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…

Citi® Diamond Preferred® Card Updates

Details Written by: RJ Citi has made some minor updates to the Citi® Diamond Preferred® Card Enhanced Offers Platform Citi Easy Deals is now “My Deals” and is newly available on the Citi Mobile App and Citi Online. My Deals will continue to give Citi Diamond Preferred cardmembers easy access to national and local coupons…

Marriott Updating Suite Night Awards

Details Written by: RJ VTW is reporting Marriott is making changes to their suite night awards Hotels will get paid more by Marriott Starting next year hotels will receive reimbursement based on the hotel’s revenue per available room on a given night. More room options will be available. More brands will participate. Suite Night awards…

Chase Q3 5x Categories

Details Written by: RJ   The Chase Freedom FlexSM  Q3 2023 categories have been announced: Gas stations & EV charging Live entertainment Categories can be activated on 6/15/23 in app or here. You must activate on each Freedom card you have. Thoughts No word on what counts as live entertainment. We’ll have to wait and…