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Hyatt Introduces Its First Ever Credit Card: Get 2 Free Nights at Any Hyatt Hotel
Chase and Hyatt have teamed to launch the first ever Hyatt Card that they call “a simple and rewarding Visa credit card.” Upon first use of the card, members will receive 2 free nights at any Hyatt hotel in the world, to be redeemed within one year. Other features of the card include:
No [...]
Chase Freedom Card: Buy One Movie Ticket, Get One Free
Chase and MovieTickets.com have teamed to offer a new ‘buy one get one free’ promo. The first 25,000 cardmembers each month can buy one movie ticket from MovieTickets.com using their Chase Freedom credit card and get one movie ticket free. And while the promo targets Chase Freedom cardholders only, many are reporting success [...]
SPG Amex Promo is Back: 30,000 Starpoints with $1,000 in Spending
The response was apparently strong enough to their last offer that SPG has decided to extend its promo. Until July 31, 2010, new applications for the Starwood Amex can earn 30,000 points for spending $1,000 within the first 3 months of cardmembership by using the links below.
Personal card link
Business card link
(Via SD)
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SPG Amex Limited Time Promo: 30,000 Starpoints with $1000 in Purchases
There’s a hot new offer out on the Starwood Preferred Guest American Express card, but it’s only good for the next week:
For a limited time only, get 30,000 Starpoints® after making just $1,000 in eligible purchases during the first 3 months of Cardmembership. This is our richest offer yet for the Card. The offer will [...]
Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards Credit Card: Free RT Ticket + $500 in SWA Gift Cards
The Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards Credit Card currently is offering the following deal for new applications:
16 Rapid Rewards credits (1 free flight) on first use
$100 Southwest gift card for making $1,000 in purchases within your first 3 months
An additional $150 Southwest gift card for reaching a total of $2,500 in purchases within your first 3 [...]
PenFed Hot Summer Rewards: 3% Cash Back on Electronics and Home Improvement Purchases
Through August 31, 2010, you’ll earn 3% cash back on electronics and home improvements purchases when you use your PenFed Visa Platinum Cash Rewards card. You’ll continue to earn 5% cash back on gas, 2% on groceries and 1% on everything else, as you normally would with the card.
The list of merchants that qualify [...]
Fed Bans Inactivity Fees on Credit Cards, Caps Some Penalties
The Federal Reserve announced a few more changes to the Credit CARD Act that will be effective August 22, 2010. Many of the changes included in this final rule represent a reaction to some of the practices that credit card issuers have recently adopted.
The new rule:
Prohibits credit card issuers from charging a penalty fee [...]
Alive Again: US Bank Credit Cards Offer 0% for 12 Months with No Balance Transfer Fees
Via FW: US Bank is offering intro balance transfers of 0% for 12 months with no balance transfer fees on its personal credit cards again.
A few examples of their cards include:
Linux Fund Card
Children’s Wish Foundation Card
Baylor Alumni Association Card
This post is from Credit Card Watcher's Credit Card Deals Blog.
Alive Again: US Bank Credit Cards Offer [...]
Fed Makes Credit Card Agreements Available Online
As one of the provisions of the Credit CARD Act, credit card issuers are now required to post their account agreements online and to supply them to the Federal Reserve. This week, the Fed used this information to debut a searchable online database of credit card agreements at www.federalreserve.gov/creditcardagreements/.
More than 300 card agreements are [...]
Marriott Rewards Premier Credit Card: 50,000 Bonus Points After First Purchase
Chase and Marriott have now introduced an excellent offer of 50,000 bonus points upon first purchase with the Marriott Rewards Premier credit card for new cardholders. Its ongoing features include a free night certificate and other benefits that will earn you status faster. There is an annual fee of $65.
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Citi Credit Card Offers Roundup
Credit card companies are aggressively pursuing new customers once again, mailing out 29% more offers as compared to the first quarter a year ago. Are those offers on the whole as rewarding as we’ve seen in the past? Sadly, the answer is no. Still, many of them do represent an improvement over [...]
Delta Amex: First Bag Now Flies Free
Delta Air Lines just announced it will waive its fee on the first piece of checked luggage for Delta American Express cardholders beginning June 1, 2010. This benefit extends to cardmembers with an Amex Gold, Platinum or Delta Reserve SkyMiles credit card.
Delta will waive the $25 checked baggage fee on the first piece of [...]
