For a while now I have wanted to get my hands on the Chase Ink Preferred (CIP) but I am way past 4/24. Since in-branch pre-approvals bypass the 5/24 rule, I had visited a Chase branch and asked a banker to check if I was pre-approved for a business card.…
Uphold Debit Card: 2% and 4% Cashback
by SJSJ
April 20, 2026
As mentioned in an earlier post, I have been searching for a “fun” debit card to replace my existing ones. I recently reviewed the 1% and 3% debit cards from MetaMask (which are effectively 1% cards). It turns out that both Uphold debit cards are now working again in the…
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[Targeted] 2,000 FlexPoints Offer
August 23, 2017FlexPerks is one of those cards that loves giving out freebies. In my FlexPoints: guaranteed 2 cpp with Southwest post I mentioned that you can get 500 FlexPoints for participating in their photo contest. I have also posted about 1500 FlexPoints Offer for Setting up an Automatic Payment and [Targeted] 250 FlexPoints for First E-Rewards…
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Chase Ritz-Carlton Annual Fee Waiver Trick
August 22, 2017When miles and travel community talks about the “best” premium card the two on top are always CSR and Platinum. In some rare cases Citi Prestige gets thrown on the same list but almost nobody ever mentions the Ritz-Carlton Visa Infinite card which typically comes with an annual fee of…
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Confirmed: 3x and 5x MR earning on MPX is back!
August 22, 2017Now Confirmed! In above picture you can clearly see that Amex Platinum is in fact generating 5x on a MileagePlus X (MPX) purchase. It can take quite some while before you get your 5x and that might be one reason why this deal isn’t being noticed. On 7th of July…
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Review: InterContinental San Francisco
August 22, 2017I have previously said that Chase IHG card is one of My Top 3 Keeper Hotel Credit Cards. The best aspect of the card is that for a mere AF of $49 it comes with an annual free night certificate that knows no category restriction. Well, my free night certificate was…
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[Targeted] 250 FlexPoints for First E-Rewards Survey
August 17, 2017I received the following email titled “Share Your Opinion and Earn 250 Bonus FlexPoints”. You could check to see if you’re targeted by clicking here. Terms and Conditions Bonus FlexPoints are only available to newly enrolled e-Rewards Members who complete their first survey within 90 days of enrolling. Bonus FlexPoints…
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Valuation of Priority Pass, Global Entry, and Other Benefits
August 13, 2017I hear a lot of arguments for keeping a card and often then not “Priority Pass (PP) and Global Entry (GE) benefits” get thrown in as a reason to keep a card. Some people will assign an arbitrary value on each, say $20 on PP and $10 on GE, then they’ll…
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Product Change Chase Ritz-Carlton Card to Marriott Card
August 11, 2017A while ago someone on reddit claimed that someone else s/he knew said that s/he was able to convert his/her Chase Ritz-Carlton card card to Marriott card. Since Ritz belongs in the Marriott family it made sense that such product change was available but such product change had not been…
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Hyatt Regency Kathmandu Review #2
August 6, 2017I reviewed Hyatt Regency Kathmandu Review almost a year ago. Last time I had booked suite room for 3 days at a total cost of 24k but this time around it was standard room booking at a rate of 5k points per day. I will try to not repeat the same…
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Review: Fairmont Grand Del Mar in San Diego
August 4, 2017My free night certificate from Chase Fairmont visa card (RIP) was expiring sometime in mid August. I had previously called and extended the expiration by a month time but extension wasn’t going to happen again. My actual plan was to use these certificate at Banff property but they had too…
