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American Express made waves in the rewards credit card market this year when they completely overhauled their flagship Gold Card. Formerly know as the Premier Rewards Gold card American Express refreshed the card earlier this year and unveiled a ton of new benefits. Notably, Amex added 4X points on dining and supermarket purchases. Amex also…
As I’ve written about several times before, the Chase Freedom card is one of my favorite cards in my wallet. I love the card because it offers one of the more unique benefits out there today. Namely, the card offers a unique 5% Cash Back (5X Points) on rotating bonus categories every quarter. This benefit…
For those of you who have read the blog before you may already know that I have a troubled relationship with the AAdvantage Aviator lineup of credit cards from Barclays US. Late last year I decided to open the AAdvantage Aviator Red card in order to earn $3,000 EQD this year through credit card spend.…
A little less than a month ago American Express introduced a completely refreshed Gold card. The new comes with a ton of amazing benefits and features not offered by the previous versions of the card. While the benefits offered by the card are great, today I want to focus on something else about the card.…
Wow, that’s really all I can say about the latest news from Barclaycard and American Airlines. Earlier this week, American Airlines and Barclaycard announced to total gutting of benefits offered by their co-branded Aviator credit cards. I’ve written extensively about the Aviator lineup of cards and until now have had mixed feelings about the cards.…
A few days ago I wrote a brief activation checklist for the American Express new metal (Rose) Gold card. In that post I mention a few steps that all new card members should go through when getting their new card. This list includes registering for the annual dining and annual airfare credits, singing up for…
Usually when you receive a higher-end credit card the card comes in a “welcome kit.” Welcome kits vary significantly by card, but in some cases the card comes in a robust box with gifts. In most cases though, credit cards come in a plain envelope which only includes the card and the card member agreement.…
Earlier this month American Express announced a complete makeover of the famed Gold card. Previously American Express offered both the standard Gold card and the more expensive Premier Rewards Gold card. With the announcement Amex did away with the Premier Rewards Gold card and is again referring to their popular card simply as the Gold…
One of the things that bothers me most about reading many credit card related blogs is that they aren’t always transparent with the cards they carry. They’ll write rave reviews about certain card and explain how you must have them, but reveal later on that they don’t carry them nor ever intend to. The reason…
Last week American Express announced a complete overhaul of the Premier Rewards Gold card. The old card, which carried a $195 annual fee offered 3X points on airfare, and 2X points on dining, supermarkets, and gas stations, and 1X points on all other purchases. That card came with a $100 airline of choice credit which dropped…
