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Amex brought back the best signup offers for its Hilton cobranded credit cards (points + one free night)

5/27/2023

All Amex Hilton cobranded credit cards are offering points + one free night, the best ever we have seen.

Amex Hilton (no annual fee): 70,000 points + one free night (the best ever and the same as in 2022)
Amex Hilton Surpass ($95): 130,000 points + one free night (the best ever and the same as in 2022)
Amex Hilton Business ($95): 150,000 points + one free night (the best ever and better than anything before)
Amex Hilton Aspire ($450): 150,000 points + one free night (regular offer but still the best ever)

The free night certificate expires after 12 months of issuance. Hilton's most expensive hotels require 95,000~120,000 points or $400 to over $1,000 in cash per night. So these offers are pretty amazing. Here are some examples of exceptional redemption for free nights: Waldorf Astoria Maldives, Waldorf Astoria Los Cabos Pedregal, Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills, Waldorf Astoria Monarch Beach, Waldorf Astoria Amsterdam, Grand Wailea - A Waldorf Astoria Resort, Waldorf Astoria Chicago, Waldorf Astoria Park City (in peak seasons), Conrad Bora Bora Nui, Conrad Maldives Rangali Island, Conrad Koh Samui, Conrad Punta de Mita, Conrad New York Midtown, Conrad Tokyo, Zemi Beach House - LXR Hotels & Resorts, Oceana Santa Monica - LXR Hotels & Resorts, The Biltmore Mayfair - LXR Hotels & Resorts, Cliffrose Springdale - Curio Collection, Hilton Seychelles Labriz, and Hilton Seychelles Northolme.

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Chase Sapphire Preferred 90K points in branch or 80K points online

4/23/2023

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Chase has brought back the 80,000 Ultimate Rewards points offer for its popular Sapphire Preferred ($95 annual fee): spend $4,000 within the first 3 months of new account opening and receive 80,000 points ($1,200 in travel through Chase or 80,000 miles of United, Singapore, British, Flying Blue, Southwest, JetBlue, Hyatt, etc.)

If you are willing to go to a Chase branch to apply through a banker and spend an additional $2,000 within 6 months, you will get a slightly better deal of 90,000 points.

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Citi AA Platinum WEMC 75,000 miles & Citi Premier 75,000 points & Citi's new 48-month signup bonus rule

4/7/2023

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Citi has just brought back the best signup bonus for the cobranded American Airlines AAdvatange WEMC: receive 75,000 miles after spending $3,500 within 4 months of new account opening.

Citi also has a great 75,000 points offer for Citi Premier WEMC: receive 75,000 points after spending $4,000 within 3 months of new account opening. This is slightly lower than the historical high of 80,000 points offered last year.

Citi has also updated its rule on signup bonus for all its products to "the bonus won't be available if you have received a new account bonus on this card in the past 48 months". Previously Cit has a 24-month rule that disallows bonus when you opened or closed any of the cards in the same "family" in the past 24 months. For example, several AAdvantage personal cards are considered a family, and several cards earning ThankYou points are considered a family. The new rule is less restrictive in terms of card family but obviously more restrictive in terms of time intervals between bonuses.

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February 2023 Update

2/12/2023

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Not that many exciting new signup promotions recently, but we still keep making updates throughout the site. Here is a summary of some important updates.

BofA Alaska Airlines Visa received a revamp with a historical best offer of 70,000 miles + $99 companion pass.
Delta introduced a new perk for all its cobranded cards (Delta Gold Amex, Delta Platinum Amex, Delta Reserve Amex): 15% off miles for awards travel on Delta flights.
Amex elevated signup bonuses on all the Hilton cobranded cards: 100,000 points for Hilton Amex, 150,000 points for Hilton Surpass, and 165,000 points for Hilton Business Amex.
Capital One rebranded Spark Travel Elite as Venture X Business Card, which shares almost all the features as the personal Venture X Card.
Chase Aeroplan Visa saw another 100,000 miles offer, but with a high $20K spending requirement.

