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Card Madness 2019 – Flexible Points Lead the Pack, Goodbye Airline Cards!
Welcome to Round 2 of Card Madness 2019! You all voted for your favorite cards, and the results are below! Check out the whole Card Madness Series here: Pick the Best Credit Card of the Year with Card...
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Card Madness 2019 – Hotel Cards for the Win, and Ultimate Rewards Finally Lose!
As we keep tallying the votes, it’s been fun to see some trends develop: As I’ve mentioned previously, transferrable points continue their winning 71 streak. The flexibility of Membership Rewards,...
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Card Madness 2019 – PWaC Readers Must Like Paying Annual Fees!
After tonight’s games, we’ll be well on our way to our eight final teams! The Sapphire Reserve obliterates the MileagePlus Explorer below, and Barclay is onto its last stand in Game 47. With big wins...
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The “best” credit card out there now has an all-time high welcome offer
Determining what the “best” credit card is a fruitless exercise. There are so many factors involved in picking out a card that answering what the “best” credit card is will be different for different...
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Card Madness 2019 – Barclays Narrowly Stays in the Tournament with its Last...
With tonight’s games we’re officially onto Round 3, and halfway through the tournament. American Express and Chase have some great cards heading into Round 3, and Barclays manages to hang on by a...
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Card Madness 2019 – A Major Win for AmEx! (and a Major Loss for Chase…)
This time, Chase loses one of our favorite no fee cards, and the AmEx Gold continues its winning streak. Card Madness 2019 is halfway through, and we’re getting closer to the Financial Four! Continue...
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Card Madness 2019 – Vote for Your Elite Status Eight Teams Here!
And we’re cruising right along with our Card Madness 2019 Series! We’re having a lot of fun with this, and we’re glad you guys have been so engaged! Last night’s games saw a ton of votes, over 120...
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Welcome to the Financial Four – Card Madness 2019 Heats Up!
We’re getting close to the end here – vote for your favorite Financial Four team below! Loving the Card Madness 2019 series? Follow along here: Pick the Best Credit Card of the Year with Card Madness...
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LAST CHANCE – Highest ever offers for some Delta American Express cards!...
(UPDATE 4/2 – reposting this as these offers are currently scheduled to expire tomorrow Wednesday April 3rd. While they may still be available later on through other channels, if you had your eye on...
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American Express Gold vs. Chase Sapphire Reserve – Who Will Win Card Madness...
This is it! 64 cards, 62 games, 14 posts, and only 1 card can win now. The AmEx Gold and the CSR will move onto the final round. Which card will take home the Card Madness 2019 Gold Medal? Loving the...
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[Targeted] 20,000 points (or more) for adding authorized users to American...
American Express has this promotion periodically where you can earn points by adding authorized users to your cards, and it is back. I received an email on my American Express Gold Card (subject line:...
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4 reasons why you shouldn’t overlook cash back cards
In the award travel world, the bulk of the credit card focus is generally on cards that earn transferable points, airline miles or hotel points. Especially popular are cards that give you additional...
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Announcing the Points With a Crew Card Madness 2019 Winner!!
That’s right folks…the votes are in. And your new Card Madness tournament champion is… THE CHASE SAPPHIRE RESERVE! 1st Place Matchup: American Express Gold (100 votes) vs. Chase Sapphire Reserve (126...
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Chase Freedom Unlimited doubling rewards for first year (3% cashback...
The Chase Freedom Unlimited came out a few years ago as another no-fee option that earns Chase Ultimate Rewards. In contrast to the Chase Freedom card which earns 1% cashback (in actuality 1 Ultimate...
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More Bonus Points When Upgrading to the World of Hyatt Chase Card
Yesterday I received an interesting email from Chase regarding my old Hyatt Visa card. Like many of you, I’m not eligible to apply for the new World of Hyatt credit card (I’m at approximately 1500/24),...
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2 days left! Earn 100,000 Bonvoy Points with the Bonvoy Business Card!
(UPDATE: This card offer is set to expire on Wednesday April 24th. I have no insight into what the offer might be after that – it may go up, it may go down, the old offer may still be available. So if...
View Article2 reasons why I am canceling my Chase Sapphire Reserve when the fee comes due
A little over a year ago I decided to upgrade my Chase Sapphire Preferred card to a Chase Sapphire Reserve (SEE: Should I upgrade my Chase Sapphire Preferred to a Reserve?). Fortuitously, I was granted...
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Highest ever Radisson Visa bonus offer! Take home 120,000 points
The Radisson Rewards Visa is an oft-forgotten hotel credit card option that was very lucrative back in the day, but got left in the dust by many a points enthusiast. The standard offer has been 85,000...
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4 Southwest cards now with 60,000 mile welcome offers!
Key links: Southwest Premier Credit card (60,000 point welcome offer) Southwest Plus Credit card (60,000 point welcome offer) Southwest Rapid Rewards® Priority Credit Card (60,000 point welcome offer)...
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American Express Hilton With No Lifetime Language!
Over the last few years banks have been cracking down on credit card churners with the addition of restrictive language, clawbacks, and arbitrary time restrictions (I’m looking at you, 5/24). American...
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