American Express is the only credit card issuer that increased my Starwood Preferred Guest Card credit limit. Now American Express OPEN card members can earn $50 bonus for using your OPEN Cards at OPEN merchants. It is a great chance to earn small money for using your credit card.
The promotion link about this promotion is here.
The rule of this promotion:
As an American Express OPEN® Cardmember, you are invited to enroll now to earn a $50 statement credit when you spend two times, for a total of $50 or more, at any OPEN Savings merchants between October 15 through December 15, 2009. This is in addition to your automatic OPEN Savings discounts.
Participating merchants in the OPEN Savings program include FedEx®, FedEx OfficeSM, Hertz®, Hyatt Hotels & Resorts®, Courtyard by Marriott®, Symantec, 1-800-FLOWERS.COM®, Barnes & Noble.com and more. To learn about the OPEN Savings program and see a list of participating merchants visit www.open.com/opensavings.
To be eligible for this promotion, you must enroll using your online account management user ID and password.
It is a pretty easy $50 bonus for your OPEN cards. Most American Express Business Cards are OPEN Cards. All of the American Express personal credit cards are not OPEN cards.
Another American Express promotion is worth mentioning is the AMEX Daily Wish. On October 22, 2009, AMEX Daily Wish is running a computer deal for the ASUS Eee PC 1005HA netbook. The normal price of this ASUS Eee PC 1005HA at Ebay is about ~$280. But at AMEX Daily Wish, you can get this netbook at $200. But the quantity is limited. Only 75 netbooks are available. This promotion is open to all of American Express Card member. Link of this AMEX Daily Wish is at: http://dailywish.amexnetwork.com/default.aspx?ct=3&.
I came across an article that titled “BofA to charge annual fees on rewards cards” at msnbc.com. It seems that the credit card holders of Bank of America should be warned before the policy to be effective soon. Rumors said that all of the Bank of America rewards credit card will be charged a $29~$99 annual fees starting next year.
According to the article, Bank of America will fist test this strategy to see what the feedback is. But there is no actual plan yet. Betty Riess, a spokeswoman for Bank of America, said the fee is being “tested” on 1 percent of its credit card accounts globally, but declined to give specific numbers.
So the question is how they could choose the 1% credit card accounts?
Here is the answer:
The Bank of America accounts that will be charged fees were selected based on “risk and profitability,” Riess said. That means customers in good 
standing who never carried a balance — and never incurred interest charges or late fees — could be among those getting notices.
Customers are told that they can reject the fee, but will subsequently have their account closed. The deadline to reject the change of terms is Dec. 16.
SO please take a look at the mails from Bank of America in the next following months.
Chase Freedom Card is not a great rewards card for your general purchases now. And this credit card always offers $50 sign up bonus for new customers. Now this Chase Freedom Card is offering $100 bonus via the link: http://www.chasefreedomnow.com/100-cash-back/. If you visit the regular www.chasefreedomnow.com, they still offer $50 bonus. So it is a great chance to earn $100 bonus.
Note about how to get the $100 bonus:
You will receive $100 in bonus rebates with this bonus offer, which can be redeemed for a $100 check. To qualify and receive your bonus, you must make qualifying transactions totaling $500 or more during the first 3 months from account opening. Qualifying transactions include purchases, balance transfers, and any checks that are used to access your account, and exclude cash advances. After qualifying, please allow 6 to 8 weeks for bonus rebates to post to your account. To be eligible for this bonus offer, account must be open and not in default at the time of fulfillment. This one-time bonus offer is valid only for first-time cardmembers with new accounts. Existing cardmembers/accounts are not eligible for this bonus offer.
This Chase Freedom Card is offering 1% cashback now. This card is also offering 0% introductory APR on purchases. Length of your introductory period will be either 12 billing cycles from account opening for purchases or 6 billing cycles from account opening for purchases depending on our review of your application and credit history.
Today I received an email from PayPal that there is a $100 bonus for using Bill Me Later on PayPal. I think this is a great opportunity for people who have good credit and can pay off bills on time using Bill Me Later. The link to this promotion page is here ($100 bonus).
The rule of this promotion is pretty simple:
- You’ll receive up to $100 off as a credit. If you spend less than the offer amount, your discount will be equal to the amount of your purchase (before tax and shipping). For example, if your offer is “up to $100 off” and you spend $5, you will receive a discount of $5. Please allow 1-2 billing cycles for this amount to be reflected on your Bill Me Later statement.
- It’s a limited time offer that’s only available through PayPal. Complete your purchase before midnight ET on October 31st, 2009 to receive this offer. Limit one per customer.
- Select “Yes, I’d like No Payments for 90 Days…” to be eligible to receive the promotional offer.
Interestingly, there are other similar offers but with different bonus amounts: $25, $10 and even $0. (you only need to change the amount off at the above link) So it is possible that this is a invitation-only event which means that if you do not receive the email from PayPal associated with your email address, you are not eligible to get the $100 bonus.
