The Chase Freedom credit card isn’t what it used to be, but it is offering a slightly sweetened signup bonus of $100 at the moment. The card offers a standard 1% cash back with 3% in rotating categories. In addition, you may be eligible for 0% APR on purchases for the first 12 billing cycles.
To earn the signup bonus, you must spend or balance transfer at least $500 during the first 3 months of opening your account.
Citi is now offering what appears to be the most lucrative signup bonus yet for its AAdvantage® credit cards: 30,000 bonus American Airlines AAdvantage® miles after spending $750 in purchases within 4 months. This offer is available for the Citi® Platinum Select® / AAdvantage® World MasterCard®, the Citi Select® / AAdvantage® American Express® Card and the CitiBusiness® / AAdvantage® MasterCard. Annual fees will be waived for the first year.
To apply, visit www.fly3.citicards.com. (Via FT)
Today Citi announced a new credit card created in partnership with MySpace, called the Citi Forward. It features a few incentives to consumers for managing their credit wisely, including lowering the purchase interest rate by 0.25% when cardmembers make a purchase, stay under their credit line and pay on time 3 months in a row. In addition, you’ll earn 100 ThankYou Points each billing period for paying on time and staying under the credit line.
Citi customers with a Citi mtvU Visa will also note the Citi Forward’s uncanny resemblance. Similar to the mtvU card, the Forward earns 5 ThankYou Points for every $1 spent on restaurants, books, music and movies. More importantly, the Citi Forward does not require that you be a student in order to apply.
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The Hilton HHonors American Express Platinum Card is now offering an all-time best of up to 62,500 HHonors bonus points with an approved application, up from the already excellent 50,000 HHonors points previously being offered.
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Discover is doubling its normal bonus rate on grocery store purchases from November 1, 2008 to December 31, 2008 for new accounts:
The same company responsible for the Garmin Nuvi deal is also offering an Amazon.com gift card bonus. You’ll receive a $125 Amazon.com gift card when you apply, get approved for and make a qualifying purchase, balance transfer or cash advance with your new Discover More or Discover Student card.
Upon fulfillment of these requirements, estimated delivery time of the gift card is 2-6 weeks. More info is at www.mygiftcardoffers.com. (Via FW)
Virgin America and Barclays are introducing a new “Absurdly Simple” Virgin America Visa Signature card that earns Elevate points, good for any unsold seat on any flight anytime, with no blackout dates or restrictions of any kind.
The card application is not available yet, but when you pre-register now, you’ll earn a bonus 1,000 points. In addition, you’ll earn a one-way flight voucher if you apply by November 30, 2008 and make your first purchase by January 31, 2009.
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This new Sony Card deal is very similar to this one, except that your qualifying purchase of $299 can be made at any authorized Sony dealer, rather than just at SonyStyle.com. In addition to the $150 bonus, there is a deferred interest promo: any purchases that post within 45 days of your account opening, on a single sales receipt at a Sony-authorized dealer with a value of $299 or more, are eligible for 0% for the first 12 months. If the promo balance is not paid at the end of that time, the normal purchase rate will apply from the purchase date.
A list of Sony authorized online dealers can be found here.
The TrueEarnings® Card from Costco and American Express is now offering a $25 statement credit after your first purchase.
As usual, the TrueEarnings card offers 3% cash back on gas, 3% on restaurants, 2% on travel and 1% everywhere else. There is no limit to the cash back that you can earn, which is credited once annually on your February billing statement. In addition, the card has an intro 0% on purchases for 3 months and an intro 1.99% APR on balance transfers for 6 months with no balance transfer fee.
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To mark the beginning of the school year, we have a couple of exclusive new student card offers from Citi. For a limited time through the following links, both the Citi® mtvUTM Platinum Select® Visa® Card for College Students and the Citi® Dividend Platinum Select® Visa® Card for College Students will offer double the normal points and cash back during their first 3 months. This means that college students approved for these offers will receive 10 reward points per dollar at qualifying merchants for the first three months for the mtvU card and 10% cash back on everyday purchases for the Dividend card during the intro period. This offer is valid only for college students who apply by September 30, 2008.
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