In late 2017 Chase axed my cards (I got back with Chase in 2021 btw) and Citi did the same in 2019, so I always wonder when American Express would bestow me with their infamous Financial Review. Well, it finally happened. What Triggered the Financial Review Relatively large (with respect…
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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Paceline Credit Card Program Closes!
February 19, 2023Paceline had an extremely lucrative credit card to a point that it was in my 2022’s “what card do I use?” list. It was very easy to earn 3% cashback everywhere and 5% cashback on groceries, pharmacies, and more (see Doctor of Credit or Frequent Miler for reviews). It also…
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Metropolitan Bank Looks to Exit Crypto (And Why it Matters)
February 11, 2023Last month (January 2023), Metropolitan Bank put out a press release titled “Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp. to Exit Crypto-Asset Related Vertical“. This has been covered by various outlets (see, for example, Reuters, Businesswire, and Coindesk) but to my knowledge, it has received no coverage in the credit/debit card reward blogosphere.…
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BoA Credit Card 3% on Plastiq (up to 5.25% through Preferred Reward)
February 11, 2023Plastiq recently broke the news that as of February 10, 2023, they will no longer accept American Express. Fortunately, there are still plenty of cards that are accepted by Plastiq. Bank of America’s Advantage Custom Cash Rewards card isn’t just accepted on Plastiq, but it can also earn 3% on…
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If you have followed credit card reward blogs then you have been aware of Bilt card by now. Personally, I don’t talk about it because (a) I don’t have the Bilt card and (b) the card has no signup bonus. However, now, it is worth talking about Bilt Rewards as…
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Another Look at Juno (Formerly OnJuno) and $JCOIN
January 21, 2023I have praised OnJuno (now Juno) in the past. I wrote what is probably the most thorough review of Juno here. I soured on Juno when they released their own coin. Since then many things have happened and I haven’t talked about them (except for a brief mention in “Maybe…
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Maybe Don’t Keep Your Money in Fintech Companies (Neobank)?
January 16, 2023One of the key sources of income in this hobby is fintech companies, especially those that have no idea what they are doing and come up with insane promos or do things a certain way that they are ripe for abuse. You know all those companies that came into the…
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StormX (STMX) Crypto Debit Card Review [Available for Testing]
January 4, 20232/10/2023 Update: Statement on StormX on switching banking partner: “Our partner bank has decided to exit all crypto related programs which means we are in the process of transitioning the StormX Prepaid Card off of Metropolitan Commercial Bank. This will require closing the accounts (Date TBD) while we source and onboard a…
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Wireless Advocates (Ran Cell Phone Kiosk at Costco) Shuts Down
December 24, 2022There was a time when I used to often write about cell phone deals [1] [2] [3] but I don’t write very often about them because points and miles blogs have been picking up cell phone deals much more often these days. Anyway, this post is important because (a) I…
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Is There Still a Crypto Play Left?
December 17, 2022FTX filed for bankruptcy on November 11, 2022. Some other major events might go down soon. And I am finally getting around to making a post about my thoughts a month later. Well, actually, let’s not talk about FTX specifically. Let’s just do a follow-up on the “another crypto catastrophe…
