American Airlines Admirals Club Updates

Details Written by: RJ American Airlines is beginning a refresh of their Admirals Club airport lounges. Changes being rolling out 7/23/23 and will be at nearly all locations by early 2024… of course this won’t be for free… Price hikes Admirals Club membership will increase to $850 or 85,000 AAdvantage miles Current price: $650 or…

Citi Revamps AAdvantage Executive Card

Details Written by: RJ After much rumor Citi has announced the revamp of the American Airlines Advantage Executive card. Changes go live 7/23/23   AAdvantage Executive Annual fee increasing to $595 (from $450) Multipliers 4x American Airlines purchases. After spending $150k in a calendar year, cardmembers can earn a total of 5x AAdvantage miles on…

Amex Blocks Tax Payments Counting Towards Into Offers

Details Written by: RJ Fellow YouTuber Mark Reese is reporting American Express no longer counts tax payments towards welcome offer spend. This is backed up by his own experience with the Business Gold and chatting with an American Express rep. The rep referred to these transactions as ‘cash equivalents’ Mark Reese Thoughts Need more data…

Wells Fargo Teases New Business Card

Details Written by: RJ Wells Fargo has a ‘new business card coming soon’ page up on their small business credit card landing page. Previously Wells Fargo offered two business cards. A classic 1.5x card and another for their higher revenue earning business clients. Both of these cards have been removed from the business cards page.…

New Elan Credit Card – Reserve Rewards +

Details Written by: RJ Elan Credit Card; a US Bank company that issues and manages credit cards for smaller banks and credit unions is out with a new Visa infinite card. Reserve Rewards + Annual fee: $390 Multipliers 6x Travel via the travel portal 2x All purchases Benefits $100 Travel credit Priority Pass membership TSA…

Capital One Lifestyle Collection

Details Written by: RJ Available through Capital One Travel, the Lifestyle Collection will allow eligible cardholders to find and book stays at vibrant, boutique hotels around the world while also delivering enriching benefits and industry-leading rewards on every stay. Benefits The Lifestyle Collection is a curated group of premium hotels in desirable destinations that come…

American Express Clawbacks

Details Written by: RJ Multiple outlets have been reporting a new round of American Express claw backs. These seem to be related to points boots granted from referring new members. American Express seems to be targeting transactions that show obvious signs of gift card purchases. A transaction of $505.95 for example. $500 being the most…

American Express Sending Appreciation Gifts

Details Written by: RJ American Express again running the #AmExAppreciates promotion. This go around some Platinum card holders are receiving $100 Charles Tyrwhitt gift cards. They carry Men’s wear. Haven’t seen any correlation between the cardholders that receive gifts and those who do not.   First reported by DoC Thoughts Cool I guess. For a…

Robinhood Acquires X1 Card For $95M

Details Written by: RJ Robinhood has agreed to purchase X1 for $95 million in an all cash deal. The deal is expected to close sometime in Q3 2023. The X1 cofounders will head the new credit card division of Robinhood. X1 credit card review  First reported by Tech Crunch  Thoughts Interesting. It was assumed that…