Well, yesterday a big churning door closed which rendered some back buttons useless, and I’m not sure another door opened despite Mr. Bell’s admonitions to the contrary. You’re not out of luck though, the hallway has multiple doors, so maybe just take a few other probing steps and see what other doors lurk in the hallway.
General cryptic MEAB disclaimer: If you have no idea what I’m talking about, don’t stress, it likely doesn’t affect you.
– 140,000 points after $4,000 spend in three months – 60,000 points after $9,000 spend in six months
This should also be available via referrals in a couple of days. (Thanks to ArchEveNix)
Wyndham is updating its hotel award tiers on April 15. Apparently 8% of hotels are moving to a lower tier and 4% to a higher tier. That means you’ve got until April 14 to book any Wyndham aspirational stays in anticipation of the price increasing.
I’d like to see the same numbers out of Hyatt in May. I’d also like a new, free Gulfstream Jet which seems equally likely.
Every one of these has a way to manufactured spend your way to your $1,500 quarterly. I’d suggest knocking these out on day one so you don’t have to think about them, but you do you.
– Have or had a Chase Marriott card in the last 30 days – Opened an American Express Boundless, Bold, or Bountiful card in the last 90 days – Got a sign-up bonus for a new Boundless, Bold, or Bountiful in the last 24 months
Can gamers still game? Undoubtedly. Or should I say, Bundoutably?
This bonus is available for referrals too, and remember that good things happen to 5/24 dreamers when new Chase business card bonuses come out.
The American Express issued Marriott cards have increased sign-up bonuses available direct and via referrals:
– Brilliant: 200,000 Bonvoy points after $6,000 spend in six months – Bevy: 175,000 Bonvoy Points after $5,000 spend in six months – Business: Five free night awards after $9,000 spend in six months
Of course use a referral instead of a random link on ye-olde internet.
Giant, Giant Food Stores, Martin’s, and Stop & Shop stores have 2x rewards on Mastercard Gift Cards through Thursday, limit $1,500 per account at Giant and $2,000 per account otherwise.
These are Pathward / BlackHawk Network gift cards.
Have a nice weekend friends!
The all new, always sophisticated, future-news-o-tron 2,000.
Ford launched a new Comenity issued Visa. It looks great until you see that Ford Rewards points are worth only 0.5 cents each toward the purchase of a new car, after which it looks just ok. The vitals:
– No annual-fee – 15,000 point ($75) sign-up bonus – 6x (3%) back on grocery, gas, restaurants, EV charging, insurance, tolls, and parking – 2x (1%) for other purchases
It’s not unheard of for a churner to use an auto-manufacturer card to churn a car, but this one would be a lot of time at your favorite Kroger, Speedway, or similar to end up with a Ford. The fact that it’s a Comenity card could change the calculus.
These are Pathward / BlackHawk Network gift cards.
MGM Rewards has a free 90 day status match and challenge to keep status through January 2028. Match status by the end of June, and retain status after 90 days with either 50,000 Tier Credits for Gold or 150,000 Tier Credits for Platinum.
For those mathing at home, 50,000 Tier Points is a breeze to earn with only *checks notes, furrows brow* $12,500 in spend. *sigh*
Happy Thursday!
Good news: It’s not against the rules to buy a kids Ford and say you churned a car, I checked.
Pretend you’re on a deserted island filled with nothing but (1) cheese and (2) a zookeeper that will transport you off the island, but only transport you if you can name at least seven recurring credits on popular credit cards in sixty seconds or less. Why a zookeeper you ask? I’m unsure, he isn’t taking questions. Don’t get distracted.
Anyway, now that your fate is sealed, let’s zero in on the American Express Platinum and Business Platinum $200 airline incidental credit. Yes, you could use it as intended, but generally turning it directly into airfare or a travel wallet credit is more useful. So, you want to shoot for airfare credit, eh? You’ve got three ways to play it:
Be the first to try something outside of the intended use
Wait until the first couple of data points come in from the people who were first, then act quickly
Get around to credits eventually, after all they’ll prolly still work next month, right?
There’s an obvious best way to play this, at least for a mass-market credit on a mass-market credit card: Wait for someone else to try a cash-out and then go as quickly as you can to copy them. If you don’t wait, you might end up as a bag holder on a failed cash-out. If you wait too long, your favorite loophole may have closed and all you’ll have left is in island full of cheese (Ok, ok, that’s not the end of the world either).
Yes, you can get each of these, but once your total credit limit creeps up high, new applications will involve someone looking at your existing accounts which obviously might be bad for some of you.