Bill Me Later is not a PayPal company and offers finance services for online shopping. If you pay off the balance in full before the promotion date, you will not be charged money by Bill Me Later. Otherwise you have to pay a little fees.
Another point you need to know is when you apply for the Bill Me Later account, you are subjected to a “Hard Pull“.
Greent Dot, the largest prepaid debit card issuer, has teamed with Paypal to let Green Dot prepaid debit card users to load their money to Paypal account directly via the Greent Dot’s MoneyPak. Usually, when a user wants to use Paypal, he or she needs to have a valid US bank account or credit card to be eligible to register at Paypal. This move will let people to shop anywhere PayPal is accepted without the need for a bank account or credit card.
MoneyPak, a prepaid debit card, can be purchased with cash at a retail store like Walmart, CVS/pharmacy, Kmart, Rite Aid and Walgreens. The money in the prepaid debit card then can be loaded directly into a PayPal account and used to shop online anywhere PayPal is accepted, including eBay.
The new MoneyPak has more functions than just load the money to PayPal account. For example, MoneyPak allows people to reload prepaid cards, make cash payments, pay bills and fund other accounts. MoneyPak is powered by Green Dot’s industry-leading cash acceptance network, and costs $4.95 or less.
More details can be found at http://www.moneypak.com.
The Chase Sony Card is offering 500 bonus points for registering your Sony products at Sony Style. This is an easy 500 bonus points for Sony Card owners. If you just purchased a Sony product, you ought to take the chance to get the 500 points. If you do not have any Sony products on hand yet, you can use your friends’ Sony products to register at Sony Style.
The link to the registration page is here. From the email I received from Sony, the maximum products you can register are 5. SO you can get potential 2500 bonus points from this promotion.
- Get 500 Sony Rewards Points for each product you register
- Register up to 5 products
Sony Card is a good credit card to own, you can get promotions from Sony Card frequently. This tag let you to catch the latest Sony Card promotions.
I just wrote a post stating that “Chase Freedom Card Rewards Program Is Getting Worse“. This is a truth. Chase Freedom Card is not my top choice of cashback credit card now. Today, however, I received an email from Chase that my Chase Freedom Card is offering 3% cashback on selected categories from October 1 to December 31, 2009.
The promotional link to this promotion is at: www.ChaseBonus.Com/freedom41. You need to enter your last name, last four digits of your account number, zip code and email address. This promotion will allow you to get 3% cashback on discount stores, computer and electronic stores and bookstores. Since the big shopping season is coming soon, this promotion definitely offers great chance to save money on above 3 categories. You can also call 1-877-532-3820 to enroll in this promotion.
Fine print:
To be eligible for this bonus offer, you must either call the phone number or log on to the website referenced in this offer by 12/10/2009. This bonus offer only applies to net purchases made with your credit card during the promotional period at retail establishments that classify their 
merchant location for Visa/MasterCard in any of the following categories: bookstores, discount stores, electronics and computer stores. Online and catalog purchases are not eligible to receive the bonus rewards unless the merchants have correctly identified and billed the transactions. We do not determine whether merchants correctly identify and bill transactions as being made in each category. However, we do reserve the right to determine which purchases qualify for the bonus rewards. Please allow 6 to 8 weeks after the last day of the promotional period for bonus rewards to post to your account. Maximum bonus reward accumulation during the promotional period is $30. Bonus rewards earned from this promotional offer will not count against any maximum reward accumulation in the rewards program, if applicable. Credit card product changes during the promotional period will forfeit this bonus offer. To qualify for this promotional offer, account must be open and not in default at the time of fulfillment. This promotional offer is non-transferable and applies only to the account ending in the last 4 digits referenced in this offer.
Well, this is not credit card news as far as I know. But some of you might still not know that Discover Card has an option to let you choose a biodegradable credit card. This is the American’s first biodegradable credit card. This Discover biodegradable credit card is made of biodegradable PVC, a substance that allows 99 percent of the card plastic to be safely absorbed when exposed to landfill conditions. This credit card will break down 99% in nine months to five years in soil, water, compost, or whatever microorganisms are present. Plus this card leaves no toxic effect on the environment. It might appeal you if you are aware of the environment issues that human are facing right now.
The distinct feature of this biodegradable Discover Card is the “biodegradable” symbol on the back of the card.(see figure below)
Other than the biodegradable of the plastic, there is no dramatic difference between this biodegradable Discover Card and other Discover Cards. This biodegradable Discover Card offers:
Cashback Bonus: up to 1% cashback on all purchases, 5% cashback on selected categories each quarter.
Cashback for shopping online: Use the links provided in your account (shopdiscover), you can earn up to 20% cashback when you use your Discover Card as the payment method.
If you are really curious about the environment, you can also enroll in the paperless statement option from Discover Card. In this way, you can view your credit card statement online without request for a delivery of paper statement.
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