Keeping an eye on the best credit card offers
For a limited time, eligible existing SPG Business Amex cardmembers can earn up to 10,000 bonus Starpoints. If you are eligible for this promotion, once you register your card, you’ll earn 5,000 Starpoints after spending $5,000 in qualifying purchases. You’ll earn another 5,000 Starpoints after you spend an additional $5,000 on qualifying purchases, for a maximum of 10,000 bonus Starpoints.
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Through July 20, 2016, eligible Hilton HHonors Card from American Express cardmembers can earn 10,000 bonus points for adding an authorized user to their account. This offer appears to only be available to those with the no fee version of the Hilton Amex.
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A rare public link is currently available for American Express‘ Platinum Card that offers a hefty 100,000 Membership Rewards points. In order to earn those points, you’ll need to spend $3,000 in your first 3 months. It’s basically the same Amex Platinum 100,000 point bonus deal that was seen last August.
While the card’s annual fee of $450 is not waived under this promo, the card does come with a number of nice perks that can help offset it.
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American Express just added a number of new Amex Offers today. Among the publicly available ones are:
Read on to get all the details.
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Back in January, American Express launched the new SimplyCash Plus Business credit card, but only made it available to select small business owners. Now, it has made the card available to the general public.
What’s special about this card? There are a couple of things that stand out. First, while you are given a credit limit on the card, it also almost acts like a charge card, in that you are given the ability to spend beyond your credit limit in order to help pay for larger purchases, while still earning cash back. Second, it offers a good deal of flexibility in cash back category choices. The card earns 5% cash back at office supply stores and wireless telephone services, 3% cash back in one of a list of eight categories and 1% cash back on other purchases. The 5% and 3% categories apply to the first $50,000 in purchases per year. What’s also nice is that there is no annual fee and a signup bonus worth up to $500.
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With the recent Hilton credit card deals that have been popping up (such as the Hilton Surpass Amex 100,000 bonus points offer and the 75,000 bonus points Citi Hilton HHonors Visa Signature deal), it seemed like a good time to compare the various Hilton co-branded credit cards. They include the aforementioned Hilton Surpass Amex and Citi Hilton HHonors Visa Signature card, as well as the Citi Hilton HHonors Reserve Card and the Hilton HHonors Amex.
Which Hilton credit card is the best for you? Read on for our in-depth analysis.
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Through May 4, 2016, the Hilton HHonors Surpass Card from American Express is offering its most lucrative signup bonus ever–100,000 Hilton HHonors bonus points when you spend $3,000 in purchases in your first 3 months of cardmembership. There is, however, an annual fee of $75, which is not waived for the first year.
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If you’re a Costco member, by now you’ve heard that Costco will begin accepting Visa cards this summer and no longer accept American Express cards. At the same time, Costco Amex cardmembers will also be transitioned to new Visa cards from Citi.
What are the benefits of the new Citi Costco Visa cards? Up until today that was a mystery. But finally, we know the details and quite frankly, they’re a pleasant surprise.
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For a limited time, through March 30, 2016, you can earn 35,000 bonus Starpoints when you apply for a new Starwood Preferred Guest credit card from American Express and spend at least $3,000 in your first 3 months of cardmembership. You can also earn the same 35,000 Starpoint bonus by applying for the Business version of the card and spending $5,000 in your first 3 months. 35,000 Starpoints is the highest signup bonus ever offered for the card.
As a point of comparison, 30,000 bonus Starpoints had previously been the high-water mark for SPG Amex bonus, typically offered just once per year, while 25,000 Starpoints is the standard offer.
In time for a spring getaway, the latest Amex Offers are from Hilton Garden Inn and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines. Through April 11 and April 8 respectively, you can get $40 back after spending $200 at Hilton Garden Inns in the US and $200 back after spending at least $1000 on KLM Royal Dutch Airlines when you register your eligible American Express card. (Note that there is already an ongoing Amex Offer available for Hilton Hotels, also valid through April 11, 2016, offering $60 back after spending $300, that excludes Hilton Garden Inns.)
Read on to get all the details.
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