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Citi ThankYou Preferred Offers 5x Points for 6 Months. Worth It?

April 19, 2012
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The Citi ThankYou Preferred is offering a new deal: 5 ThankYou Points per $1 spent in the first 6 months. Enticing as that sounds, this isn’t the bonus for everyone. Here’s how to figure out if this is actually a good deal for you. There are a couple ThankYou Preferred offers floating around out there. [...]

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This Just In: Discover More Offers 5% Cash Back for Groceries in May

April 16, 2012
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The Discover More, one of the 5% cash back rewards cards, just expanded its rewards program for the month of May. You’ll receive 5% rewards on groceries, up to $300 in purchases. This is on top of their current quarterly reward categories: you also earn bonus rewards on restaurants and movies through June, up to [...]

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NEW: British Airways Credit Card Offers 100,000 American Airlines Miles in Signup Bonus

April 7, 2012
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That’s right, the British Airways Visa’s 100,000-mile signup promo is back! The best part is that even though the bonus pays out in Avios (British Airways’ point system), you can redeem them for AAdvantage miles, giving you $1,000 of travel on American Airlines. Since BA is part of the OneWorld Alliance, you can apply the 100k [...]

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Going, Going, Gone: Double Miles Challenge Ends One Month Early

April 6, 2012
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We told you to sign up for the Capital One Venture Double Miles Challenge, and you did! In fact, so many of you did that there are no miles left. Capital One ended their famous Double Miles Challenge after reaching their allocated 1 billion mile limit on April 4th. The Venture Double Miles Challenge gave [...]

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NerdWallet Launches Checking Account Comparison Tool

March 28, 2012
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In the past year alone, banks have taken many actions to make up for lost profits, including eliminating free checking, raising fees, and pushing consumers to buy more financial products from them. The shifting landscape of banking has yielded checking accounts that have become increasingly complicated and difficult to sift through and compare:     A big [...]

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Capital One Venture Double Miles Challenge 2012: Earn 100,000 Miles

March 9, 2012
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Don’t delay—take the Capital One Venture Double Miles Challenge 2012 and earn 100,000 bonus miles before time runs out! This is a VERY limited opportunity to earn a quick $1,000 in travel rewards. Capital One is only giving away 1 billion miles and enforcing a strict May 1st deadline. Last year, the miles ran out [...]

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SPG Boosts Benefits for 2012

February 7, 2012
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Here at NerdWallet, we’re big fans of the Starwood American Express. Because of its estimated 2.3% reward returns, we feel comfortable calling the Starwood our favorite hotel credit card. But in case you weren’t quite convinced, Starwood Preferred Guest just announced a few tasty sweeteners to incentivize travelers to climb the SPG rewards ladder. Here [...]

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NEW: PenFed Platinum Rewards Card Offers $250 Signup Bonus

January 9, 2012
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Mark your calendars! Starting in February, Pentagon Federal Credit Union is rolling out their new Platinum Rewards Card, which offers 5% back on gas purchases, 3% back on supermarket purchases, and 1% back for all other purchases. With perks like this and no annual fee, the new PenFed is on par with the best rewards [...]

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Expires Dec. 25: PerkStreet Debit Card Offers $25 Signup Bonus Plus 2% Rewards

December 16, 2011
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We give the PerkStreet Financial debit card rave reviews, and this is why: on top of getting 1-2% cash back on all your purchases, from now until Christmas Day, you’ll receive a $25 bonus when you sign up for a PerkStreet account. If you join PerkStreet before 11:59 Eastern on December 25th and make 3 [...]

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Chase Ink Bold Reveals New Rewards Program

December 16, 2011
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In addition to offering a killer 50,000-point signup bonus, the Chase Ink Bold kicked its rewards program up a notch. Instead of offering a flat rewards rate of 1%, complemented by a yearly bonus based on your level of spending, the Bold now offers bonus rewards categories. You earn a 5% rewards rate on the [...]

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