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Shell Mastercard: Triple Rebates on All Purchases for the First 60 Days

October 17, 2006 ccwatcher MasterCard, Reward Cards, Signup Bonuses

When you apply for the Shell Platinum Mastercard between now and December 31, 2006, you’ll receive triple rebates on all your purchases for the first 60 days. That means that you’ll earn 15% rebates on Shell gasoline, 15% on the first $100 in daily purchases at Jiffy Lube and 3% everywhere else.

After the introductory period, you’ll receive a 5% rebate on Shell gas, 5% rebate on the first $100 in daily purchases at Jiffy Lube and 1% rebate on all other purchases. Your rebates are good towards future Shell purchases made on your card.

There is a $20 annual fee which is waived the first year and subsequent years in which you make at least 9 purchases.

You can apply for the card here.

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10000 Starpoints with Starwood Amex Initial Purchase

October 3, 2006 ccwatcher American Express, Reward Cards, Signup Bonuses

For those who like to travel, the SPG Amex is a great card, offering flexible and generous travel redemption options. This particular signup offer is a vast improvement over what has typically been offered, as the standard bonus has been for 4000 or 6000 Starpoints with your initial purchase, with additional points earned for stays at Starwood properties in your first year. Signing up now gives you the following benefits:

Earn 10,000 Starpoints^® with your first purchase¹–enough for up to 3 free nights²
Use Starpoints for free nights and upgrades at over 825 participating Starwood hotels and resorts in 95 countries
First year fee-free and only $30 thereafter³
Transfer Starpoints– almost always on a 1:1– basis to the frequent flyer programs of over 30 major airlines⁴
Earn one Starpoint for every dollar of eligible spending and double Starpoints at participating Starwood properties and retail outlets⁵

To learn more, visit http://www.spg.com.

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Best Buy Launches New Reward Zone Credit Card

September 28, 2006 ccwatcher HSBC, Reward Cards

According to CardTrak, Best Buy has launched a new credit card that expands its customer loyalty “Reward Zone” program. The card features:

4% on Best Buy purchases
2% during special promotions throughout the year in popular categories, currently travel and dining.
1% everywhere MasterCard is accepted.
Automatic enrollment in the Reward Zone® program

The current special promotion, valid through 1/31/07, is 2% earnings at dining and travel merchants–specifically, merchants coded in the following categories: Restaurant/Bar, Airline, Auto Rental, Hotel/Motel and Travel Agency.

Rewards come in the form of certificates to use toward music, movies, electronics and more at Best Buy stores. For more information or to apply, visit http://www.bestbuy.com/rzmc.

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BofA MLB Extra Bases Credit Card: Free iPod Nano & Jersey

September 15, 2006 ccwatcher Balance Transfer Offers, Bank of America, Reward Cards, Signup Bonuses

Courtesy of FW, we have this find. The Bank of America MLB™ Extra Bases™ Credit Card is a card for baseball lovers. It earns you points towards baseball memorabilia and rewards, as well as some travel and cash rewards. With the special signup offer, you also receive:

An official MLB licensed jersey after your first qualifying transaction
An Apple iPod nano by making any combination of purchase or cash advance transactions (balance transfers included) totaling $2,000
Intro 0% APR for Cash Advance Checks and Balance Transfers through your first twelve billing cycles. (subject to a 3% transaction fee, no less than $10)

~~More information about this offer can be found here.~~
Edit 7/26/2007: The previous offer with the iPod nano is no longer available. For details of the current offer, please see this page.

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Win a $100,000 Kitchen Makeover In Home Depot/MasterCard Sweepstakes

September 14, 2006 ccwatcher Citibank, MasterCard, Reward Cards, Sweepstakes

To help promote their new credit card, Home Depot is teaming with MasterCard to hold a $100,000 sweepstakes. Every time you use a MasterCard to make a purchase at a Home Depot, EXPO® Design Center, or Home Depot® Landscape Supply location in the U.S. between September 7 – October 31, 2006, you’ll be automatically entered. You’ll receive two entries if you make the purchase with the new Home Depot Rewards MasterCard card or Home Depot Business Rewards MasterCard card.

You can get a pretty fancy kitchen for $100,000. Fortunately you receive your winnings in the form of a check, in case your kitchen doesn’t need $100,000 of upgrades.

More information can be found at http://www.homedepot.com/mastercard.

