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Delta SkyMiles is running promotions to let the SkyMiles members earn more skymiles through March 15, 2008.

How the possible 42,500 skymiles come?

First, apply for a Gold Delta SkyMiles Credit Card from American Express or the Business Version of this card to get 15,000 bonus skymiles. Earn another 2,500 bonus skymiles by adding an authorized user in your account. SO in this way, you can get 17,500 skymiles.

Then, according to the recent partner bonus promotion, you can get possible 25,000 skymiles by using partners. The rule is very simple, you can get 1,000 bonus miles for doing business with each unique skymiles partner. You can get up to 25,000 bonus miles in this way.

How to do business with unique partners?

A unique partner activity is defined as one partner activity or Delta Buy Miles purchase between January 15, 2008 and March 15, 2008.

1. transfer XXXX AMEX membership rewards points to XXXX delta skymiles.

2. transfer XXXX Starwood points to XXXX delta skymiles.

3. purchase a small amount of skymiles from delta.

4. stay at participating hotels and report to skymiles program.

5. rent a car at participating companies and report to skymiles.

6. Skymiles dining by rewards network.

7. make a purchase at flowers.com/or other retailers.

You can refer to the promotion page to get more partners and finish the 25 unique activities by March 15. (click here)

You can accumulate the skymiles and redeem them for a free domestic flight ticket or international flight ticket.

I enrolled in the Citi Credit Protector in the early November, 2007. Today I got my free digital picture frame from UPS. This digital picture frame is Coby DP-769 7-Inch Widescreen Digital Photo Frame with MP3 Player. According to Amazon.Com, the price for this one is about $75. What a great deal! (see the specific feature through this link at Amazon) The cost for enrolling in Citi Credit Protector is 0 and for only 85 cents per $100 of your New Balance shown on your billing statement for each billing period. SO if you don’t use that credit card, you pay nothing for a 7-inch widescreen digital photo frame. If you do want to use that credit card, you can pay your balance before the statement sate. In this way, they will also not charge you. If you have multiple citi credit card, you can have multiple free digital picture frames! If you don’t have a citi credit card yet, please try to get one! Easiest citi credit cards to get are: Citi mtvU card for Sollege Students, Citi Dividend Card for College Student, Citi Diver’s Edge Card for College Students, and Citi Business Card with ThankYou Network. See the posts about Citi Credit Protector at MyCardBlog.Com. (post 1 & post 2) Enroll the Citi Credit Protector for a free digital picture frame here.

Above is a summary of credit cards click record. From this chart, we can clearly see which cards are most popular among mycardblog.com readers. I think this chart can be used when you are still wondering which card to apply for. The above listed credit cards have more than 100 click in the past few months. Although other credit cards are also clicked in this site, their click is less than 100. (So I just ignored the clicks of other credit cards.)

Related posts about above mentioned credit cards for your reference:

Citi mtvU Card (post 1)

Simply Cash (post1, post 2)

Starwood Preferred Guest Card (post 1, post 2)

Blue Cash (post 1)

Chase Freedom (post 1, post 2, post 3)

Discover More (post1, post 2)

Citi Professional (post 1, post 2)

Citi CashReturns (post 1)

This is a new link from ChaseInformation.Com. As we all know, you can get $50 cash bonus from Chase Freedom after first purchase. (Chase is promoting Chase Freedom at this time.) Then you may find a link which will give you $100 bonus after first purchase. This time, this link will give you $150 bonus after qualifying purchases.

Get $50 bonus after first purchase.

Get another $100 bonus after you spend $3,000 with this card.

Plus you can still get 3% cash back from the dynamic rewards program.

Features of this card

• 3% Cash back-Earn the most where you spend the most.
• 1% Cash back on everything else.
• 15 categories. Earn triple rewards at the types of places you spend the most, including online, local and national retailers.
• Freedom to switch from earning cash to points and back again.
• Redeem a $250 check when you accumulate $200 rewards.

This chase freedom card is highly recommended for everyone!