PenFed Amazing Escapes
From now through May 28, 2010, PenFed is offering a Amex-style giveaway of highly discounted travel packages exclusively for its PenFed Premium Travel Rewards Amex cardholders.
Every Thursday, one Cardmember can purchase a destination package valued at up to $12,400 for only $500. For instance, on May 6 at 12 noon EDT, a “Culinary Adventures [...]
Citi Platinum Select MasterCard: 0% Intro APR on Balance Transfers for 18 Months
Citi has just introduced a brand new promotion for its Citi Platinum Select Mastercard, offering an 0% intro APR for 18 months on balance transfers and 0% intro APR for 12 months on purchases. Both the rate and length of your introductory offer will be based on your creditworthiness. If you’re looking to [...]
Citi AA Cards: Up to 35,000 Bonus AA Miles upon Signup
Citi is currently offering up to 35,000 bonus miles on its American Airlines co-branded credit cards, including the Citi Platinum Select / AAdvantage Visa Signature card, Citi Select / AAdvantage American Express and CitiBusiness / AAdvantage Visa card. Under this promo, you’ll be awarded 30,000 AA miles after spending $750 within 4 months of [...]
Free LifeLock Subscription for 1 Year
According to Lifelock, their service provides a “basic layer of protection against identity theft” by attempting to detect when your personal information is being used to apply for new credit and alerting you when this happens. I have never used their service so I can’t endorse it, but they have given me 5 complimentary [...]
United Mileage Plus Visa: 50,000 Bonus Miles upon Signup
Chase has now even further sweetened its United Mileage Plus Visa sign up bonus, offering 50,000 Mileage Plus miles after you make qualifying transactions totaling $250 or more. The annual fee of $60 is also waived for the first year under this offer.
There doesn’t appear to be a link to the online application, though [...]
PenFed Premium Travel Rewards Amex Review: Free Roundtrip Ticket + 8% Rebate on Airfare?
Late last year, Pentagon Federal introduced its Premium Travel Rewards Amex. At the time it appeared most noteworthy because it made PenFed the first credit union to issue an Amex-branded credit card. Upon closer inspection, however, it appears that the credit card merits some serious attention, particularly for those who fly a lot.
Big [...]
Chase Business Credit Card Bonus: Up to 10,000 Points
Select Chase Business/Ink credit card customers are being targeted for an April-June 2010 bonus. Among the promos being offered:
Spend $5,000 or more between April 1st and June 30th 2010 and you’ll receive 5,000 bonus points which can be redeemed for $50 Cash Back
Each purchase of $500 or more will earn you 1000 bonus points. [...]
Schwab Visa to Stop Accepting New Applications?
According to a poster on CB, Schwab will stop accepting new applications for its Schwab Invest First Visa card after March 31.
Schwab has long since stopped marketing the credit card as it evaluates its profitability, so this news does not come as a great surprise. While existing cardholders are not supposed to be affected [...]
Regulators Seize Advanta Bank
Advanta Bank, the small business credit card issuer, was closed by state and federal regulators on Friday, according to the FDIC. The bank had been a shell of its former self for quite some time, having initially announced in May 2009 that it planned to shut down credit card accounts and in July, agreeing [...]
Chase Freedom(SM): Now with 5% Rotating Rewards
The Chase Freedom(SM) rewards program is about to become a lot more like Discover More’s. Chase recently announced that its Chase Freedom(SM) rewards program will be undergoing yet another makeover, to provide a “simple, straightforward way to earn 5% cash back in popular seasonal categories.”
Effective April 1, 2010, customers will be eligible to earn [...]
PenFed Promise Card: A New, No Fee Credit Card
Pentagon Federal Credit Union is now offering a new credit card that features absolutely no fees of any kind. The PenFed Promise Card is a no-frills, no annual fee card that currently offers an intro APR of 7.49% on both purchases and balance transfers for the first 36 months. After that, the interest [...]
United Mileage Plus Visa: 30,000 Bonus Miles, No Annual Fee First Year
The standard offer for the United Visa has been for 30,000 bonus Mileage Plus miles after spending $250 with your new card, but with a $60 annual fee. Using the following link (via FTG) will also earn you the 30,000 miles after spending $250, but with the annual fee waived for the first year. [...]
Citi Introduces Annual Fees on Inactive Accounts
While Citi warned us last year that it planned to tack on an annual fee to accounts that didn’t meet a specified spending threshold, that news became a reality this week as notices of this policy change poured into cardholder mailboxes. Effective April 1, 2010, an annual fee of $60 is being added to [...]
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