Amex appears to be in the midst of revamping its Blue Cash card, removing the older version from its website and replacing it with two brand new Blue Cash credit cards, the Blue Cash Everyday and Blue Cash Preferred.
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Due to the success of the 4.99% balance transfer for life promo on the PenFed Promise card, PenFed has extended this offer to all of its credit cards for a limited time.
Balance transfers made between April 1, 2011 and June 30, 2011 on eligible PenFed credit cards, including the PenFed Premium Travel Rewards American Express Card and the Platinum Cashback Rewards card, will qualify for a 4.99% APR for the life of the balance transfer with all balance transfer fees waived. Balance transfers from other PenFed credit cards, loans and/or lines of credit are not eligible for this promotion.
The personal payments space has been heating up lately, with Visa announcing its Personal Payments system, Amex rolling out its digital payment and commerce platform called Serve, and MasterCard also forming its plans for its own personal payments offering.
Not to be left behind, Discover has partnered with PayPal to establish its own payments system dubbed Discover Money Messenger. Discover Money Messenger allows Discover Card holders to send money to nearly anyone for free, and earn rewards on the money sent at the same time.
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Through May 31, 2011, when you apply for a Miles & More Premier World MasterCard, you can earn up to 50,000 bonus miles — enough for a round-trip transatlantic ticket from the US. You’ll receive 20,000 bonus miles after your first purchase and an additional 30,000 bonus miles after spending $2,500 within 90 days of opening your account.
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The first credit card to ever feature a 100,000 mile signup bonus has just brought it back. For a limited time, through May 6, 2011, the British Airways Visa Signature card is offering up to 100,000 bonus BA miles, enough for 2 transatlantic roundtrip reward flights. You’ll receive 50,000 bonus BA miles after your first purchase, plus an additional 50,000 bonus BA miles after you spend $2,500 within the first 3 months of opening your account.
BA miles can also be spent on partner airlines including AA, Cathay Pacific, Finnair, Iberia, JAL, LAN, Hungarian Airlines, Mexicana, Qantas, Royal Jordanian Airlines and S7. The card does carry a $95 annual fee.
Standard features of the card include:
Edit May 6, 2011: This offer has now expired.
Edit May 16, 2011:While the offer for 100,000 BA miles has expired, you can read this post describing how you can get 50,000 BA miles with the Chase Sapphire Preferred card, with no annual fee for the first year.
For a limited time, Navy Federal Credit Union is offering a 0% fixed intro APR on balance transfers for 12 months with no balance transfer fees. This offer is valid for balances transferred from other card issuer accounts and cannot exceed $30,000.
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Have a Hilton credit card or Hilton HHonors account? Due to extensive problems with their website, Hilton is offering 2,500 free HHonors points if you call them today, April 1, 2011, or visit their website at www.hiltonhhonors.com/2500. Your points may take up to 2 business days to show up your account. (Via SD)
It’s been long overdue, but the list of the best cash back credit cards has finally been updated.
Is there a viable replacement for the sorely missed Schwab Visa card? What cards are worth looking at? Are there cards missing from the list? Check it out!
One of the Credit CARD Act’s goals is to make sure that individuals can really afford to repay what they borrow. In particular, the Fed wants to protect teenagers from digging themselves into a deep hole of credit card debt.
Sometimes, however, good intentions can result in inconvenient consequences.
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The JetBlue Amex is now offering up to 25,000 TrueBlue points as a signup bonus. In addition to the standard offer of 10,000 points with your first purchase, you’ll also receive an additional 15,000 TrueBlue points when you spend $500 in 3 months. This is a limited-time offer, valid only until April 1, 2011.
Roundtrip award flights start at 10,000 points, and increase from there based upon destination, day of the week, season, and advanced booking window. There is an annual fee of $40 for the card.