Category: Credit

Through May 31, 2017, new cardmembers who sign up for either a Hilton Honors or Hilton Surpass credit card from American Express are eligible for sweetened sign-up bonuses.

• The Hilton Honors no annual fee card will now earn 80,000 Hilton Honors points after you spend $2,000 in the first 3 months. That’s up from the 75,000 points previously offered, but requires $1,000 more in spending, which makes it a mediocre value proposition for most people.
• On the other hand, the new offer for the Hilton Honors Surpass Card is much better. New cardmembers will now receive a free night certificate on their Card Membership anniversary in addition to earning 100,000 points after spending $3,000 in their first 3 months. Getting the free night certificate does require that you pay the $75 annual fee for the second year, but you should easily be able to redeem the free night certificate for a value far exceeding $75.

Key features of the no annual fee Hilton Honors Card include:

• Earn 7x Hilton Honors points for each dollar of spending with a participating hotel or resort within the Hilton portfolio
• Earn 5x Hilton Honors points for each dollar spent at US restaurants, supermarkets and gas stations
• Earn 3x Hilton Honors points for each dollar spent everywhere else
• Earn 500 bonus Hilton Honors points when you use your card to both book online and pay for your Hilton stay
• Earn complimentary Hilton Honors Silver status with your Card. Plus, spend $20,000 on eligible purchases on your Card in a calendar year and you can earn an upgrade to Hilton Honors Gold status through the end of the next calendar year.

Key features of the Hilton Honors Surpass Card include:

• Earn 12x Hilton Honors points for each dollar of spending with a participating hotel or resort within the Hilton portfolio
• Earn 6x Hilton Honors points for each dollar spent at US restaurants, supermarkets and gas stations
• Earn 3x Hilton Honors points for each dollar spent everywhere else
• Earn 500 bonus Hilton Honors points when you use your card to both book online and pay for your Hilton stay
• Earn complimentary Hilton Honors Gold status with your Card. Plus, spend $40,000 on eligible purchases on your Card in a calendar year and you can earn an upgrade to Hilton Honors Diamond status through the end of the next calendar year.

The Surpass card carries a $75 annual fee.

New Hilton Honors Features

Hilton has recently been making a number of changes to its program. Among them is a new feature that allows members to combine points and cash to redeem for a free night. In addition, beginning in April 2017, Hilton will be introducing a feature that allows family and friends to pool their points when traveling together.

For more information on the cards or to apply for these offers, see the following links:

Through May 31, 2017, new cardmembers who sign up for either a Hilton Honors or Hilton Surpass credit card from American Express are eligible for sweetened sign-up bonuses.

• The Hilton Honors no annual fee card will now earn 80,000 Hilton Honors points after you spend $2,000 in the first 3 months. That’s up from the 75,000 points previously offered, but requires $1,000 more in spending, which makes it a mediocre value proposition for most people.
• On the other hand, the new offer for the Hilton Honors Surpass Card is much better. New cardmembers will now receive a free night certificate on their Card Membership anniversary in addition to earning 100,000 points after spending $3,000 in their first 3 months. Getting the free night certificate does require that you pay the $75 annual fee for the second year, but you should easily be able to redeem the free night certificate for a value far exceeding $75.

Key features of the no annual fee Hilton Honors Card include:

• Earn 7x Hilton Honors points for each dollar of spending with a participating hotel or resort within the Hilton portfolio
• Earn 5x Hilton Honors points for each dollar spent at US restaurants, supermarkets and gas stations
• Earn 3x Hilton Honors points for each dollar spent everywhere else
• Earn 500 bonus Hilton Honors points when you use your card to both book online and pay for your Hilton stay
• Earn complimentary Hilton Honors Silver status with your Card. Plus, spend $20,000 on eligible purchases on your Card in a calendar year and you can earn an upgrade to Hilton Honors Gold status through the end of the next calendar year.

