- Amex Platinum Card: 100,000 points + 10x on groceries & gas for 6 months :: $300 effective annual fee (our value $1,605).
- Amex Platinum Card (via Resy.com): 75,000 points + $300 for dining + 10x groceries & gas for 6 months :: $300 effective annual fee (our value $1,530).
- Amex Gold Card (via Resy.com): 60,000 points + $250 for dining :: effective annual fee $150 (our value $1,000).
- Chase Ink Cash: 75,000 points :: no annual fee (our value $750, or $1,125 if you have Sapphire Reserve, Sapphire Preferred, or Ink Preferred).
- Chase Ink Unlimited: 75,000 points :: no annual fee (our value $750, or $1,125 if you have Sapphire Reserve, Sapphire Preferred, or Ink Preferred).
- Chase United Explorer: 70,000 miles :: first year free (our value $910).
Wow, Amex and Chase have brought us a few truly exciting offers this week, each representing the historical high. We estimate the value of each offer based on our valuation of points, mostly from the miles transfer feature for long-haul international premium cabin redemptions, as well as typical spending pattern. Do your own math to see your value. See the fine prints for the eligibility.
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Chase introduces more temporary bonuses to its credit card portfolio for November and December 202010/31/2020 Chase has introduced temporary benefits on more of its credit cards. In a recent post, we covered Chase Sapphire series, Ink series, and Freedom series. Now select cardmembers will receive the following category bonuses between 11/1/2020 and 12/31/2020; you need to activate the offer through a link in the promotional email or at chase.com/mybonus directly.
In addition, not from Chase or Amex, the following hotel program policies are recently announced:
Finally, to track all the COVID-19 related temporary credit card benefits, please visit our featured review which has been under continuous update with the most recent updates highlighted in cardinal. In response to Chase Marriott Bonvoy Boundless Visa's crazily lucrative five free 50K-nights offer, Amex has also brought us very impressive offers for both the Marriott Bonvoy Brilliant Card and the Marriott Bonvoy Business Card:
Chase Marriott Bonvoy Boundless best bonus ever: five free nights, each capped at 50,000-point level10/1/2020 Chase has brought us an amazing signup offer for Marriott Bonvoy Boundless Visa Signature:
Capital One Venture up to 100,000 Miles ($1,000 in travel rewards or 75,000 frequent flyer miles)9/22/2020
Chase just brought us an improved signup bonus for Sapphire Preferred:
Citi Premier has been revamped to offer 3x ThankYou points on groceries & gas & dining & airlines & hotels & travel agencies, almost single-handedly covering all important bonus categories. Previously, Citi Premier offered 3x on gas & travel, and 2x on dining & entertainment. Our current valuation for ThankYou points is 1.5 cents a piece based on the miles/points transfer feature (partners including Avianca, Singapore, Cathay Pacific, Flying Blue, JetBlue, Etihad, etc.), and thus Citi Premier returns 4.5% travel rewards for all its 3x categories. With this substantial improvement, Citi Premier is now #1 Best Credit Card for Rewards, unseating the long reigning Amex EveryDay Preferred, and also rated #3 Best Credit Card by Dr. Credit Card. Note that 3x bonus on groceries & gas has been offered to cardmembers since June, ahead of the schedule revamp as part of temporary COVID-19 relief by credit cards. Here are the before and after snapshots for our Top 10 list. However, Citi Premier only returns 1x for non-bonus spending, and we recommend looking somewhere else for general spending. For example, Citi Double Cash which usually returns 2% cashback can be a great card to pair with Citi Premier, as you may transfer Double Cash's cash rewards to ThankYou points and activate miles/points transfer feature to unlock the full potential of the card - an unmatched 3% travel rewards based on our valuation.
On the other hand, leveraging the flexible miles/points transfer feature can be both very rewarding and challenging at the same time. If you don't know how to use the transfer feature effectively / just don't want to bother with the hassles and rather prefer fixed-value travel rewards, you probably want to check out the competitors such as Chase Sapphire Reserve, US Bank Altitude Reserve, and Wells Fargo Propel Amex, each of which offers a 1.5-cent fixed-value travel redemption option. We also updated the Best Credit Card for Rewards review to reflect this change. Now we recommend Citi Double Cash + Citi Premier as one of the four best two-card combos for rewards. We will regularly update this review and also post in the blog section.
Updated August 5, 2020: Amex Marriott cobranded cardmembers will earn 10x points on Marriott & gas & dining through 10/31/2020 via Amex Offers. See details highlighted in cardinal below. COVID-19 has obviously changed consumer behavior in a way that most of us probably would had never anticipated before, and it only makes sense that credit card issuers have been making adjustments accordingly. This review summarizes all the temporary benefits provided by credit card issuers during this pandemic. American Express
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© 2011-2020 DrCreditCard.net All rights reserved. The summary of all the temporary credit card benefits during this pandemic (updated 7/30/2020)7/30/2020 The featured review can be found here.
Updated July 30, 2020. Please note that the new updates are highlighted in cardinal: select Chase cardmembers receive 5x or 7x miles/points on groceries and gas, up to $1,500 in purchase per month, between 8/1/2020 and 9/30/2020. This offer requires activation. COVID-19 has obviously changed consumer behavior in a way that most of us probably would had never anticipated before, and it only makes sense that credit card issuers have been making adjustments accordingly. This review summarizes all the temporary benefits provided by credit card issuers during this pandemic. American Express
Bank of America
Capital One
Chase
Citi
HSBC
U.S. Bank
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