By this point you’re likely aware that the annual fee of American Express Platinum is increasing to $695, which is a whooping increase by $145 or roughly 26 percent. Remember that the previous annual fee increase happened from $450 to $550 which was an increase by $100 or roughly 22…
6/5/2023 Update: This is still ongoing. 4/1/2023 Update: The offer was extended again but it is expiring soon (4/3/2023). 2/3/2023 Update: Offer extended till 2/28/2023. Gopuff, a delivery service, is offering a $100 bonus to both referred and the referrer. Many chase cards come with monthly $10 credit on Gopuff…
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Jasper 6% Credit Card – A Bloggers Card. Stay Away.
June 30, 2021Jasper is offering a credit card with up to 1-6% cashback. Here is an article telling you why you shouldn’t get it and why you definitely shouldn’t be pitching this to your friends. You’ve to invite other people to get bumped to a higher tier of cashback. Initially you start…
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Coinbase 4% Crypto Debit Card – too good to be true?
June 28, 2021Recently I wrote about Fold Debit Card which earns bitcoin instead of cashback but the catch is that the better version of the Fold card has an annual fee. Prior to that, I wrote about crypto debit card that earn up to 8% cashback in the form of crypto but…
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The Cost of Accumulating and Hoarding Points
June 15, 2021People who rigorously follow this hobby tend to accumulate a lot of points. The obviously and often the easiest way is through signup bonuses but many manage to accumulate hundreds of thousands of points through manufactured spending or the good old mileage run. There are many many articles that teach…
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What Bank Accounts do I use?
June 12, 2021I frequently talk about credit cards and I have a lot of credit cards but up until recently you may not have known that I have completely done away with activating and using rotating categories, circulating cards, carrying 2% cashback card, trying to figure if 1.5 UR is better than…
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Plastiq Earn up to $60 – $20 per $1k in Payment
June 9, 2021On Jun 3rd, Plastiq sent out an email, titled “Earn up to $60 just by paying early with Plastiq”, offering $20 per $1k in payment with a debit or credit card. You can earn up to a maximum of $60. Get rewarded this month for submitting your payments early. Use…
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It isn’t often that you see shutdown and reinstatement data point being shared at once but here we are. One Finance is one of my favorite fintech. I like them so much that most of my direct deposit goes to them. Why shouldn’t it? After all they incentivize direct deposit with 3% APY on up to 10% of direct deposit. Anyway, as you might have noticed I have been doing a little bit of crypto here and there and I, for whatever reason, chose to do withdraw/deposit cash to/from exchanges to my One Finance account.
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If you’re a regular reader of this blog then you must have noticed by now that this site now has crypto contents. The content thus far has been catered towards my usual readers, credit card and miles enthusiasts, but at the same time I think the content in those articles…
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Wireless Charger – is it worth it in 2021?
May 23, 2021The first adaption of wireless charging in a phone happened almost a decade ago. Since than more or less all flagship phones offer wireless charging but is it really worth it, what is some of its best use case, and how viable is wireless charging during travel? I think we…
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My Daily Driver Cards – Only TWO!
May 22, 2021Back in 2018, I wrote about “my No BS List of Top Three ‘Best’ Keeper Premium Cards“, well since then a few things have changed. For example, my Citi shutdown means I don’t carry a Prestige card anymore. Due to some recent changes, I don’t value Hilton Aspire as highly…