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Best bonus ever: Chase BUSINESS Ink Cash / Unlimited 90,000 points each

10/30/2022

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Chase has brought the best signup bonuses ever for its two no-annual-fee business cards Ink Cash and Ink Unlimited: 90,000 Ultimate Rewards (UR) points (advertised as $900 cash) with a lower spending requirement of $6,000 within 3 months. If you don't have a premium UR card, 90,000 points' best value will just be $900 in cash; however, if you have a premier UR card such as Ink Preferred and Sapphire Preferred, the points earned on Ink Cash/Unlimited can be transferred into the premier UR account and thus eligible for the frequent traveler miles/points transfer feature which in our book elevates UR points to 1.5 cents per point, and in this way, 90,000 points will be worth about $1,350. Thus, these are arguably also the best UR points bonuses among all current Chase UR cards: Ink Preferred ($95) offers 100,000 points with a tough $15,000 spending requirement; Ink Premier ($195) offers 100,000 points with a $10,000 spending requirement and their points cannot be transferred to any other Chase UR card, capping the maximum value to be $1,000; Sapphire Reserve offers 80,000 points but the annual fee is $550 (effectively $250 considering the annual $300 travel credit).

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A few 80,000 points/miles offers & Top 10 list updated

10/18/2022

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A few more recent good signup offers.
Chase Sapphire Reserve now offers 80,000 points at signup - the second best offer after the initial incredible 100,000 points when introduced in 2016.
Citi AA Executive WEMC offers 80,000 miles - the second best offer after 100,000 miles a few years ago.
Barclays AA Aviator Business MC offers 80,000 miles + $95 credit - the historical high.
Barclays Miles & More MC offers 80,000 miles - the historical high.
With some changes in signup bonuses (we look at the historical trend in the recent couple of years) and rewards program valuation, our Top 10 list received some slight updates. Below is the before and after comparison. As you can see, Sapphire Preferred and Aeroplan MC switch places, while Hilton Aspire Amex replaces Barclays JetBlue Plus as the No. 10 card on the list.

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Chase Marriott Bountiful and Amex Marriott Bevy reviews are up & Amex Marriott Brilliant revamped & Chase Ink Premier $1,000 offer available online

10/16/2022

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There were a few new developments for Marriott Bonvoy cobranded credit cards in September. Two new $250 cobranded cards were introduced: Chase Marriott Bonvoy Bountiful Visa Signature and Amex Marriott Bonvoy Bevy Card. They are almost identical in signup bonus (125,000 points), rewards, and perks, except for some Visa/Amex related benefits. However, we won't recommend either except for the signup bonuses because of the lack of good perks. Both offer an annual 85K-point free night when you spend $15,000 per calendar year, not very attractive considering annual fees and the spending requirement. See our reviews for details.
Amex also updated Marriott Bonvoy Brilliant Card by increasing the annual fee from $450 to $650 and introducing a few changes: (1) annual free night's cap is increased from 50,000 points to 85,000 points, (2) complimentary Marriott Gold Elite status is replaced by Platinum Elite status (which previously required $75,000 annual spending), (3) annual "earned choice award" for $60K spending is added, (4) annual night credits towards elite status are increased from 15 nights to 25 nights, and (5) annual $300 Marriott statement credits are replaced by $300 dining statement credits (up to $25 monthly credits). In our opinions, the perks are not very impressive considering the high annual fee, especially if you don't stay at Marriott that often.
Introduced earlier this year with in-branch only application, Chase Ink Premier BUSINESS Card is finally available online. Note that the Ultimate Rewards points earned from this card cannot be transferred to frequent traveler miles/points or to your other Ultimate Rewards accounts. So you should treat it as a cashback card which offers $1,000 at signup with a $195 annual fee.