I noticed that a lot of readers were redirected to this site by searching “Sony Card Promotion” on the internet. Although I have 2 posts about Chase Sony Card Promotion, both of them have been expired. Hereby I provide a link to the $100 card credit promotion from SonyStyle.Com. Through this link, you can get $100 card credit after qualifying purchase. Plus, you can get 0% APR on purchase of $299 or more at sonystyle.com. In order to get the $100 bonus, you have to make a qualifying purchase on the card.

Your first single sales receipt purchase made at a SonyStyle store, including SonyStyle.com equal or greater than $299 (“Qualifying Purchase”) will automatically qualify you for a $100 Statement Credit.

The above statement points out how to get the $100 on that card. I think the easiest way is to buy a Sony PlayStation3 system (PS3) at sonystyle.com. Right now you can get 5 blu-ray DVDs for free at sonystyle.com. If you want to take advantage of the offer and cash it out, you can sell the PS3 system at ebay. Or you can buy a Sony Reader which is a really cool stuff.

I think it’s necessary to let you know the Discover More Card new “Get More Program” calender for 2008. Although you can get 5% cash back on certain categories which will be changing quarterly, you have to register your discover more card first. Otherwise, you can’t get 5% cash back on the pre-determined categories.

January-March 2008

Airlines, Cruises, Hotels, Car Rentels

April-June 2008

Home, Apparel

July-September 2008

Gas, Hotels

October-December 2008

Restaurants, Movies Read more…

They are not offering sign-up bonus. However, they are just perfect cards for those who need money. Blue from American Express is offering 0% APR on purchase for up to 15 months. Blue Cash/Blue Cash Business from American Express is offering 0% APR on purchase for 6 months. Another feature is they offer 4.99% fixed APR on balance transfer for the life of the balance! That the reason why I want to write a post about them. The fixed 4.99% APR for the life of the balance is just perfect for those who need money. For example, if you can’t get a better auto loan than 4.99%, you might think about this offer. At the same time, if you buy a car with auto loan, you have to pay premium auto insurance which will be a huge amount compared to the liability only insurance. So if you know how to use balance transfer, you can save a lot of money. Of course you can use the balance transfer offer to pay off other credit card balances or loans with higher interest rate. Don’t forget the balance transfer length is for the life of the balance! You don’t have to worry when you can pay the balance off as long as you can pay the minimum every month. 4.99% is already a very low rate for a loan not to mention the “for the life of the balance” feature.

How to take money out of the credit card via balance transfer?

Well, although officially you can’t get money/cash out of credit card through balance transfer, there are many direct or indirect ways to put them into your bank account.

Most credit card issuers will send you some checks with new card. Or Citi will even allow you to get a balance transfer check online! However, you should read carefully with the associated checks. Cash advance? You can also call the card issuer to confirm what you can do with the checks. I can deposit the checks from WaMu directly to my checking account with the checks received along with my new WaMu card. I call them up and confirmed that I can do this. I also wrote down the ID of the customer service representative.

Another way to do balance transfer is to transfer the balance to another credit card (This card doesn’t have to carry balance.). For example, you have new card A with balance transfer offer, and another card B. You can request to transfer balance from A to B. Once your request gets approved, you can see the balance on card B is negative. Then just go ahead and request a balance refund check from card B. You can deposit the check to you personal account. Again, Citi is most friendly with credit refund!

I have a special page about high rate saving accounts. You may check out there to find one for you to earn free money.

If you need money and don’t know where to find low rate loans, the balance transfer offer from the above mentioned cards might be worth considering.

One of my friends sent me an email about the new Discover More Card offer. This time they are offering $100 after spending $500. Previously Discover More offered $40 or $60 after spending $500 on the new approved card. It’s a great deal right now!

You can apply the card at apply.discovercard.com or by phone at 800-210-9022. You have to mention the invitation code: DAFM. You can get 5% cash back on selected categories which are changing quarterly. Please keep the photograph for future use.