Danny the Deal Guru: "More American Express cardholders are now seeing referral bonuses for 25,000, 30,000 or 35,000 Membership Rewards points. Check your personal and business Amex cards to see if you have these increased bonuses in your accounts. This can be a great time to refer friends and family members to sign up for Amex cards. They get the signup bonus and you earn up to 30,000 points."
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Bilt Rewards announced that it's June Rent Day promo will focus on its Neighborhood Dining program.
The timing fits when you consider that Bilt recently added roughly 20,000 restaurants to the program. On June 1, 2024, members can earn 5cx or 10x bonus points at participating restaurants based on their Bilt status level.
This stacks with Bilt's recurring Rent Day promo of earning double points on all purchases. So, you could earn 6x at the restaurant (double the standard 3x) and up to 10x with Neighborhood Dining promo. That means Platinum and Gold members can earn 16x at participating restaurants on June 1.
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Danny the Deal Guru: "Now the latest indication of an annual fee increase is this qwww link that shows the Amex Gold Card with a $325 price tag. From what I see on that page, there are no other changes to the card besides the annual fee. But I would expect some kind of update to the benefits as well, so it can be marketed as an improvement."
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View From The Wing: "A year ago Bilt Rewards added a card-linked dining program that let you earn points at participating restaurants whenever paying with a card linked to your Bilt account (it didn’t have to be Bilt’s own co-brand credit card). They were only in larger cities, but the curated lists of restaurants was outstanding."
"Now they’ve done a couple of deals to hugely expand their presence to around 20,000 more restaurants in what they call their Neighborhood Dining program."
Turkish Miles&Smiles is running a 50% bonus on transfers from Citi ThankYou Points through June 15, 2024.
While Turkish massively devalued their award chart recently, this could be a great use of Citi points thanks to the massive transfer bonus. For example, you need 65,000 Turkish miles to book a one-way business class on Turkish Airlines from between the US and Turkey. With the transfer bonus, you'd only need 32,500 Citi ThankYou Points.
Please note that the terms state that the bonus miles will be added after the promo ends on June 15.
This transfer bonus is run by Turkish Airlines, so you want see the bonus miles reflected on Citi's site when transferring points.
Danny the Deal Guru: "Capital One has an option for credit card holders to easy move credit limits between cards online. The feature makes the process quite easy, but currently it doesn’t apply to all cards or cardholders."
"Capital One also makes it easy to close your credit card account. You just log in, click on the “I want to” button and find “Close Account” under the “Control Your Card” section, and then go through the steps."
Your Mileage May Vary: "One major reason people weren’t using Citi cards to pay for travel is that the bank removed all travel protections in 2019. That means if you booked airfare with your Citi Premier and your flight was delayed overnight, you’d get nothing from the card. I know that this kept me from using the card to pay for flights and hotels."
Notable Citi Strata Premier trip protections include:
There's a targeted Chase Offer for 10% back at Hilton brands up to $32 back. The offer expires June 19, 2024.
What I like about this offer is that it doesn't restrict you to specific brands which means you can use it at Conrad, LXR, and Waldorf Astoria properties. This means you can take advantage of Hilton Impresario benefits such as:
Danny the Deal Guru: "Resy has a new offer for the Amex Gold Card which is better than the current public offer. The official offer currently is 60,000 Membership Rewards points. However, you can probably get a 90,000 points offer through some referrals. But this Resy offer will get you 75,000 points plus up to $350 back for dining purchases, which is also a category that earns 4x with the Amex Gold Card."
Points Wire Note:
The 90,000-point welcome bonus offer will be best for many people. However, if you're able to pull up the offer 75,000 Membership Rewards points + up to $350 back at restaurants, that might be a better option.
Doctor of Credit flagged that there are two spend bonuses for Chase Freedom Unlimited cardholders. These offers appear to be targeted but might be worth a quick check. The two possible offers are:
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