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Citi Premier 80K points & Citi AA Platinum Select 75K miles (the best bonuses ever)

6/18/2022

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Citi has brought back the best signup offers ever for two of its popular personal cards:

Citi Premier 80,000 ThankYou points :: $95 annual fee ($1,105 in our book), and
Citi AAdvantage Platinum Select 75,000 AA miles :: 1st year free ($1,125 in our book.

Chase has increased signup bonus for Sapphire Reserve from 50,000 to 60,000 points, while cutting it down for Sapphire Preferred from 80,000 to 60,000 points.

There are also various other changes in our Promotion page.

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Chase Marriott Bonvoy Boundless Visa best signup bonus ever coming back: 5 Free Nights (50K points each)

6/5/2022

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It is a good thing that Chase has brought back the best offer for its Marriott Bonvoy Boundless Visa after two years. You will receive five free nights at Marriott portfolio hotels, each with a redemption level up to 50,000 points, after you spend $5,000 within 3 months of new account opening. The free night e-certificate expires 12 months after issuance; you might also top off the free night certificate with your own Marriott points, up to 15,000 additional points for a higher redemption level. We value each of the free night certifications close to 50K Marriott points (for hotel redemptions only): $300 for each certificate, valued at 0.6 cents per point, because the flexibility of topping off free nights. The signup bonus minus annual fee is worth $1,450 in our book!

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Chase Aeroplan WEMC Review is up and it is now #3 Best Credit Card by Dr. Credit Card

3/24/2022

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Chase Aeroplan World Elite MasterCard is now rated #3 Best Credit Card by Dr. Credit Card. As you may use Aeroplan points on Air Canada or its partner airlines (Star Alliance) including United Airlines, it could be a good card for U.S. consumers for travel awards within U.S. and worldwide.

Annual Fee: $95
Signup Bonus: two Welcome Flight Rewards Certificates (up to 50,000 points each - if your award requires less than 50,000 points you won't receive the difference back; won't expire as long as your account is open; as you might use additional Aeroplan points to pay for the difference when your award requires over 50,000 points, this signup bonus is pretty close to 100,000 Aeroplan points) after spending $4,000 within the first 3 months of new account opening. In addition, you receive Aeroplan 25K status (Aeroplan's entry level elite status) for the remaining of the calendar year when you open the new account plus the next calendar year.
Rewards: 3x Air Canada & groceries & dining, and 1x everywhere else. You also earn 500 bonus points for each $2,000 spent in a calendar month, up to three times per month.
Perks: it is packed with Aeroplan specific benefits, as well as World Elite MasterCard benefits.
Protection: decent level of travel and consumer protection.
Our analysis: when it comes to spending, even though Chase Aeroplan offers good rewards, especially in bonus categories, we recommend looking into some other excellent options such as Capital One Venture X, Chase Sapphire Reserve, Amex EveryDay Preferred, and Amex Gold. However, it you can take advantage of Aeroplan specific benefits, you will find this card still amazing as a whole package. As a result of it strength in signup bonus (#7), rewards (#8), and decent performance in perks and protection, it is now rated #3 Best Credit Card.
The before and after Top 10 list:

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Chase Sapphire Preferred 90K points in branch or 80K points online

Citi AA Platinum WEMC 75,000 miles & Citi Premier 75,000 points & Citi's new 48-month signup bonus rule

February 2023 Update

Best bonus ever: Chase BUSINESS Ink Cash / Unlimited 90,000 points each

A few 80,000 points/miles offers & Top 10 list updated

Chase Marriott Bountiful and Amex Marriott Bevy reviews are up & Amex Marriott Brilliant revamped & Chase Ink Premier $1,000 offer available online

Citi Premier 80K points & Citi AA Platinum Select 75K miles (the best bonuses ever)

Chase Marriott Bonvoy Boundless Visa best signup bonus ever coming back: 5 Free Nights (50K points each)

Chase Aeroplan WEMC Review is up and it is now #3 Best Credit Card by Dr. Credit Card

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