{"id":927,"date":"2021-02-12T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-12T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/?p=927"},"modified":"2023-04-18T14:44:40","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T20:44:40","slug":"weekend-credit-card-frenzy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/2021\/02\/12\/weekend-credit-card-frenzy\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekend Credit Card Frenzy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are at least three really good credit card offers to fly you into the weekend:<\/p>\n<h4>1. The American Express Personal Gold Card<\/h4>\n<p>Why to consider it: The offer kicking around right now is the no lifetime language version, which means you should be eligible for the 75k MR sign-up bonus after spending $5,000 in three months regardless of whether or not you\u2019ve already had a bonus from a Personal Gold. The 75k bonus is historically high too.<\/p>\n<p>Why to skip it: You no longer get the $100 airline credit as of last week. It could <a class=\"ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/2021\/02\/09\/lol-24-relief\/\">throw you over 5\/24<\/a>, You\u2019ve already been approved for another American Express charge card in the last 90 days. The offer didn\u2019t appear for you (like me). You don\u2019t have a way to gin up $5,000 in spend.<\/p>\n<p>How: <a aria-label=\"Check for pre-approved offers at this link. (opens in a new tab)\" class=\"ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.doctorofcredit.com\/view-personalized-credit-card-offers\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Check for pre-approved offers at this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4>2. US Bank Business Cash Rewards Card<\/h4>\n<p>Why to consider it: It\u2019s offering $500 for $3,000 in spend in 90 days, which is a historically low spend requirement. It won\u2019t affect Chase\u2019s 5\/24 rule because it\u2019s a business card that won\u2019t show as a new account on your credit report. It has no annual fee and great categories for earning unlimited 3% on spend (gas, office supply, telecom). It gives a 25% bonus on earned rewards every year, up to $250.<\/p>\n<p>Why to skip it: US Bank sometimes doesn\u2019t like approving credit cards if you don\u2019t have a banking relationship with them (YMMV). You don\u2019t have any sort of actual or made up business, such as selling goods on ebay twice a year.<\/p>\n<p>How: <a aria-label=\"Apply directly here (opens in a new tab)\" class=\"ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/bizcards.usbank.com\/credit\/business-edge-cash-rewards.do\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apply directly here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4>3. Rakuten Visa Credit Card<\/h4>\n<p>Why to consider it: It earns +3 Membership Rewards points on your MR earning Rakuten account when you purchase items through the Rakuten shopping portal. It\u2019s the original <a aria-label=\"MilesEarnAndBurn Unsung Hero (opens in a new tab)\" class=\"ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/2020\/12\/01\/unsung-heroes-rakuten-visa\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MilesEarnAndBurn Unsung Hero<\/a>. It has no annual fee. You get $10 after your first purchase. Synchrony doesn\u2019t have many interesting cards, so you can hit this one hard and if you get shut down, \ud83e\udd37\u200d\u2640\ufe0f. There are opportunities to manufacture spend online through the Rakuten portal.<\/p>\n<p>Why to skip it: You haven\u2019t converted your Rakuten account to a Membership Rewards earning account yet. You don\u2019t ever shop online. Synchrony is known for giving small credit lines. It could mess up your 5\/24 plans.<\/p>\n<p>How: <a aria-label=\"Apply directly here (opens in a new tab)\" class=\"ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rakuten.com\/credit-card.htm\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apply directly here<\/a>, after you\u2019ve converted your account to a Membership Rewards earning account.<\/p>\n<h4>Is My Advice Good Advice?<\/h4>\n<p>Of course! I\u2019m some rando on the internet that you\u2019ve never met, so what could possibly go wrong? Let\u2019s fly into the weekend together.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-editorskit-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-929\" height=\"327\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" src=\"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/upside-down-plane.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/upside-down-plane.png 420w, https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/upside-down-plane-300x234.png 300w\" width=\"420\"\/><figcaption>Monday morning after flying into the weekend together.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are at least three really good credit card offers to fly you into the weekend: 1. The American Express Personal Gold Card Why to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":2,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","footnotes":""},"categories":[54,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-credit-cards","category-ms-hints"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/927","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=927"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/927\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7357,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/927\/revisions\/7357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}