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Citibank and Home Depot Launch New Reward Credit Cards

August 30, 2006 ccwatcher Chase, Citibank, Reward Cards, Signup Bonuses

…but the results are a bit underwhelming. CardTrak reports that Home Depot has partnered with Citibank to launch its first pair of co-branded general purpose credit cards. The Home Depot Rewards Mastercard has both a consumer and business version. Under both programs, you earn 2 points for each dollar spent at Home Depot or EXPO Design Center and 1 point everywhere else. Points can be redeemed for the usual assortment of gift cards, merchandise and travel. As an example, 2500 points can be redeemed for a $25 Home Depot gift card. You’ll also earn a bonus 2500 points upon making your first purhcase. More details can be found at http://www.homedepot.com/cards.
Compare this to the existing Chase Home Improvement Rewards card and it doesn’t stack up so well. The Chase card offers 3 points per dollar on any home improvement purchase. Chase’s definition of home improvement purchases are “those purchases made at retail establishments classified by the retailer to Visa and MasterCard as being a home supply warehouse store; a lumber/building supply store; a glass/paint/wallpaper store; or a hardware store.” You earn 1 point per dollar anywhere else. It too allows redemption of 2500 points for either a $25 gift card or a $25 check.

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Jo-Ann Credit Card: For the Crafty Consumer

August 9, 2006 ccwatcher Balance Transfer Offers, Barclays, Reward Cards, Signup Bonuses

Arts and crafts lovers can rejoice. According to CardTrak, Barclays Bank and Jo-Ann Stores have teamed up to launch the new “Jo-Ann Platinum MasterCard” that links to Jo-Ann’s Preferred Customer program. Per the press release:

Customers earn five points for every $1 spent at Jo-Ann stores or Joann.com and one point per $1 spent on all other purchases with the Jo-Ann Platinum MasterCard. Once a customer earns 1,000 points, she will receive a $10 creative cash(TM) card. For every 500 points earned above 1,000 points, customers will receive an additional $5 in creative cash(TM). After the customer’s first purchase or balance transfer, she will receive a $10 creative cash(TM) card to begin saving on purchases. Customers will also be enrolled in Jo-Ann’s Preferred Customer program to receive valuable coupons and sale notifications. There is an introductory APR on balance transfers of 0% for the first six billing cycles.

So, what this basically boils down to is a 5% reward when you spend at Jo-Ann that can be used for Jo-Ann certificates. Unfortunately, this offer is so new, it’s not even available on the company website, http://www.joann.com, as of the time of this post.

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Chase World MasterCard: 0% APR Until March 2008

August 5, 2006 ccwatcher Balance Transfer Offers, Chase, Reward Cards, Signup Bonuses

Unfortunately this appears to be a targetted offer, but many people at FW are reporting receiving the following offer in the mail for the Chase World MasterCard:

0% Fixed APR until March 1, 2008 on both purchases and balance transfers
No annual fee
No balance transfer required
No balance transfer fees associated with the offer
After March 1, 2008, the APR becomes 8.99% fixed

The card itself earns points redeemable for cash, travel or gift certificates.

Looking for a World MasterCard? Try these options:

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Amex To Revamp Membership Rewards Program

August 1, 2006 ccwatcher American Express, Reward Cards

According to the Wall Street Journal (subscription required), American Express is rolling out significant changes to its Membership Rewards program. Among the changes announced are:

Elimination of double points for spending on “everyday purchases” at gas stations, grocery stores and drugstores for the Green, Gold and Platinum charge cards
A new double points program to encourage online spending at certain merchants
Limiting the Membership Rewards Options program to holders of its credit cards. Cardholders on the Options program will be switched to the basic Membership Rewards program, which may raise their annual fee.

The report indicates that American Express will start notifying customers of these changes, as well as others, in their August bills.

On the whole this is clearly a disappointing development, as there is almost no good news in the announced changes.

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Chase Flexible Rewards Visa Platinum – 6 points/$ on Everyday Purchases for 12 Months, $50 Signup Bonus

July 24, 2006 ccwatcher Balance Transfer Offers, Chase, Reward Cards, Signup Bonuses

Ripped from FW:

Earn 6 flexible rewards points for every dollar in everyday purchases (gas, grocery and drugstore purchases) for 12 months, 1 flexible reward point for everything else
$50 bonus upon signup — technically, they give you 6,000 bonus points which can be redeemed for $50 cash back check or gift certificate
0% APR for 12 months
No annual fee
Call 1-888-735-4870 and specify offer code LB0

According to the ad scan, the offer ends August 31, 2006.

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