardGiftCard.com has fee-free purchases through the end of November with promo code NOFEES24. You won’t earn points and spend won’t count toward sign-up bonuses with first party AmEx cards at any Incomm site.
These are Incomm gift cards. - I have an aversion to the blogosphere’s growing need to post random churning related rumors, especially when the rumor’s source is single comment on reddit from someone with little to no post history. At best these are wrong half of the time, which I guess means half of the time they’re right? (For the second time this week: No I’m not bitter, you’re bitter!)
Sometimes though there’s a rumor that: (1) has enough noise behind it that seems to be more than just echo-chamber repeats, (2) has big enough consequences that most churners ought to know, and (3) makes complete fiscal sense for the company involved; a rumor that meets all three criteria is that US Bank may sunset new Altitude Reserve applications early next week. I’d suggest giving the rumor and your churning needs a few minutes of consideration.
Have a nice weekend!
Bread that’s more fully cooked than the majority of churning rumors.