On the heels of Amex‘s introduction of personalized real-time offers for its cardmembers in its iPhone app, Visa recently rolled out its own personalized deal engine called “Visa Offers.”
On the surface, Visa’s service looks to be similar in intent to Amex’s offering. Upon further examination, however, it appears to be more intrusive and cumbersome–at least in its current form.
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American Express recently debuted a new mobile offer engine that promises to recommend and rank relevant merchant offers in real time based on cardmembers’ spending history and location. The new technology is being piloted via the new “My Offers” feature on the American Express iPhone App.
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Chase and Fairmont Hotels & Resorts just announced the first ever Fairmont credit card, the Fairmont Visa Signature Card. Not only does the brand new card help cardmembers earn status faster, but it also comes with a nice sign up bonus: you’ll receive two complimentary night stays complete with two breakfast dining certificates at any Fairmont property worldwide after making $1,000 in purchases within your first three months of cardmembership.
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The competition for the travel credit card market is heating up, as Bank of America today announced three new offerings. The new BankAmericard Travel Rewards, BankAmericard Privileges with Travel Rewards and WorldPoints Travel Rewards for Business all feature no foreign transaction fees, no expiration on points and flexible redemption on any airline, hotel or other travel provider.
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In what may be a targeted offer, Pentagon Federal is offering a one-time $10 statement credit for each automatic bill payment you set up with your PenFed Visa now through June 30, 2012, up to a limit of 3 payments.
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Citi is currently running a sale on many of the gift cards available through its ThankYou Rewards network. Through May 17, you can buy the following gift cards for 20% fewer ThankYou points:
This discount is valid on both $50 and $100 gift card denominations, so $50 gift cards are available for 4,000 ThankYou points and $100 gift cards are available for just 8,000 ThankYou points. To redeem your points, you can either visit thankyou.com or call 1-800-THANKYOU (1-800-842-6596).
Chase and LivingSocial, the second largest daily deals site behind Groupon, just announced their newly minted co-branded credit card, the LivingSocial Rewards Visa Card. This new offering earns cardmembers 5 points per $1 spent on LivingSocial purchases, 3 points per $1 spent on dining and 1 point on everything else. In addition, as part of a special promotion for 2012, cardmembers will receive 10 Deal Bucks after making 10 purchases each billing cycle.
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American Express has been coming out with a number of social media promotions lately, but many of them require a Twitter account in order to take advantage of them. For instance, the latest Amex/Twitter offers include a $10 statement credit after spending at least $50 at Romano’s Macaroni Grill, or a $10 statement credit after spending at least $50 online at vent-privee.com.
If you don’t already have a Twitter account, is it really worth setting one up just for these types of offers? That’s for you to decide, but to make things easier for those on the fence, I’ve created a step-by-step guide on how to sync your American Express card with Twitter. After following these steps, it should be relatively simple to participate in future Amex/Twitter deals. (Note: This guide is meant for less tech-savvy people.)
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Just in time for the summer movie season, Visa is bringing back its popular “Buy One Get One Free” movie ticket offer with Fandango.
Through this deal, Visa Signature cardholders who purchase two movie tickets through Fandango on Fridays will only pay for the price of one. Currently, this promotion is set to run each Friday from May 4, 2012 through August 17, 2012.
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In honor of the Tribeca Film Festival, American Express is running another social media promotion with Twitter. American Express cardmembers who sync their Amex with Twitter and tweet using hashtag #AmexTFF10 will receive a $10 statement credit after making a single purchase of at least $10 in-store at accepting merchants in lower Manhattan by April 29, 2012.
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