Keeping an eye on the best credit card offers
Visa Checkout–Visa‘s virtual credit card service–has a batch of new offers currently ongoing. They include discounts from Bluefly.com, Gap, Old Navy, Banana Republic and Tiger Direct. Here’s a quick rundown of them:
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Another holiday promo has just gone live for American Express cardholders called “The Gift Chain.” Under this offer, once you’ve registered your American Express card, you can receive a surprise gift when you spend $25 or more at participating online stores between November 28, 2011 and December 21, 2011.
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Starwood just announced another new benefit for its SPG credit card from Amex: get a free third night when you stay 2 consecutive nights at a Sheraton. In addition, they are celebrating this new feature with a sweepstakes called the “Thank Goodness It’s Thursday” giveaway. Every Thursday between today and December 1, 2010, 3 people will win a 3-night stay. Each week, the prizes will get progressively better. The first week, the prizes will consist of 3-night stays at a category 3 hotel (21,000 Starpoints). The next week, winners will receive a 3-night stay at a category 4 hotel (30,000 Starpoints). Third week prizes are 3 night stays at a category 5 hotel (36,000 Starpoints). In the final week of the promotion, winners will receive a 3 night stay at a category 6 hotel in the form of 60,000 Starpoints. For rules or to enter the giveaway, see this link.
I just received the following offer on my Chase Business Rebate card:
Register your Chase Visa Business Rewards Card at chasebizbonus.com/enroll and spend $5,000 or more between May 1 and June 30, 2008 and you’ll get a one-time $100 cash bonus. Your $100 cash bonus will automatically appear as a credit on your statement within 8 weeks of the end of the promotion.
In addition, when you use your card in May and June, you’ll be automatically entered into a sweepstakes to win a Grand Prize of a $30,000 check.
After doing a bit more investigation, I found that any Visa Small Business credit card should be eligible for this promotion. You can see more details about this promo at www.visabizperks.com.
The King has teamed up with with MasterCard to present a new sweepstakes. Between now and March 2, 2008, when you use your MasterCard at participating Burger King restaurants, you’ll be automatically entered for a chance to win one of the following prizes:
For complete details, see www.priceless.com/burgerking/.
To promote the upcoming new film “The Bourne Ultimatum” to be released on August 3, 2007, American Airlines and Mastercard have announced a new sweepstakes. It features a Grand Prize of over one million AAdvantage bonus miles and a $6,000 MasterCard gift card, or a First Prize of a trip for two to Los Angeles for a Universal Red Carpet Premiere Event including VIP party, hotel accommodations for two nights, VIP tour of Universal Hollywood, and a $2,000 MasterCard gift card. Another 250 participants will each take the Second Prize of “The Bourne Identity” and “The Bourne Supremacy” DVD prize package.
The promotion runs from June 28 through July 31, 2007. Entries can be earned by:
See http://www.aa.com/sumitup for more information.
Every time you use your Visa card until July 31, 2007, you’ll be automatically entered into a sweepstakes to win a Disney Parks Dream Vacation for four to either Walt Disney World or Disneyland. You can also earn extra entries by entering online or by answering a fun Disney quiz.
For more details, see www.visa.com/magicwand.
When you apply for a Discover Business card now, you could be entered into a sweepstakes to win $50,000. You’ll also earn a second entry if you refer three friends. This promotion ends March 31, 2007. For more details, see https://discovercardapplication.com/sweepstakes.
Visa is giving away a million dollars as ten $100,000 grand prizes in its holiday sweepstakes this year. When you use your Visa card between November 1 and December 31, 2006, you’ll be automatically entered for a chance to win.
For more information, visit: http://www.visa.com/100K.
Amex is running another double Membership Rewards points promo targeted towards its Business card holders from November 1, 2006 through January 31, 2007. However, instead of earning double points on all purchases, you’ll only earn double points on your monthly spending above the amount of your October 2006 spending:
For example, if you spend $1,000 in October, $1,200 in November, $1,500 in December and $800 in January, the positive difference in your spending would be $700 and you would earn 700 bonus points in addition to the 3,500 regular points you would have earned for your spending from November through January.
In addition, when you register for this promotion, you’re automatically entered into a sweepstakes with a Grand Prize of a $100,000 statement credit. There are also four first prizes of a $10,000 statement credit and 2,000 second prizes of a $25 Starbucks gift card.
You can register for this promo either online at www.open.com/sweeps or by calling 1-866-537-1397.