Chase is now offering an excellent 70,000 bonus points upon your first use of a new Marriott Rewards Premier Credit Card. That’s one of the most lucrative deals ever for this card. In addition, you’ll receive a free night stay at a category 1-4 location upon account approval and the annual fee of $85 will be waived for the first year.
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For a limited time, Chase and Southwest have brought back this popular offer. With your very first purchase on your Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards Plus Credit Card, you’ll earn 50,000 bonus points–enough to redeem for 2 free roundtrip flights (up to $833 towards Wanna Get Away fares).
The card has a $69 annual fee which is not waived for the first year. That fee, however, is substantially offset by the 3,000 points you’ll receive on your card membership anniversary every year, good for $50 towards a Wanna Get Away fare.
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Citi is currently offering 50,000 bonus ThankYou points on its ThankYou Premier Card. While it has offered this in the past, this particular deal is better than ever because the annual fee of $125 will be waived for the first year.
Under this offer, you’ll receive 50,000 bonus ThankYou points after making $2,500 in purchases within the first 3 months. 50,000 bonus points is enough to redeem for $500 in gift cards, or even more when you redeem for travel. One of the features of the Citi ThankYou Premier Card is that you’ll be eligible for a 25% discount on flights when you redeem your points through Citi’s ThankYou Travel Center, meaning that your 50,000 points can be used for $665 towards travel.
While their point systems are quite different, this new offer from Citi is now quite competitive with Chase’s Sapphire Preferred 50,000 point deal. Both are targeted towards the same upscale, traveling demographic.
For more details or to apply for the Citi ThankYou Premier card, see this link:
Citi ThankYouSM Premier Card – $500 in Gift Cards
Update 2/3: The 50,000 bonus point offer has now expired. To see the current Citi ThankYou Premier offer, see this link.
Citi has a new offer out for its ThankYou Preferred Rewards Card, allowing you to earn up to 50,000 ThankYou points, redeemable for $500 in gift cards.
This is the most lucrative sign up bonus offered yet for the Preferred Card, though it also has the largest spending requirement. You’ll earn 25,000 bonus points when you spend at least $5,000 within the first 6 months of opening your account; you’ll earn an additional 25,000 points when you spend another $5,000 in the following 6 months.
As is standard for the card, you’ll receive 1 point for every $1 on all purchases and also earn an anniversary bonus for every year you remain a member. There is no annual fee.
Update 12/22: This offer has now expired. Please see this link for the current Citi ThankYou Preferred Card deal.
Citi ThankYou Preferred Rewards Card application – Up to $500 in gift cards
Chase just introduced one of its richest offers for the Ink Bold with Ultimate Rewards business charge card — you’ll now earn 50,000 bonus points after spending $5,000 within the first 3 months of opening your account. You can redeem your 50,000 bonus points for a $500 statement credit, or alternatively, $625 towards airfare or hotel accommodations when you redeem through Chase’s online Ultimate Rewards portal.
Purchases earn 1 point per dollar spent with no limit to the points you can earn. In addition, you’ll earn point bonuses when you reach certain spend levels:
There is an annual fee of $95 which is waived for the first year. For more info or to apply, see the following link:
The Hawaiian Airlines® Visa Signature® card currently offers 20,000 bonus Hawaiian Miles after first purchase and an additional 15,000 bonus HawaiianMiles after making $1,000 in net purchases within four months of account opening for a total of up to 35,000 bonus miles.
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Chase officially announced a new enhancement today for its premier rewards card, the Chase Sapphire Preferred card. Chase Sapphire Preferred cardmembers will now enjoy two points per dollar spent on travel (including air, hotel, car rental, trains, travel agencies, taxis, etc.) and on dining purchases (from fast food and coffee shops to fine dining). Previously, travel and dining purchases earned double points only on purchases made through the Ultimate Rewards portal, but that restriction has now been removed. Purchases of eligible airfare and hotel accommodations made through Chase’s Ultimate Rewards will still earn an additional point per dollar spent (now for a total of 3 points per dollar).
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The Ritz-Carlton Rewards credit card is currently offering 50,000 Ritz-Carlton Rewards points after you use your card for the first time, redeemable for a free one-night stay at over 60 Tier 1-3 Ritz-Carlton locations. Or, you can take advantage of the interchangeability of Ritz-Carlton and Marriott points and redeem the 50,000 points for 3 nights at a Tier 3 Marriott hotel.
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For a limited time, the Starwood American Express is offering up to 30,000 bonus Starpoints as a signup bonus — enough for 3 free nights at a Category 4 hotel (or 10-15 nights at a Category 1 hotel). You’ll earn 10,000 bonus Starpoints after your first purchase and another 20,000 bonus Starpoints after spending at least $4,500 in your first 3 months of cardmembership. In addition, the annual fee of $65 will be waived for the first year.
Even without its generous signup bonus, however, the SPG Amex is one of my favorite travel credit cards.
Note: As of August 22, 2011, this 30k bonus Starpoints offer has expired.
Note #1: If you click through to the application and don’t see the 30k Starpoints offer, you may need to clear your cookies, then try again.
Note #2: If you’re applying for a new Starwood Amex, don’t include any additional cardmembers as part of your application. Instead, apply and get the card first, then use this link to add additional users. It will allow you to earn 1,000 additional Starpoints when you add an Additional Cardmember to your account and they spend $150 in the first 3 months (up to 2 additional cardmembers).
Note #3: For a limited time, Amex is also running a referral program for this same 30k offer. If you know someone who already has an SPG card, you can ask them if they received a referral offer. If they did, they can send you a link for this 30k offer and if you sign up under their link, they will receive 5k Starpoints as well.
For a limited time, Chase and Southwest have brought this excellent offer back: Under this promo, you’ll receive 50,000 bonus points with your first purchase — enough for 2 free flights (up to $833 towards Wanna Get Away fares).
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