Fuel point rates and some bulk resale rates are increasing slightly as we enter crop harvest season, despite Pepper’s continued dominance depressing rates.
– 200,000 Shop Your Way Rewards after $1,000 – 250,000 Shop Your Way Rewards after $1,000 – $30 statement credit after $500 – $50 statement credit after $750 – $70 statement credit after $1,000
These offers stack with other ongoing offers leading to $350+ in statement credits monthly for many. Sure the sign-up bonus sucks, but that’s not what this card is about. If only giftcards.com, this offer, and the next news item could form some kind of holy trifecta. (Thanks to Justin O, Dave 37, and birt)
Two airline portals have back-to-school shopping portal bonuses for cumulative spend through August 12, which is an extremely long time for a shopping portal.
Likely Alaska and American will have similar bonuses later this week, and Delta won’t because they don’t believe in holy trifectas (according to sources that I just made up).
– 30,000 Membership Rewards with $2,000+ spend at ITA Airways through September 30 – $300 statement credit with $2,000+ spend at Virgin Atlantic through September 16
Normally these are semi-gameable, but ITA is particularly hard to deal with so caveat emptor. (Thanks to Connor and DoC)
Giant Foods, Martins, and Stop & Shop stores have 10x points on Home Depot, Lululemon, and some gift cards that aren’t high enough rate on the resale market to bother with through Thursday, limit $2,000 per account.
Pepper still offers competitive pricing on one of those two brands, so expect demand to be slightly lower than normal. (Thanks to GCG)
The Wells Fargo Choice Privileges cards have heightened bonuses. Note that there seems to be an affiliate code in the link, and I get error codes when I strip it out. I don’t know if anyone will be paid a commission when you apply through this link, but I can tell you I definitely won’t (just like all MEAB links):
– Mastercard Select: 100,000 points after $3,000 spend in three months, $95 annual fee – Mastercard: 70,000 points after $1,000 spend in three months, $0 annual fee
The Mastercard Select earns 5x at gas, grocery, and home improvement stores, and has a 30,000 point annual bonus. Choice has some awful hotels, but they’ve also got some good to great properties in the Ascend Collection, some Radisson properties, and Preferred Hotels. (Thanks to DDG)
Happy Monday!
Counterintuitively, free breakfast at Choice Hotels diminishes the value of Choice points.
– 40,000 points for the referrer – 100,000 points for the sign-up bonus after $8,000 spend in three months – 20,000 points for a matched sign-up bonus via Chase Secure Message
Of course if you’re in two player mode, each player can refer the other and based on a weird academic discipline called “math”, 2 * 160,000 = 320,000 Ultimate Rewards points.
– Alaska’s MileagePlan award prices were already cheaper for short haul – Etihad awards are cheaper for short haul on AA – Other Avios currencies like Qatar and Finnair have lower prices – You can freely transfer Avois between programs
So yes, this kinda sucks, but there are plenty of workarounds. Never blindly accept award pricing in oneWorld. Can’t we just get back to fake travel blogger rage until the next British Airways Visa card heightened bonus comes out and move on?
There are two brokerage bonuses that may be worth your time:
– TastyTrade: up to $5,000 but only for new customers – Schwab: up to $6,000 for new and existing customers
Brokerage bonuses are typically easy if you have retirement (or non-retirement) assets in the stock market, because you can ACATS transfer your existing portfolio to meet the requirements without a taxable event (but of course, I’m not a tax advisor and no one should ever take my advice about anything, literally ever, instead consult with an accountant from a weird academic discipline called “finance”).
Meijer has a couple of promotions running through Saturday:
Often the clippable coupons can be reloaded after each purchase on the same MPerks account, but I don’t know if that’ll work this time. In case it doesn’t, based on a weird academic discipline called “Information Technology”, it’s possible to have multiple email addresses and thus multiple MPerks accounts. (Thanks to GCG)
A credit card offer from a weird, non-academic discipline called churning.
