Here are some credit cards with $100 (cash or gift card) as sign-up bonus. Miles cards are excluded since we can’t redeem them as gift cards or cash. As you might have seen from the previous earning reports from David and Linglin, these sign-up bonuses are really great offers.They have brought XXX free buffets for me. Some of them also have great benefits. Next time, you might have to refer this post before you apply for a new credit card.

Starwood Preferred Guest Card from American Express: 10,000 bonus points can be redeemed as free stays at Starwood hotels (2,000 minimum points for a night stay.); or you can redeem them as $100 store gift cards. Although they increase the annual fee from $30 to $45, I am still using this card a lot. (No annual fee for the first year.) Furthermore, you can transfer the Starpoints to AA mileages or UA mileages. When you want to transfer the Starpoints to mileages, you will get extra mileage bonus. It’s a great card! I hope this card will bring some free stays in the future. You might also be interested in business version.

Citi Professional Card with ThankYou Network: 10,000 ThankYou Points after $250 in purchases, redeemable for a$100 gift card. Like Chase Freedom, this card gives you 3% back at restaurants, gas stations, card rentals and certain office suppliers. This is really good. However, you might need good credit history to get this card. There is a trick to get $150! When you enter the application page, you can click the backward button to quit the application page. Then there is a small window pop up to let you get extra 5,000 ThankYou Points. In this way, you can get 15,000 ThankYou points! You must enter the application page through citicards.com. Otherwise, the window will not appear. This is the best sign-up offer we can get right now.

Citi Platinum American Express Card: You will get 15,000 ThankYou Points after $300 spending with this card. First year annual fee is waived! Most importantly, you can get 5 ThankYou Points at supermarkets, drug stores, and gas stations. You can keep this card for one year. During this time, this is a great card.

Citi PremierPass Card-Elite Level: You can get 20,000 ThankYou points which can be redeemed as $200 gift cards. However, you have to pay $75 annual fee. This card comes with no pre-set spending limit.

Citi PremierPass Card: This is not an Elite Level card. There is no annual fee associated with this card. You will get 10,000 ThankYou Points after $100 purchase. You can also get 0% APR on balance transfer up to 15 months. The great benefit you can get from this card is you can match the miles you flied to redeem they for ThankYou Points. This is great!

There are other American Express version PremierPass cards. You can find out at the citicards.com. Also CitiBusiness Card with ThankYou Point is also providing 10,000 ThankYou Points as sign-up bonus. (No annual fee!)

American Express Preferred Rewards Gold Card: You will get 10,000 Membership Rewards bonus points after first purchase. After the $250 Business Gold Rewards Card has gone, this is the only gold card offers great sign-up offer.

Chase Freedom: Although they offer $50 sign-up bonus at chase.com, there is a $100 sign-up offer if you follow this link. Chase Freedom is my favorite card right now.

Maybe I will miss some great cards. If you have any suggestions, please let me know. At the same time, before you apply for a credit card, please read this great post.