The bonus categories for the Chase Freedom and Discover It cards have been announced. The bonus categories for the Chase Freedom are Gas and Streaming services. The set of streaming services includes Netflix, Spotify and Hulu. The Discover categories are Restaurants and PayPal. The categories for both of these card are not very useful for me. All the streaming services
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The American Express Gold Dining Credit Can Now be Used with Boxed
The $120 dining credit from American Express just got better. As of this morning you can use the statement credit on items ordered from Boxed. If you’ve read this blog you, know how much I order from Boxed. The ability to get the $10 statement credit from the AMEX gold card makes that card so much more valuable. I probably
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My Membership Reward Points from EBates (Rakuten) Posted
I signed onto my American Express account the other day and saw that my MR points had posted. It’s not surprising that the points posted but when the points posted. Ebates sends cash back or points on a set schedule as noted above. The surprising thing for me is the points were sent 2 days earlier than listed on May
Read MoreEbates Just Became my Go To Shopping Portal
A couple of weeks ago Ebates introduced the ability to earn AMEX Membership Rewards instead of cashback. Here’s how it works. 1 cent equals 1 membership reward point. Membership rewards are not only valuable for transfers to Airline and Hotel loyalty programs but also from a cashback perspective. The Charles Schwab American Express Platinum currently allows you to transfer membership
Read MoreI Spend over $2000 in Annual Credit Card Fees But It’s OK
This past week I was doing some reconciliation of my expenses from my recent business trips and noticed that the annual fees on my Citi Prestige and US Bank Altitude Reserve came due. This got me thinking, how much am I actually spending on annual credit card fees? I currently hold six cards with annuals fees between $75 and $550.
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