As you might have noticed I have not written “learning from denials” in a while and that is mostly because I actually learned from my previous round of applications. Some of you may recall that in my previous round of application (see learning from denials #3), I was denied 8/8 credit cards I had applied for. Now to be fair to myself I had picked conservative banks to apply for in my last round of applications.
Last time I visited San Diego I had stayed at Review: Fairmont Grand Del Mar but this time around I decided to check out Hotel del Coronado, Curio Collection by Hilton.
I rarely write credit card reviews. I rarely rave about credit cards in my post. I think there are enough blogs doing just that. The last time I wrote an article on a single credit card was on Altitude Reserve (Nov 2017) and Connect Rewards (Jul 2017) and that had mostly do with…
During my recent trip to Los Angeles, I decided to stay at Hilton Los Angeles/Universal City because I was interested in staying in that part of the city and cost of booking seemed reasonable. At the time the cost was 42k/night but Hilton was giving a 1k rebate for booking…
Couple of days ago I was given some info on Hilton Ascend and I’ve been pondering on how accurate this info really is and if I should post this or not. But after thinking for a while I felt like the given info made enough sense to share. Hilton Ascend…
Upgrade 2: Someone was denied 3rd upgrade bonus. Update: A fellow redditor confirmed to me that 2nd upgrade was no go for him as well. Late March 2017 (reddit), a 100k upgrade offer for no AF Hilton card appeared. The following was the direct link for the said offer but it…
The essence of this article is that there are still ways to generate 100k and 75k referral links. link to generate 100k Surpass (2/27/2017) https://www262.americanexpress.com/business-card-application/raf/200452-CCSG link to generate 75k no AF Hilton (exp 2/1/2017) https://www262.americanexpress.com/business-card-application/raf/200475-CCSG Also the old links I shared in another article a while ago still work. While…
Few months ago Amex publicly offered 100k on Surpass and 75k on no-AF Hilton card. Soon after card holders were able to generate referrals with 100k and 75k signup bonus. Then on 06/30 the offer expired and so did the increased signup links. However, sometime later the referral links with…
A common question is – which hotel card is the “best” keeper card? The answer to this question essentially YMMV. It ultimately depends on various factors such as: what chains are available in places you wish to visit, what brands you prefer, how important status is to you, how much…
