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There are many great credit card promotions out there that I haven’t reported for a while. This is a summary of current credit card promotions from American Express, Chase and Discover Card. If you want to use your good credit standing/current credit cards to earn some extra money/bonus, you can refer to your credit card issuers for more details.

Chase Amazon.com Rewards Visa Card is offering 10X bonus points for paying your bills with the Chase Amazon.com Rewards Visa Card. The title of the email I received is “Start 2009 with More Amazon Rewards – Earn 10x Points for Paying Bills”. If you use this card to pay your monthly bills and earn 10 points per eligible $1 spent between January 15 and March 31, 2009. Chase Credit card can do automatic payments for you. It’s easy to setup:

1. Contact the companies that bill you via phone or the company website (check your statement for contact information or visit www.chasebillmanager.com).

2. Arrange for your bills to be charged to your Amazon.com Rewards Visa Card.

3. Earn reward points for paying your monthly bills!

Starwood Preferred Guest Credit Card from American Express is offering free 3 months trial of Clear for fast pass at airport security. The process is pretty easy. All SPG members can register at this website with SPG membership number to get a free three-month clear service. If you’re pleased you’ll be renewed automatically for a one-year membership at $199. More information about Clear can be found at www.flyclear.com.

25,000 bonus miles for applying for a new Miles by Discover Card. The invitation code is DBAW. You can apply for this credit card at apply.Discovercard.com or call 1-800-206-8854. This is a no-annual-fee credit card. Usually this credit card only offers 12,000 bonus miles. I personally think this is a great offer. The link to this invitation letter is here. You’d better keep a copy of the offer.

The Discover Motiva Card is also offering $100 bonus for opening a new account.

Apply for a new discover Motiva card and get $100 cash back bonus, NEW CARD MEMBERS Only – if you have any other Discover card then you do not qualify.

site: http://apply.discovercard.com
Call: 1-800-210-9022
INVITATION CODE: DBHR

I have many posts about the promotion from the New Chase Amazon.com Rewards Visa Credit Card. If you are new to the Amazon.com Rewards Visa Card, you can take the chance to save money ($100) for purchasing an Amazon Kindle at Amazon.com. If you are already an Amazon.com Rewards Visa Credit Card member, you can call the customer service to upgrade your current card to a new credit card. This would give you a chance to get 6 rewards points for every $1 spent at Amazon.com. Today I noticed that there is a new promotion from Amazon.com for the Chase Amazon.com Rewards Visa Credit Card—-free Amazon Prime!

The promotion page for the free Amazon Prime with the new Amazon.com Rewards Visa Credit Card can be found here. According to the promotion page, you can get one year free Amazon Prime for signing up the Amazon.com Rewards Visa Credit Card ($79 value). With the Amazon Prime Membership, you can get unlimited free 2-day shipping for a year! If you want to choose the one-day shipping, you should only pay $3.99. The Amazon Prime is very popular among Amazon.com customers. There is no minimum order requirement to use the Amazon Prime.

New features of  the new Amazon.com Rewards Visa Credit Card:

• Absolutely new card design-the black card is replaced with the blue card
• At the first 90 days of account opening, you can get 6 points for every dollar spent at Amazon.com; 4 points at gas stations, drug stores and restaurants; 1 point at anywhere else.
• You can choose which kind of rewards you’d like to redeem the rewards points for. You are free to choose from many rewards options.

Fine print:

Most applications can be processed within seconds. In some instances an application may require additional time to process, and the account may not be available for immediate use. To purchase gift certificates, and downloadable items such as e-books with your Amazon.com Rewards Visa card, you will have to wait until your card arrives in the mail.

This offer is available to newly approved Amazon.com Visa card members who have not participated in a previous Amazon Prime Free Trial or paid membership as either a member or invited guest. Amazon Prime is a $79 a year subscription-based membership program that provides free two-day shipping, $3.99 overnight shipping, and other shipping benefits. The 1-Year Free Membership period will begin when your Amazon.com Rewards Visa Card is approved. Your card will be charged $79 for the year and will be offset by a $79 credit on your credit card statement. At the end of your Free Year, your membership will continue and Amazon Prime will automatically charge your Amazon.com Rewards Visa Card, or another credit card Amazon.com has on file for you, for the next year and annually after that. If you prefer, you can set your Amazon Prime account to “do not auto renew” through the “Your Account” page on Amazon.com at any time prior to the initial charge or any renewal charge and you will not be charged for the next year. Since the first year is free, if you decide to cancel, there will be no refund. In subsequent years you can always request a refund of the most recent charge if your benefits have not been used in the new term. By signing up for this offer, you authorize Amazon Prime to charge your Amazon.com Rewards Visa Card or another credit card Amazon.com has on file. Amazon Prime benefits apply to millions of eligible items sold and fulfilled by Amazon.com. Shipments to AK, HI and PO Boxes excluded, other restrictions apply.

