If you’ve been following the recent credit card news then you’re probably aware of the alternative signup offer on Chase Freedom Unlimited card that normally offers 1.5x on all purchases. The obvious question is “should you get this new offer?” but the lesser obvious question is “why does it exist?”. But if you can brainstorm why Chase created this offer then you can probably guess if this offer will be trumped.
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A while ago I wrote an article Chase Credit Cards Closed for too Many Credit Cards and Inquires. At that time Chase shutdown for too many new account and inquires was still still a new thing and data points (DP) were scarce. When my reinstatement attempt by calling Chase executive office…
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Is $200 for $500 spend Chase Disney Credit Card Worth it? Nah
February 11, 2018The regular no annual fee Chase Disney credit card now provides a signup bonus of $200 statement credit after spending $500 and somehow this has become a huge buzz among individual churners. The bloggers have better paying offers to sell but individual churners are selling this like the best thing…
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Chase Sapphire Reserve Annual Fee Waiver by Lowering Credit Limit
February 7, 2018The trick to waiving annual fee of the Chase Ritz Carlton Visa Infinite card is rather well know. It does not take a genius to figure out that the same trick probably works on Chase Sapphire Reserve as well.
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Called Chase Executive Office to Reinstate Accounts Chase had Closed
January 24, 2018Late December 2017 all my Chase credit cards were closed siting I had too many accounts and inquires on my credit report. Back then it seemed like vast majority of shutdown of this type were overruled after an appeal to an executive office or an analyst. So, I picked up…
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Chase Credit Cards Closed Due to Too Many Accounts and Inquires
January 17, 2018Update: for a while now I’ve replaced Chase referral links on this site to those of my family members. I’ve also cashed out a good chunk of UR. I guess that tells you what I think my odds are. Typically Chase credit card shutdowns were related to doing something like…
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How to Direct Deposit Through Chase Business Checking
January 4, 2018Recently I wrote a piece Robinhood is Amazing for Direct Deposit and I wholeheartedly recommend everyone to at least try Robinhood (RH). In that post I had presented a screenshot of Chase counting RH as a direct deposit (DD) but I had also mentioned that it won’t work anymore. However, there is…
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50k Southwest Rapid Rewards Offer Through Referral
January 1, 2018UPDATE 1/9/2018: twitter referral also generates 50k now. Our referral link for Southwest Premier are liked below. Thank You! It seems like 50k RR offer for 2k spend is available through referral. If you go the usual way of generating a referral link through twitter than you’ll run into 40k/$1k…
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Chase Account Suspended and What it Means
December 28, 2017I recently tried to login into my Chase business account and I was met with the following “account suspended” message: We’re sorry – we suspended your access to chase.com because of recent activity on your account. To re-activate your access, please call us at 1-877-691-8086 and choose option 3. If…
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Learning from Denials #2
November 28, 2017My last round of applications was a rather tough one to swallow so I ended up going back to basics and working with banks that I know would approve me. In no particular order here are the cards I went with: Amex Everyday Preferred (30k) Easy Amex approval as usual. I…
