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  • December 2023 transfer bonuses

    This is a short post because there are only two (or three) transfer bonuses going on right now. 1. Chase has a 25% bonus when you transfer Ultimate Rewards points to JetBlue through 1/10/24. 2. American Express has a 30% bonus when you transfer Membership Rewards points to Virgin Atlantic through 12/31/23. If you’re lucky,…

  • The best two card offers available right now!

    If you missed this offer earlier this fall, you still have time to apply for either one of these cards (or both of them)! The Chase Ink Business Cash and Chase Ink Business Unlimited are (in my opinion) the two best bonus offers available right now if you’re trying to maximize how many quality points…

  • Best travel credit card offers for November 2023

    If you plan to earn the Southwest Companion Pass this fall, your best offers are here. If you’re not in the market for a Companion Pass but are ready for your next card to earn free travel, here are your best options right now! These cards all earn transferable points, so you can use them…

  • What cards to get to earn the Southwest Companion Pass

    If you’ve already read my refresher on what you need to know, you’re ready to apply. Here are the summaries of the five different Southwest card options you need to choose from and what the benefits and costs are with each one. Quick reminders first: The best available offers for each card are linked below.…

  • New higher offers on the Southwest personal cards!

    Just in time for Companion Pass season, the welcome offers for all three Southwest personal cards have gone up to 75,000 Rapid Rewards points each. The spending requirements have gone up, too—to $3,000 in three months—so make a note of that change, as well. This increase will mean you won’t have to sweat the point-total…

  • Best offers for October 2023

    These are the most compelling offers available right now, in my personal opinion. If you’re not planning on earning the Southwest Companion Pass this fall and need to get a new card to earn another welcome bonus, here are my best recommendations. Capital One Venture X. This is the highest offer that’s been available for…

  • A compliance rule, explained

    Chase is most miles-and-points experts’ favorite bank because their Ultimate Rewards points are so versatile and valuable, they offer so many card options, and they make their rules for being approved pretty clear. So we all love Chase. But Chase has rules about not mentioning the bank by name in specific places (namely, on Facebook,…

  • Way better 100,000-point offer on Chase Ink Business Preferred!

    This is the best offer that’s been available for this card in a long time. The typical offer for a Chase Ink Business Preferred has required $15,000 in spending in the first three months after approval in order to earn the 100,000-point welcome bonus. But now Chase has lowered the spending requirement to a much…

  • My favorite benefit of having a United MileagePlus credit card

    I mean, besides the welcome-bonus miles. (You knew that was going to be first!) It’s not free checked bags, which is the benefit they advertise the most. (I never check bags flying domestic, and they already give you free checked bags on international flights, so it’s a wasted benefit to me.) It’s the increased saver-award…

  • Two things you need to know about transfer bonuses (and the reasons why)

    You may be seeing references to transfer bonuses and wonder what those are or how you could benefit from them. By the end of reading this, you’ll know exactly what two things you’ll need to do to make sure you will be ready to take advantage of them the next time one comes around. Let’s…