Credit Cards Archives - BoardingArea https://boardingarea.com/topic/credit-cards/ Required Reading for Frequent Flyers. Tue, 12 Mar 2024 09:33:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://boardingarea.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/boardingarea-150x150.png Credit Cards Archives - BoardingArea https://boardingarea.com/topic/credit-cards/ 32 32 54447924 Man Buys $65 Million Skyscraper With A Credit Card, Earns $1.3 Million https://boardingarea.com/?blog-post=man-buys-65-million-skyscraper-with-a-credit-card-earns-1-3-million Mon, 11 Mar 2024 17:04:27 +0000 https://boardingarea.com/?post_type=blog-post&p=99715 At 2 transferrable points per dollar, $65 million would translate to 130,000,000 points.

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]]> 99715 Earn 5% Cash Back on Gas, Home Improvement, and Public Transit With Discover Cards https://boardingarea.com/?blog-post=earn-5-cash-back-on-gas-home-improvement-and-public-transit-with-discover-cards Mon, 11 Mar 2024 14:13:46 +0000 https://boardingarea.com/?post_type=blog-post&p=99677 With several versions of the Discover card, you have the opportunity to earn 5% back in specific categories every 3 months, up to $75. This means you can earn up…

]]> 99677 Instant Approval For 5 New Rewards Cards, I’ll Earn 460,000 Points In Bonuses https://boardingarea.com/?blog-post=instant-approval-for-5-new-rewards-cards-ill-earn-460000-points-in-bonuses Mon, 11 Mar 2024 14:04:49 +0000 https://boardingarea.com/?post_type=blog-post&p=99673 I applied – and was instantly approved – for five new rewards credit cards this weekend. I’ll share with you the offers I decided to take advantage of, and my thinking with each.

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]]> 99673 SiriusXM to be removed from eligible services for Amex Digital Entertainment Credit https://boardingarea.com/?blog-post=siriusxm-to-be-removed-from-eligible-services-for-amex-digital-entertainment-credit Mon, 11 Mar 2024 13:45:41 +0000 https://boardingarea.com/?post_type=blog-post&p=99669 The Amex Platinum card has a Digital Entertainment Credit that offers up to $240 per year in statement credits for qualifying digital entertainment services doled out as $20 per month. Enrollment in the benefit is required in order to receive the statement credits. An eagle-eyed reader noticed a change in terms for those credits: As […]

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]]> 99669 Axis Bank blocks Atlas Credit Cards and issues notices towards suspected manufactured spends https://boardingarea.com/?blog-post=axis-bank-blocks-atlas-credit-cards-and-issues-notices-towards-suspected-manufactured-spends Mon, 11 Mar 2024 12:57:28 +0000 https://boardingarea.com/?post_type=blog-post&p=99653 Axis Bank has sent out notices to various customers of the Atlas Credit Card, asking them for details of transactions made on the card due to suspect manufactured spending.

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]]> 99653 How to unlock maximum value from free night certificates https://boardingarea.com/?blog-post=how-to-unlock-maximum-value-from-free-night-certificates Mon, 11 Mar 2024 08:00:31 +0000 https://boardingarea.com/?post_type=blog-post&p=99584   Frequent readers of this blog may have noticed that I usually take a ‘less is more’ approach towards travel. Instead of taking many trips, I prefer taking fewer yet longer trips. When I do take them though, I look to max out in terms of extracting value from the miles and points I use. […] ]]> 99584 Don’t forget your March American Express statement credits https://boardingarea.com/?blog-post=dont-forget-your-march-american-express-statement-credits Mon, 11 Mar 2024 08:00:26 +0000 https://boardingarea.com/?post_type=blog-post&p=99586 Several Amex cards have statement credits that need to be used each month, but also every 6 months. Here’s a list to help you

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]]> 99586 If You Love Live Shows, Sporting Events, Movies, or Entertainment in General, You Need This Rewards Card (I LOVE It) https://boardingarea.com/?blog-post=if-you-love-live-shows-sporting-events-movies-or-entertainment-in-general-you-need-this-rewards-card-i-love-it Mon, 11 Mar 2024 07:07:28 +0000 https://boardingarea.com/?post_type=blog-post&p=99578 There is an absolutely fantastic rewards credit card (good for cash back that can be applied toward travel) that is perfect for entertainment lovers. Don’t worry. There’s no annual fee. My wife and I use it and have earned a few hundred dollars back in the past year and a half. So, if you love […]

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]]> 99578 Here are all the banks offering a transfer bonus to partner programs (Updated 03/04/24) https://boardingarea.com/?blog-post=here-are-all-the-banks-offering-a-transfer-bonus-to-partner-programs-updated-03-04-24 Sun, 10 Mar 2024 15:50:28 +0000 https://boardingarea.com/?post_type=blog-post&p=99557 Here are all the banks offering a transfer bonus to partner programs (Updated August 1st, 2022)

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]]> 99557 The Most Underrated, Underdiscussed Rewards Card For Earning Transferable Points https://boardingarea.com/?blog-post=the-most-underrated-underdiscussed-rewards-card-for-earning-transferable-points Sun, 10 Mar 2024 14:04:58 +0000 https://boardingarea.com/?post_type=blog-post&p=99517 Most of the attention over American Express cards focuses on Platinum, because of benefits like lounge access and all of the statement credits to work through to cover the card’s cost. But I only endorse putting airfare spending on that card. Otherwise you earn just a single point per dollar spent, and you almost never want to earn only one point per dollar.

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