Before we dive in, let me answer a few frequently asked questions about yesterday’s post:
- No, I’m not building an alternative gift card marketplace
- I think the opportunity for someone who successfully builds one is huge though
- Yes, there are probably a bunch of mid-tier gift card resellers that you don’t know
- You can find a recent-ish list of reputable gift card buyers here
- No, I wouldn’t recommend starting new with Pepper any more, if you’re still there, float what you’re willing to lose based on your risk tolerance
- No, I haven’t tried the Campbell’s ghost pepper soup, but yes, I do have a reader review ready
And now, today’s news:
- Chase has been accidentally reporting open business credit cards to TransUnion for a relatively small set of churners, but seemingly only if cards were opened with a social security number as the primary tax ID (versus an EIN).
This seems to be an error on Chase’s part, and they’re fixing it within 10 business days if you call and ask. In theory . So your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to check your TransUnion credit report and put a ticket in with Chase if necessary. - FlyingBlue Promo Rewards for March have been released for travel booked in march and flown through August 31. The promotional US cities are Detroit, Seattle, Washington DC, Boston, and Austin.
- Chase Ultimate Rewards has a 20% transfer bonus to British Airways Avios through the end of March. As usual, this is effectively a transfer bonus to all carriers that use Avios as their currency.
- Staples has fee free $200 Visa gift cards through Saturday.
These are Pathward gift cards. - VanillaGift.com has fee free Vanilla Visa gift cards with promo code VGWOMEN through Saturday. Purchase limits for Incomm sites are $10,000 per account per rolling 24 hours.
These are Incomm gift cards. Incomm sites won’t earn points or count toward a sign-up bonus on American Express first party cards. - The Chase Freedom and Freedom Flex cards have two bonus 5x categories in March: Insurance and tax preparation services, no registration necessary.
The original $1,500 spend across all 5x categories for the quarter remains.
Happy Tuesday!
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