When the $75 annual fee appeared on the bill for my Bank of America Alaska Airlines Business card I knew that I had a very important call to make.
Since the Alaska Airlines card isn’t one that I really use, I wanted to see if there was anything the bank could do or offer me to keep my card.
It was time to make a call and inquire about a retention offer. Continue reading BoA Alaska Airlines Biz Card Retention Offer- Really?
The new year brings another $200 in airline fee credits to redeem on my Amex Platinum card. (The credit helps to offset the pricey $450 annual fee that comes with the card.)
Last year I used my fee credit to purchase Southwest gift cards. Since Kim had the Southwest Companion Pass and we needed a third ticket for Lucas. The $200 in credits would definitely come in handy for future bookings.
For those of you unsure of the Amex Platinum Airline Fee Credit, the $200 is intended to be used towards “incidental fees, such as checked bags and in-flight refreshments”. Continue reading $200 Amex Platinum Airline Fee Credits Posted
We now have another credit card option to consider when traveling abroad.
Last night I received an e-mail from US Airways MasterCard that there would no longer be a foreign transaction fee charged when using your card anywhere in the world. Continue reading No Foreign Transaction Fee With US Airways MasterCard
Yesterday afternoon I gave Citibank a call to see if there were any worthwhile retention offers available for my American Airlines Platinum Select American Express credit card.
Since I currently have a bunch of American Airlines cards, I was leaning toward closing this one unless an offer (while highly unlikely) seemed like one that I couldn’t refuse.
Here is the retention offer I received: Continue reading Citi AA Amex Retention Offer, No Thanks
Last month I wrote about successfully sending a secure message to Barclaycard to get a 10,000 mile bonus bump.
A few days later I was happy to see that the bonus miles from my secure message had posted so I decided to share the good news!
The funny thing was that the additional 10,000 miles posted before the offer’s initial 40,000. Continue reading An E-Mail Bringing 40000 Miles Of Great News
With 2014 in the books it’s time to reflect and look back on how many miles and points I earned from credit card sign up bonuses.
I decided to be a bit more conservative this year and try to keep the applications down. I did manage to earn another big haul that will help us to continue to fund lots traveling for years to come. Continue reading Miles & Points Earned From Credit Card Bonuses In 2014
Back in 2013 I signed up for the Chase Sapphire Preferred card for the second time. I received a very solid 55,000 points (50K sign-up + 5K for adding an authorized user) as a signup bonus.
A couple of weeks back the steep $125 annual membership fee showed up on my monthly statement.
This left me needing to make an important call. Continue reading Chase Sapphire Preferred Retention Offer?
Late last week I wrote about my poor timing in applying for the Barclaycard US Airways Mastercard.
Just a few weeks back I had gotten approved for the card and made the charge needed to earn my bonus of 40,000 miles. However, last week a better offer of 50,000 miles became available.
I decided to write to Barclay’s and see if they could help me out. Continue reading 10,000 US Air Miles from Bonus Bump Posted!
With 2014 quickly coming to a close, I decided to apply for the Barclaycard US Airways Mastercard a few weeks back. I figured that it was an easy way to add 40,000 miles before the card disappeared and the program became a part of AAdvantage.
I used the card for a small charge one time and will be receiving the bonus soon after I pay my bill which includes the annual fee of $89.
The card went away and I didn’t think much more about it until yesterday. Continue reading Bonus Bump: 10,000 Extra Miles For US Airways Mastercard
After paying the annual fee on my Chase British Airways Visa card for 2 years (so that I could earn the full 100,000 Avios bonus offer) the time had come to most likely close the card.
The Chase BA card comes with an annual fee of $95 and for my purposes the card isn’t worth paying for anymore.
I decided to give British Airways Visa customer service a call. Continue reading Chase British Airways Card Retention Offer