Key features of the Hilton Honors Surpass Card include:

• Earn 12x Hilton Honors points for each dollar of spending with a participating hotel or resort within the Hilton portfolio
• Earn 6x Hilton Honors points for each dollar spent at US restaurants, supermarkets and gas stations
• Earn 3x Hilton Honors points for each dollar spent everywhere else
• Earn 500 bonus Hilton Honors points when you use your card to both book online and pay for your Hilton stay
• Earn complimentary Hilton Honors Gold status with your Card. Plus, spend $40,000 on eligible purchases on your Card in a calendar year and you can earn an upgrade to Hilton Honors Diamond status through the end of the next calendar year.

The Surpass card carries a $75 annual fee.

New Hilton Honors Features

Hilton has recently been making a number of changes to its program. Among them is a new feature that allows members to combine points and cash to redeem for a free night. In addition, beginning in April 2017, Hilton will be introducing a feature that allows family and friends to pool their points when traveling together.

For more information on the cards or to apply for these offers, see the following links:

Starting today, through April 5, 2017, the Starwood Preferred Guest Credit Card from American Express is bringing back its highest ever sign up bonus of up to 35,000 Starpoints. That’s up from the 25,000 Starpoints usually offered for signing up.

Earning the bonus breaks down as follows: New cardmembers will earn 25,000 bonus Starpoints after spending $3,000 within the first 3 months and they will earn an additional 10,000 bonus Starpoints after spending another $2,000 within the first 6 months.

For those unfamiliar with the card, see the following links:

As a quick summary of the card’s benefits:

• Earn up to 5 Starpoints® for each dollar of eligible purchases at participating SPG® hotels – that’s 2 Starpoints for which you may be eligible as a Card Member in addition to the 2 or 3 Starpoints for which you may be eligible as an SPG member
• Redeem Starpoints® for free nights at any of Starwood’s ten distinct brands
• Complimentary in-room, premium Internet access while staying with SPG® Participating Hotels
• No foreign transaction fees
• Starpoints can be redeemed for award nights starting at 2,000 points a night at more than 1,300 hotels in more than 100 countries

Note that the card carries a $95 annual fee, which is waived for the first year. Also, if you currently have the card or have had it in the past, you are not eligible to receive a new bonus. For bonus purposes, the Personal and Business versions are treated differently. So if you’ve only had the Personal version in the past, you would still be eligible to earn the sign-up bonus for the Business card and vice versa.

For more information or to apply for the current deal, see following links:

Starting today, through April 5, 2017, the Starwood Preferred Guest Credit Card from American Express is bringing back its highest ever sign up bonus of up to 35,000 Starpoints. That’s up from the 25,000 Starpoints usually offered for signing up.

Earning the bonus breaks down as follows: New cardmembers will earn 25,000 bonus Starpoints after spending $3,000 within the first 3 months and they will earn an additional 10,000 bonus Starpoints after spending another $2,000 within the first 6 months.

For those unfamiliar with the card, see the following links:

As a quick summary of the card’s benefits:

• Earn up to 5 Starpoints® for each dollar of eligible purchases at participating SPG® hotels – that’s 2 Starpoints for which you may be eligible as a Card Member in addition to the 2 or 3 Starpoints for which you may be eligible as an SPG member
• Redeem Starpoints® for free nights at any of Starwood’s ten distinct brands
• Complimentary in-room, premium Internet access while staying with SPG® Participating Hotels
• No foreign transaction fees
• Starpoints can be redeemed for award nights starting at 2,000 points a night at more than 1,300 hotels in more than 100 countries

Note that the card carries a $95 annual fee, which is waived for the first year. Also, if you currently have the card or have had it in the past, you are not eligible to receive a new bonus. For bonus purposes, the Personal and Business versions are treated differently. So if you’ve only had the Personal version in the past, you would still be eligible to earn the sign-up bonus for the Business card and vice versa.