Take the chance to get a brand new Chase Amazon Rewards Visa Credit Card and get free Amazon Prime Membership!

If you shop a lot at Amazon.com, the new Amazon.com Rewards Visa Card is a good choice for you. I have a brief introduction of this credit card back in this July. (Maybe this is the first report of the new Amazon.com Rewards Visa Card.) I also pointed out that you can get $100 off your Amazon Kindle with a new Amazon.com Visa Card. The new Amazon.com visa card will give you 6 points for every dollar spent at Amazon.com for the first 90 days. This is a great feature which will save you a lot for the first 90 days.

Today I receive an email from Chase Amazon.com Visa Card indicating that I can upgrade my Amazon.com Visa card for free! This upgrade offer is targeted to current Amazon.com Visa Card holders.

After upgrading your Amazon.com Visa Card:

For first 90 days, you can get 6 points for every Amazon purchase, 4 points for gas/drug store/dining purchases and 2 points for everything else. After 90 days, you can continue to get 3 points at Amazon.com, 2 points for gas/drug/dining and 1 point for everything else.

There will be no new card issued to replace your current Amazon.com Visa Card. There is no hard pull during upgrade process. All you have to do is call customer service at 888-247-4080 and simply tell them you want to upgrade your Amazon.com Visa Card. After you get approved, it will need 3 days to take effect.

I would say this is a good promotion since the Thanks Giving and Christmas are coming in 3 months. If you shop regularly at Amazon.com, you can save a lot during the 90 days promotion period.

I always use this Amazon.com Visa Card as my primary payment method. The other Chase credit card that I use frequently is the Chase Freedom Card. With a Chase checking account, you can get 3% cash back from 5 pre-set categories. It’s pretty easy to accumulate $50 and redeem it. A lot of MyCardBlog.com readers have this credit card. I you still don’t have one, you’d better get one. You will be surprised how fast you can accumulate your cash rewards.

Chase and Amazon.com have worked together to launch the new Amazon.com Rewards Visa Card. Compared to the old Amazon.com visa card, the new rewards card offers more rewards options, higher cash back rate at the first 90 days of account opening, and better look of card design. For some Amazon Kindle fans, the best news is you can get $100 off Amazon Kindle with a new Chase Amazon.com Rewards Visa Card!

The Amazon Kindle has been out in the market for a while and received great reviews both from consumers and experts. The Amazon Kindle sets out to change the way we read books, newspapers, weblogs, and more and is developed by Amazon itself. With the Amazon Kindle, you can have instant wireless access to 115,000 books sold by Amazon just like an electronic book reader, an audiobook player, and a wireless Web browser. Kindle uses a cellular data network to deliver books, newspapers, magazines and weblogs to you immediately. This network is called “Whistler” and is free for you to use. Amazon provides the data connectivity free of charge as part of Kindle’s purchase. Sweet!

The price of Kindle is $359.00 right now at Amazon.com. The Kindle was very popular: Amazon’s initial manufacturing run sold out in just five hours, and it took Amazon six months to get it back in stock. (Somehow, I think this is kind of a marketing strategy.) But if you read carefully, you can find that:

Get the Amazon Rewards Visa Card and Get $100 Off Kindle

Thanks to Chase, you get $100 off Kindle when you get the new Amazon.com Rewards Visa Card. Limited time only.

Here’s how this works: 1) Apply online. Get a response in as little as 30 seconds. If you’re approved, we will instantly add the card to your Amazon.com account and you’ll get $30 back on your credit card statement after your purchase. 2) Add a Kindle to your cart. 3) Place your order using the Amazon.com Rewards Visa Card and enter this promo code: VISACARD to get the additional $70 savings at checkout.

The question is whether the new Amazon.com Rewards Visa Card is better than its previous version?

