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Reminder: Redeem American Express Metal Gold Card Airline Of Choice Credits Now

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…
Reminder: Activate Your Chase Freedom Q4’18 5% Cash Back Bonus

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…
Why The Contactless American Express Metal Gold Card Is Important

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: American Airlines Halves AAdvantage Aviator Silver EQD Benefit

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.…
My Barclays AAdvantage Aviator Silver Card Welcome Kit Arrived

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.…
My New American Express Metal Rose Gold Card Arrived!

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…
Whats In My Wallet And Why October 2018

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…
American Express Metal (Rose) Gold Card Activation Checklist

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…
Activate The Chase Freedom Q4’18 5% Bonus Category

As I’ve mentioned several times before, the Chase Freedom card is a favorite card in My Wallet today. At face value the card is simply a 1% Cash Back credit card that lacks an annual fee. However, this card offers one unique benefit that absolutely makes the card worth carrying. That is, each quarter, Chase…
Chase Sent My New Priority Pass Card

Priority Pass membership is one of the flagship benefits of the Chase Sapphire Reserve credit card. I can’t tell you how many people I know who open the Sapphire Reserve for the lounge access. When they open the card they think that the credit card will get them into every airline lounge imaginable. Then when…