For more information or to apply for the current deal, see following links:

Through February 22 or while supplies last, you can get $25 off your purchase of $100 or more at BestBuy.com when you pay with Visa Checkout. Exclusions do apply, and this offer is limited to one per customer. Notably, gift cards and prepaid cards and services purchases do not qualify for this promotion. The $25 discount will be automatically applied to your qualifying BestBuy.com purchase of $100 or more when you select Visa Checkout as your only payment method.

For more details, see www.bestbuy.com/visacheckout..

Through February 22 or while supplies last, you can get $25 off your purchase of $100 or more at BestBuy.com when you pay with Visa Checkout. Exclusions do apply, and this offer is limited to one per customer. Notably, gift cards and prepaid cards and services purchases do not qualify for this promotion. The $25 discount will be automatically applied to your qualifying BestBuy.com purchase of $100 or more when you select Visa Checkout as your only payment method.

For more details, see www.bestbuy.com/visacheckout..

Amazon and Chase today introduced the new Amazon Prime Rewards Visa Signature Card, which offers 5% back on all Amazon.com purchases, 2% back at restaurants, gas stations and drugstores and 1% back on all other purchases. The card does not charge an annual fee.

Existing Amazon Rewards Visa Signature cardmembers will automatically be upgraded to the new version of the card and be able to immediately enjoy 5% back, provided they have an eligible Prime membership.

Cardmembers who do not have an eligible Prime membership will earn 3% back at Amazon.com, 2% at restaurants, gas stations and drugstores and 1% back on all other purchases. If they wish to earn 5% back at Amazon, cardmembers can join Amazon Prime at this link.

Reward redemption

The rewards system for the card is based on a point system. Each dollar spent at Amazon will earn 5 points (assuming the cardmember has an eligible Prime account), while restaurant, gas and drug store spending earns 2 points per dollar, and all other spending will earn 1 point per dollar.

Cardmembers can then redeem 100 points for $1 in direct rewards, either deposited directly into their bank account, as a statement credit against their card balance or spent towards future Amazon shopping. Minimum redemptions start at 2,000 points.

Card benefits

All cardmembers will also enjoy the following benefits:

• No cap on rewards earned
• Rewards never expire and are redeemable on hundreds of millions of products at Amazon.com
• No foreign transaction fees when traveling abroad or for cross-border shopping
• No annual credit card fee
• New, metal design

For more information about the Amazon Prime Rewards Visa Signature Card or to apply, visit amazon.com/PrimeRewardsVisaCard.

Amazon and Chase today introduced the new Amazon Prime Rewards Visa Signature Card, which offers 5% back on all Amazon.com purchases, 2% back at restaurants, gas stations and drugstores and 1% back on all other purchases. The card does not charge an annual fee.

Existing Amazon Rewards Visa Signature cardmembers will automatically be upgraded to the new version of the card and be able to immediately enjoy 5% back, provided they have an eligible Prime membership.

Cardmembers who do not have an eligible Prime membership will earn 3% back at Amazon.com, 2% at restaurants, gas stations and drugstores and 1% back on all other purchases. If they wish to earn 5% back at Amazon, cardmembers can join Amazon Prime at this link.

Reward redemption

The rewards system for the card is based on a point system. Each dollar spent at Amazon will earn 5 points (assuming the cardmember has an eligible Prime account), while restaurant, gas and drug store spending earns 2 points per dollar, and all other spending will earn 1 point per dollar.

Cardmembers can then redeem 100 points for $1 in direct rewards, either deposited directly into their bank account, as a statement credit against their card balance or spent towards future Amazon shopping. Minimum redemptions start at 2,000 points.

Card benefits

All cardmembers will also enjoy the following benefits:

• No cap on rewards earned
• Rewards never expire and are redeemable on hundreds of millions of products at Amazon.com
• No foreign transaction fees when traveling abroad or for cross-border shopping
• No annual credit card fee
• New, metal design

For more information about the Amazon Prime Rewards Visa Signature Card or to apply, visit amazon.com/PrimeRewardsVisaCard.

