Costco Stops Accepting Discover Cards Online

Details Written by: RJ Costco has announced they will no longer accept Discover cards for online purchases. In store Costco only accepts Visa. We are contacting you to inform you of the recent changes to the payment options on Costco.com. Effective November 15, 2023 Costco.com will no longer be accepting Discover cards as payment. Learn…

Amex Restricts Delta Card Welcome Offers

Details Written by: RJ Continuing on with the Delta/American Express changes,the terms and conditions for the personal Delta cards have been updated: You may not be eligible to receive a welcome offer if you have or have had this Card the Delta SkyMiles® Platinum American Express Card, the Delta SkyMiles® Reserve American Express Card or…

Delta Sky Miles & Sky Club Changes

Details Written by: RJ Delta has released it’s Sky Miles and Sky Club updates Sky Miles program Sky Miles members will now earn status via Medallion Qualifying Dollars (MQDs) only. This is effective 1/1/24 MQM’s & MQS’s are going away Members will be able to convert MQM’s that have already been earned MQM’s to MQD’s…

AA & JetBlue Ending Lounge Partnership

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…

Venture X Travel Credit Changes

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…

Altitude Reserve Updates Priority Pass Perk

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…

New Xbox Mastercard Credit Card

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…