{"id":10737,"date":"2024-11-27T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/?p=10737"},"modified":"2024-11-26T23:56:01","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T06:56:01","slug":"mesa-a-pending-launch-for-insiders-from-an-outsider","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/27\/mesa-a-pending-launch-for-insiders-from-an-outsider\/","title":{"rendered":"Mesa: A Pending Launch for Insiders, from an Outsider"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

About two weeks ago, several popular travel bloggers dropped hints about visiting a corporate sponsored affiliate meeting from a company named Mesa<\/a>. Since then I’ve been expecting a deluge of articles about their newly launched card<\/a>, but for the most part nothing has appeared. Why? I assume news is embargoed until Mesa says it’s ok to write about it, preferring to soft-launch in relative quiet with a waitlist and then go big at just the right time\u2122. On the other hand though, you know what they say about assuming<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anyhoodles, since I’m under no embargo and I guess I don’t care about soft versus full launch, let’s discuss the rewards system and the waitlist credit card in a no-quid-pro-quo kind of way. It’s a lot like Bilt in that there’s a way to earn points whether or not you have the card, but you can earn more with the card. It’s unlike Bilt in that its VP isn’t telling people how to game their own company<\/a>, or seemingly lying about being an industry-first program to launch earning on mortgages<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earning<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Whether or not you get the card, you’ll earn a point for each dollar when you originate a new primary loan or a refinance an existing primary loan, as long as you use a “The Mesa Mortgage Marketplace Lender”, which I guess we’ll abbreviate as TMMML because reasons. You can do that up to five times per account too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But, how good are those TMMMLs? Well, when I put in my address, I got a single option: Swift Home Loans Inc<\/a> which is apparently a mortgage broker based out of Birmingham; but not that Birmingham, it’s the Michigan one. So I guess there’s exactly one TMMML (at least for my state) and they’re rated 2.8 out of 5 on Facebook<\/a>. I dialed their main contact number to ask about which banks they work with and what sorts of mortgages they can handle, but it just rang for a good minute so I hung up. Looking pretty great guys!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How about the credit card? It’s a Visa issued by Celtic bank and carries no-annual fee. The earning structure:<\/p>\n\n\n\n