For a limited time, the Southwest Rapid Rewards Premier Business Card is offering 60,000 points when you spend $3,000 on purchases in your first 3 months of cardmembership. This is the most lucrative promo ever offered by the card.

Benefits of the card include:

• Earn 2 points per $1 spent on Southwest and Rapid Rewards Hotel and Car Rental partner purchases
• Earn 1 points per $1 spent on all other purchases
• No limit to the points you can earn and points do not expire as long as your card account is open
• 6,000 bonus points on your cardmember anniversary
• No foreign transaction fees

The card does carry a $99 annual fee, which is not waived.

The 60,000 bonus points does count towards the 110,000 necessary towards earning a Companion Pass. You can read more about the benefits of a Companion Pass and how you can stack Rapid Rewards card offers to earn it here.

Also note that Chase’s 5/24 rule does apply to this card, meaning you will not be approved if you have opened more than 5 new credit cards from an issuer in the past 24 months.

For more info or to apply, see the following link:

Southwest Rapid REwards Premier Business card 60,000 point offer application

For a limited time, the Southwest Rapid Rewards Premier Business Card is offering 60,000 points when you spend $3,000 on purchases in your first 3 months of cardmembership. This is the most lucrative promo ever offered by the card.

Benefits of the card include:

• Earn 2 points per $1 spent on Southwest and Rapid Rewards Hotel and Car Rental partner purchases
• Earn 1 points per $1 spent on all other purchases
• No limit to the points you can earn and points do not expire as long as your card account is open
• 6,000 bonus points on your cardmember anniversary
• No foreign transaction fees

The card does carry a $99 annual fee, which is not waived.

The 60,000 bonus points does count towards the 110,000 necessary towards earning a Companion Pass. You can read more about the benefits of a Companion Pass and how you can stack Rapid Rewards card offers to earn it here.

Also note that Chase’s 5/24 rule does apply to this card, meaning you will not be approved if you have opened more than 5 new credit cards from an issuer in the past 24 months.

For more info or to apply, see the following link:

Southwest Rapid REwards Premier Business card 60,000 point offer application

Looking to go to the movies on the cheap? Through December 31, while supplies last, when you buy two or more Fandango movie tickets using your BBVA Compass Visa Card and Visa Checkout, you will get one ticket for free. To take advantage of this promo, follow these steps:

1. Visit this page
2. Click the “Get Promo Code” button and verify the first 6 digits of your BBVA Compass Visa Card and enter your email address.
3. Go to Fandango.com or use the Fandango mobile app and order 2 or more tickets in a single transaction. Enter the unique promo code you received in your email and choose Visa Checkout as your payment method.
4. Sign in to Visa Checkout (or create a new account if you don’t have one) and select your BBVA Compass Visa Card to complete your purchase

The price of the second-highest cost ticket and one convenience fee will be deducted from your order (up to $25 total value). Your unique promo code expires 1/10/2017 and is good only on fandango.com or via the Fandango app when your movie tickets are purchased with Visa Checkout between 12/21/2016 and 12/31/2016.

Looking to go to the movies on the cheap? Through December 31, while supplies last, when you buy two or more Fandango movie tickets using your BBVA Compass Visa Card and Visa Checkout, you will get one ticket for free. To take advantage of this promo, follow these steps:

1. Visit this page
2. Click the “Get Promo Code” button and verify the first 6 digits of your BBVA Compass Visa Card and enter your email address.
3. Go to Fandango.com or use the Fandango mobile app and order 2 or more tickets in a single transaction. Enter the unique promo code you received in your email and choose Visa Checkout as your payment method.
4. Sign in to Visa Checkout (or create a new account if you don’t have one) and select your BBVA Compass Visa Card to complete your purchase

The price of the second-highest cost ticket and one convenience fee will be deducted from your order (up to $25 total value). Your unique promo code expires 1/10/2017 and is good only on fandango.com or via the Fandango app when your movie tickets are purchased with Visa Checkout between 12/21/2016 and 12/31/2016.