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1000 Bonus ThankYou® Points for Linking Your ThankYou® and Amazon Accounts

Citibank

1000 Bonus ThankYou PointsFor a limited-time, Citi cardholders can earn an easy 1000 bonus ThankYou® points by linking their ThankYou® and Amazon.com accounts. Simply visit this link and enter bonus registration code TYAMCAZON2. This offer expires June 30, 2013 and is limited to the first 20,000 uses. Your bonus points should post by July 10, 2013.

Note: You can take advantage of this deal even if you already have linked your ThankYou and Amazon accounts by unlinking them first, then entering the code and relinking them. (Via SD)

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Daily Getaways: Get an Extra 10% Off Discounted Travel Packages When You Use Your Amex

American Express

Daily GetawaysA joint promotion of the U.S. Travel Association and American Express, Daily Getaways is a 5-week program that offers travel getaways across the United States at discounted prices. Offers are sold at a fixed price in limited quantities and are available on a first-come, first-serve basis. This year, offers will go on sale beginning at 1pm ET each weekday from June 10, 2013 to July 12, 2013.

While any resident of the US who is 18 or older is eligible to purchase an offer with a valid credit card, those who purchase with an American Express card will receive an additional 10% discount.
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No More 2% Rebate for the Priceline Visa?

Barclays, Cash Back Cards

Priceline Rewards VisaAre the days of earning at least 2% cash back on all purchases for the Priceline Rewards™ Visa® Card numbered? For existing cardholders, the answer to that question is unclear.

What does seem to be the case, however, is that the previous, excellent offer that earned 5 points per $1 spent on “Name Your Own Price” transactions at Priceline.com and 2 points per $1 spent on all other transactions is no longer available to new customers.
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Amex Cardmembers: Get Free 1 Year Shoprunner Membership

American Express

Amex: Free 1 Year Shoprunner MembershipShoprunner is a service that offers free 2-day shipping and unlimited return shipping at many online retailers, such as Babies R Us, Calvin Klein, and Sports Authority, among others. (For a full list of participating stores, see this link.) Normally, an annual membership costs $79, but American Express cardmembers can now get a free 1-year membership for new members or a free 1-year extension for existing members.
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Chase Sapphire First Fridays: Earn 3x Points on Dining

Chase, Reward Cards

Chase First Friday FavoritesBeginning May 3, 2013 and continuing through the rest of the year, the Chase Sapphire® Card and Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card will each earn 3x points on dining on the first Friday of each month as part of a new promotion from Chase called First Fridays. As each card normally earns 2x points per dollar spent on dining purchases, the promo represents an extra point per dollar on dining for the first Friday of each month.

In order to qualify for the bonus, your transaction must occur by midnight on May 3, June 7, July 5, August 2, September 6, October 4, November 1, or December 6, 2013 in the time zone in which you are dining. Allow 6 to 8 weeks after qualifying transactions for the bonus to post to your account. There is no limit on the number of bonus points you can earn from this offer.

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Stay-At-Home Spouses and Partners To Soon Enjoy Easier Access To Credit

General

Consumer Financial Protection BureauStay-at-home spouses and partners should soon find it easier to get a credit card. Following through on changes originally proposed last fall, the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau just issued a final rule to amend Regulation Z, which implements the Truth in Lending Act. Under the amendment, credit card issuers are no longer required to consider a consumer’s independent ability to repay a debt. Instead, issuers are once again allowed to consider income and assets that an applicant, who is 21 or older, has a “reasonable expectation of access.” This means that consumers should soon be able to apply for credit based on household income once again.
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Upgrading to the PenFed Platinum Rewards Visa Signature May Mean a Downgrade in Benefits

Pentagon Federal

PenFed Visa SignaturePenFed has recently been sending out notices in the mail to many existing cardholders of the Penfed Platinum Rewards Visa card that they will soon be automatically upgraded to a Visa Signature card, touting such benefits as complimentary concierge service and other perks.

The new Visa Signature benefits do appear, however, to come at a cost–while the current Platinum Rewards Visa earns 5 points per dollar spent on gas, 3 points per dollar at the supermarket and 1 point per dollar on everything else, the Visa Signature card would only continue earning those rewards through 10/31/31. Afterwards, the Visa Signature card would only earn 3 points per dollar on gas, 2 points per dollar at supermarkets and 1 points per dollar on all other purchases.
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