The Starwood Preferred Guest Card from American Express is one of my favorite credit cards. The extended warranty feature and great customer service are the main reasons for me to use this card to buy electronic products. The other reason why I like this card is it always offers some great promotions now and then.

I have many posts on how to get a free trip to Asia, Europe or other places by taking the advantage of Citi thankyou network and American Airline aadvantage program. Actually, the free airline ticket is one of the most popular incentives used by credit card companies to attract more applications. With the skyrocket high oil prices, the cost of airfares is going up steadily. This post is trying to list a bunch of credit cards that offer free points, miles or other bonuses that can be used to help you get a free plane ticket.

Many readers send me emails about “how to use credit cards and get maximum rewards”. Believe it or not, this is a very difficult qustion to answer. Different people have different credit cards (or the ability to have different cards), different people have different preference on credit cards rewards (some like cash rewards, some like airline miles, and some like hotel points), and different people have different spending habits. So this is not a “yes or no” question and there is no unambiguous answer to this question.

For those who missed the $50 gas card bonus from TCF Bank in this June, here comes the other chance to get $50 gas card from TCF Bank. This is by far the easiest money to get!

Chase just released another promotion on Chase Visa Check Card. My latest Chase check card promotion was posted here from which you can get $25 credit for every $250 charged on Chase Visa Check card with “no PIN” purchases. It seems this is a targeted offer and only those invited can enroll their Chase check cards. If you can’t register your Chase check cards, you can try this offer.

E*Trade is some kind of new to regular banking customers. Because the major business of E*Trade is online discount stock brokerage service. The investors of E*trade can buy and sell securities such as stocks, bonds, options, mutual funds, and exchange-traded funds via electronic trading platforms or by phone. But actually E*Trade is also a big online banking service provider. The company also offers banking and lending products such as checking and savings accounts, money market accounts, certificates of deposit (CD), and credit cards. The most popular banking service is the complete savings account which offers great interest rate and sign-up bonus.

Citi was offering two great promotions back to this March. 1. $200 bonus for opening a checking account. 2. 16,000 thankyou points and triple your thankyou points for 12 months for opening a new Citi checking account. Right now, both of the two offers have expired. However, I believe Citibank will release new promotion code in the near future.

From the video we can see that our money at US banks are actually very safe up to the amount the FDIC insured. The action of FDIC is really quick.

The new semester will begin soon. American Express is pushing us to pay our tuitions with their credit cards. American Express is promoting the Back-to-School rewards program through September 31, 2008. Pay your tuitions with any American Express card now through Spetember 30, 2008 and enjoy savings from 15 participating merchants in retail, travel, technology and more, available especially for students and parents during the back-to-school season.

Today I got a mail offer from Chase for my Chase Freedom Card. This seems to be a targeted offer to select Chase Freedom Card members. I have a post about earning 5X Sony Rewards Points from July to September and this offer seems to be related to the the previously mentioned offer.