Update: Hearing that the 75,000-mile offer may end in a week.
If you're looking to give your American miles balance a boost, the sign-up bonus for the CitiBusiness AAdvantage Platinum Select World Elite was just increased. Here's what you need to know.
Sign-up Bonus
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Other Benefits
Annual Fee
Qatar Airways has partnered with Cardless to launch two credit cards in the US market. We now have details about both cards.
Qatar Airways Privilege Club Visa Infinite Credit Card
New cardholders also receive Qatar Privilege Club Gold status as well as 150 Qpoints toward earning status again. You need 270 Qpoints to maintain your Gold status). Cardholders will also earn 2 Qpoints for every $1,500 they spend on the card.
Qatar Gold status provides oneworld Sapphire status. This status provides access to oneworld business class lounges including Admirals Clubs, Flagship Lounges, and Alaska Lounges when flying American and/or Alaska domestically.
Qatar Airways Privilege Club Visa Signature Credit Card
New cardholders receive Qatar Privilege Club Silver status Cardholders will also earn 2 Qpoints for every $2,000 they spend on the card.
Bonus Points If You Joined Waitlist
If you joined the waitlist, you'll receive additional points as part of the welcome bonus.
Redditor b1900 reports that American Express sent them an email regarding the Amex Business Checking sign-up bonus they earned in 2023.
The email states:
“Due to a technical issue, we were delayed in issuing a 1099-INT tax statement for 2023 related to the welcome bonus for your account. We realize you may have already filed your taxes for 2023, and we sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this issue may have caused.
To make things right, we’ve issued your 1099-INT tax statement. We mailed it to the address on file on April 9, 2024.”
Keep an eye out if you earned an Amex Business Checking bonus last year!
Chase is out with another round of targeted spending bonuses. As is often the case, these are available on a variety of Chase's co-branded airline and hotel cards. Occasionally, you'll find an offer for the Chase Freedom Unlimited. There's generally a cap on how much you can spend for these bonus offers.
If you're eligible, you'll be able to earn bonus points through September 30, 2024.
You can use this link to see if you've been targeted for a bonus offer.
Doctor of Credit flagged that Chase Ink Unlimited bonus in-branch is 120,000 Ultimate Rewards points once again. To earn the bonus, you need to spend $6,000 in 3 months.
Keep in mind that the Ink Unlimited is a cash back card unless you have either Chase Sapphire card and/or an Ink Preferred. Without one of those cards, you can't combine the points and your Ink Unlimited bonus is simply worth $1,200.
The IHG Rewards Premier Business Credit Card has an increased welcome offer of up to 200,000 points.
Welcome Bonus
Thew new welcome bonus offer comes in two parts:
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Benefits
Annual Fee
$99
Points Wire Note:
IHG points are some of the least valuable points. As you can buy them during some promos for 0.5 cents per point, that's about how much you can generally expect to get from them. There are some great exceptions to this and booking a 4th night free award really help you squeeze out more value. Personally, I wouldn't shift much spend to this card as there are other cards that earn more valuable points.
Doctor of Credit reports that some American Express cardholders are seeing a targeted welcome offer of 150,000 Membership Rewards for the Amex Business Gold in the app.
The offer doesn't appear to have the standard one bonus per lifetime language which means you could potentially get the bonus even if you've had the card previously.
Capital One is running a 30% transfer bonus to Virgin Atlantic Flying Club until 11:49pm ET on April 30, 2024.
Award flights on Virgin Atlantic have steep carrier-imposed surcharges which means brutal high taxes/fees. However, Virgin points can be quite useful for booking partners such as Air France, KLM, and ITA Airways to Europe standout.
Delta is another great option to Europe (not to/from the UK) and All Nippon Airways (ANA) is always great if you want to visit Japan - though, award space can be tough. You can even use Virgin points to fly Air New Zealand.
The Barclays AAdvantage Aviator Red World Elite Mastercard is always popular because of how easy it is to earn the sign-up bonus.
Barclays had pulled the application link, but it's back now.
Here's a quick rundown on what you need to know.
Welcome Bonus
To get the best offer, you'll need to sign up via cardholder's referral link.
If you don't use a referral, the standard offer is 50,000 miles.
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Benefits
Annual Fee
Points Wire Note:
Beyond this welcome bonus, this is not a top priority card the vast majority of points and miles enthusiasts.
The benefits guide for the Chase Sapphire Reserve were updated to exclude Priority Pass restaurants from the Priority Pass Select membership the card provides.
“As of July 1, 2024, you will no longer have access to restaurants, cafes, and markets participating in the Priority Pass Select network as part of the Priority Pass Select Benefit associated with your card. Access to Priority Pass Select’s network of lounges and other select airport experiences is not impacted by this update.”
This change also applies to the Chase Ritz-Carlton Credit Card (only available via product change) and the JP Morgan Reserve Card (only available to select customers).
Chase joins American Express and Capital One in removing Priority Pass restaurant access from cards. Although, you can still get access with the Capital One Venture X Business.
Those of us with the Citi Prestige continue to have restaurant access - and the ability to earn 5x at restaurants. This card is no longer available for application. Be jealous. :)
Additional cards that have access to Priority Pass restaurants: Bank of America Premium Rewards Elite Card, UBS Visa Infinite,U.S. Bank Altitude Reserve Visa Infinite.
I imagine quite a few Sapphire Reserve cardholders will be asking themselves whether the card is still worth keeping after this update.
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