– $50 off $200 or more – $60 off $200 or more – $180 off of $750 or more at specific properties in the US, Mexico, Anguilla, or French Polynesia – $250 off of $1,250 or more at specific properties in the US, Mexico, Anguilla, or French Polynesia – 5 bonus points per dollar at Hilton on up to $5,000 spend
They’ve added new language to subvert gaming, but it’s really just a roadmap for how to game.
Thanks to the Volcker Rule and Dodd-Frank, there’s good separation between JP Morgan investing accounts and Chase Consumer and Small Business cards, so the normal risk associated with deposit accounts doesn’t apply, and you can happily ACATS transfer assets into a full service brokerage for the bonus without actually selling any investments.
Have a nice weekend friends!
The weeds leading to being ok with collecting a $3,000 bonus from Chase.
– Hard pulls with US Bank will be combined in the same day – Different businesses can get the same card on the same day – The Leverage card pairs well with this one, and also has a $750 bonus
You’ll still, as of this writing, have uncapped cash-out with the Morgan Stanley Platinum card at 1.0 cents, and American Express’s Business Checking cash-out is also at 1.0 cents each. Of course, brokers gonna broke and bypass the whole system. Mini #rant brewing for the near future. (Thanks to DDG and jnjustice)
Do this now (if you hold a United credit card): Check for a targeted spend bonus for spend through July 30. Offers include TravelBank credit, PQPs, and miles.
Do this now (if you hold United or Marriott status): Register for Marriott and United’s reciprocal earning promotion for stays or premium cabin flights:
– 10% statement credit on up to $1,000 in travel and entertainment, monthly in 2024 – $150 statement credit with $1,000-$1,999 in spend or $250 with $2,000+ at gas, grocery, and restaurants, monthly in 2024
These offers stack together and with other ongoing offers from the card. If you maximized just these two, you’ve got [launches massively parallel calculation on a supercomputer] $2,100 in statement credits on a no-annual fee card. If your favorite credit card blogger never talks bout this card, ask yourself “why not?” (Thanks to Tyler, Jay, and Fish)
– 40,000 bonus miles after $3,000 spend in 90 days – 2x on dining, groceries, entertainment, and hotels – $99 annual fee, not waived the first year.
I think the card is only interesting because it is issued by First Electronic Bank. When a bank you’ve never heard of issues a card, it’s usually a green light for shenanigans because (1) their systems are different than big bank systems, (2) smaller banks usually have interesting payment methods, and (3), if you’re shutdown by First Electronic Bank, literally who cares?
Warning sign posted at First Electric Bank’s headquarters isn’t the least bit creepy, why would you say that?
Do this now: Check for targeted Q3 spending offers at chase.com/mybonus. Most offers are a variation of:
– 5x or 7x at gas, grocery stores, or restaurants up to $1,000 spend – A bonus 1x or 2x on up to $6,000 or $9,000 in spend – Stupid HBO Max offer
Checking each card in a new incognito tab avoids errors and false negatives. Or, you could develop a bot to check all of your chase cards for you #itsbeendone.
The Chase Southwest Business cards have increased sign-up bonuses of 120,000 points, split into 80,000 points after $5,000 spend in three months and another 40,000 points after $15,000 spend in nine months. The offers expire September 16.
If you apply on September 15, call and move your statement date as far out as possible, and hit spend between January 1 and January 14, you’ll earn a companion pass for 2025 and 2026 with a single card. Ok, ok, technically you’ve got another six months past January 16 for the second part of the spend, but just check that box and get it over with. (Thanks to DDG)
This is a great offer for hotels in most cities, though 60,000 points doesn’t go very far in the most expensive places like New York, London, or Tokyo. It is, however plenty sufficient for no-one’s favorite Lubbock, TX and similar cities.
The generic American Express Business Platinum upgrade link has a targeted increased bonus of 120,000 Membership Rewards after $10,000 spend in three months. If you’re really quick, you can still get the first half of 2024 $200 Dell credit or at least a Dell cancelation email before the credit evaporates. (Thanks to FM)
