Details Written by: RJ American Airlines is ended its Northeast Alliance with JetBlue. This allowed flyers with Admirals Club memberships to access lounges when flying JetBlue. Access will still be allowed through 1/31/24. Thoughts I didn’t know this was a thing but a cool perk to extend the value. Like so many other lounges, it’s…
Details Written by: RJ Capital One has tweaked the Venture X $300 travel credit. Previously this was a $300 statement credit applied to spend that coded as travel. Now the credit that must be manually applied to purchases made via the Capital One Travel Portal. The credit can be used all at once or over…
Details Written by: RJ US Bank has tweaked the Altitude Reserve Priority Pass benefit. The card now offers 8 total passes that can be used however you’d like. Originally the card specified 4 passes for the cardmember and 4 guest passes. Updated terms First reported by r/creditcards Thoughts Minor tweak. This is technically better, though…
Details Written by: RJ Xbox/Microsoft has announced a new Xbox Mastercard. The card will be issued by Barclays. Application will first be available to Xbox Insiders, starting 9/21/23. Microsoft will continuing rolling out access throughout the fall. Xbox Mastercard Annual fee: $0 Multipliers 5x Microsoft store 3x Streaming services 2x Dining delivery services 1x All…
Details Written by: RJ Chase & Hyatt have sent a survey to cardmembers on what would appear to be a new mid/high tier Hyatt card. Survey Annual Fee: $250 to $450 Various Hyatt-related statement credits, between $50 and $250 Discounts on All Inclusive bookings Buy One, Get One OR Buy Three, Get One Explorist, either…
Details Written by: RJ Beond is a Maldives based all business class airline. Beond is framing themselves as the “worlds first premium leisure airline”. Beond will have direct flights from the Maldives to 60 locations in Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia. Flights can be booked now, full operation goes live this November. “We are proud…
Details Written by: RJ Priority Technology Holdings as purchased Plastiq. This is the continuation of the original story where Plastiq filed chapter 11 bankruptcy in May 2023. Priority Technology Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: PRTH) (“Priority”), a leading platform for unified commerce that delivers integrated payments and banking at scale, announced today that it has completed…
Details Written by: RJ PYMNTS is reporting Visa & Mastercard will being increasing processing fees in October and April. It appears that many of the increases will be aimed at online purchases. The consulting company CMSPI is predicting merchants could pay ~$502 million/year with this increase. A Mastercard spokesman replied with this: “We were clear…
Details Written by: RJ Discover has announced the Q4 2023 5x categories: Earn 5x cash back on up to $1,500 in combined purchases in: Target Amazon Categories must be activated on each Discover card. Q4 runs from 10/1/23 – 12/31/23. Discover is running a $100 intro offer on the Discover IT Cash via referral. Requirements…
Details Written by: RJ A few weeks ago we highlighted the new business credit card landing page for Wells Fargo. It teases a new card coming soon. Now, we have reports of three new business cards coming soon. Trademarks for the Signify line were filed last year. No details on the cards themselves. Signify Business…