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NYC Amex Cardholders: Spend $200 at Select Locations, Get $50 Back

Amex NYC: Mix n MatchAmerican Express has an excellent offer for those who live near New York: When you register your eligible Amex for this promo, then use that card to spend a total of at least $200 at 2 or more participating merchants between February 1 and 29, 2012, you’ll receive a $50 statement credit.

Registration is limited to the first 10,000 enrollees and you may only register one card for this promotion. To see the list of participating merchants and to sign up, see this link.

Note that online purchases do not qualify for the spending requirement, with the exception of purchases made at ticketmaster.com or telecharge.com.

Discover More Card: 0% for 12 Months, No Balance Transfer Fees is Back

Discover More: 0% for 12 Months, No Balance Transfer FeesFor a limited time, Discover has brought back a popular promo: get 0% APR on both purchases and balance transfers for 12 months with no balance transfer fees.

As usual, the card also offers up to 5% cash back in categories that rotate quarterly and comes with no annual fee.

Update 3/1: This offer has expired.

However, the Slate from Chase card, with 0% for 15 months with no balance transfer fees, is still valid.

For more info or to apply, see this link:
Discover® More Card – $0 Balance Transfer Fee

PenFed to Downgrade Its Cash Back Visa, Introduces New Platinum Rewards Card

PenFed Platinum VisaSometimes the credit card gods give and sometimes they take away. PenFed recently decided to do a little of both to its Platinum Visa card. Continuing a trend that it started a few years ago, PenFed has announced that it will decrease the rewards on its Platinum Visa Cash Rewards card. While gas purchases will continue to earn 5% cash back, all other purchases will only earn a 0.25% cash rebate, down from its current 1%. This change is effective February 1, 2012. At the same time, the regular purchase APR will be reduced from its current 13.99% to 9.99%.
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Cash Back Bonus Calendar 2012

2012 Credit Card Cash Back Bonus CalendarFor the most part, Chase Freedom, Discover More and Citi Dividend have released details of the 5% rotating bonuses that they will be offering in 2012. If you have one of these cards, you can already sign up for your first quarter bonus program. The chart below summarizes the quarterly bonuses available for each of these cards and should give you an idea of how to maximize your cash back.
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Navy Federal Credit Union: 0% for 12 Months, No Fee Balance Transfers Through Sunday

Navy Federal Credit Union Credit CardNavy Federal Credit Union is offering an extremely limited-time balance transfer offer for its existing credit cardholders. From now through Sunday, December 11, 2011, you can get a 0% fixed promo APR* on balance transfers for 12 months with no balance transfer fees. This offer is limited to balances transferred from other credit issuer accounts.

For more info, see this link.

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