Following is the details of the cash back rate:

From what I can tell, the new Amazon.com Rewards Card is really an upgraded version of rewards card. The old Amazon card gives 3 points for every dollar spent on Amazon and 1 point for other purchases. The new card add two new reward categories—restaurants and gas stations from which you can get 2 points for everyday $1 spent there. At the same time, the new Amazon credit card comes with an introductory double points offer! You will get 6 points for every dollat spent at Amazon.com within the introductory period. The new card also gives you airline miles, cash, or flight tickets in addition to gift certificates for redemption.

Overall, the new Amazon Visa Rewards Card is a better credit card product and if you are a fan of Amazon Kindle, it’s the right time to grab it!

Chase Sony card offered 10,000 bonus Sony rewards points if you spent more than $500 on this card during this March. My post indicated that the 10,000 bonus points have been posted in our account. This 10,000 points can be used to redeem for $100 gift card. This is the best promotion we have seen so far this year. However, Chase Sony Card launched a new promotion for their card members from July 1 to September 30, 2008.

When you use your Sony Card this July, August and September, you can earn 5x points for purchase you make everyday! However, there is a requirement: you must have to spend $250 each month to receive the bonus points and only the amount higher than $250 is eligible to receive the 5x bonus points. If you charge $200 on this card every month, you can only get 250 Sony rewards points. If you charge $300 on Sony card every month, you can get 250+5*50=500 Sony rewards points. Sony card also requires that only the money spent at dining, grocery stores, gas stations and department stores are eligible to get 5x points.

To get the bonus points, you have to enroll your Sony card here.

You have to enter your name, first 6 digits of your Sony card number, email address and the enrollment code. Once you have successfully enrolled in your Sony card, you can get a “Thank You” page as indicated below.

It seems this promotion is targeted to some of Sony Card members. You have to have the enrollment code to be eligible to get the 5x points during the promotion period. You can also call Chase at 888-807-1302 to enroll your card.

A very interesting find is actually, Chase is offer bonus points for many Chase branded credit cards. For example, the Chase Amazon.com Rewards Visa Card, Chase AARP Visa Card, Chase Disney Rewards Visa Card, Chase Freedom Card are offering bonus points for using the card during July, August and September. You can find all the cards that offer promotion bonus points during July, August and September at here.

Fine print:

In order to be eligible for this bonus points promotion, you must enroll by the last day of the promotion (9/30/08) by either calling the opt-in phone number or logging on to the opt-in website using the account number and/or web enrollment code referenced above. The bonus points offer only applies to eligible purchases made with your credit card for every dollar spent above the specified hurdle each calendar month from July 1 to September 30, 2008, made at retail establishments that classify their merchant locations for Visa as a type of dining establishment, a grocery store, a gas station, or a department store. Purchases not eligible to receive bonus points include, but are not limited to, purchases made at discount stores, specialty stores, superstores and warehouse clubs.We do not determine whether merchants correctly identify and bill transactions as being made at a type of dining establishment, a grocery store, a gas station, or a department store. However, we do reserve the right to determine which purchases qualify for 5x points regardless of how they are identified and billed by the merchant. The maximum reward accumulation on your additional earnings during this promotion is 10,000 bonus points and will not count against any monthly or annual earnings cap.

If you shop a lot at Amazon.com, the Chase Amazon.com rewards visa card is a good choice for you. The Chase Amazon.com rewards visa card offers 3% cash back for shopping at Amazon.com and 1% cash back at other places. If you accumulate more than $25 in your account, a $25 Amazon.com gift card will be sent to you automatically. I personally use this card a lot at Amazon.com. Of course, we have the Citi mtvU Platinum Select Visa Card for College Students which actually gives you 5 thankyou points for every dollar spent at Amazon.com.

However, if you are a careful shopper at Amazon.com, you will notice that the new Amazon.com rewards visa card is available now. The most obvious change is that the new card is no longer a “black card” but a “blue card“. They also changed the rewards program. At the first 90 days of account opening, you can get 6 points for every dollar spent at Amazon.com. You can get 4 points for every dollar spent at gas stations, drug stores and restaurants. 1 point is equal to $0.01. After the promotion period, you can still get 3 points for every dollar spent at Amazon.com and 2 points for every dollar spent at drugstores, gas stations and restaurants.

The new rewards program also allows you to choose which kind of rewards you’d like to redeem those points for. You can redeem the accumulated points for cash, Amazon.com gift card, gas card or even travel rewards. Plus if you are approved, you can get $30 cash bonus which will be applied on your first purchase at Amazon.com.

Personally, I think the new changes will make the Chase Amazon.com Rewards Visa Card more competitive in the credit card market. One thing remains unknown is whether the previous card members will be also eligible for such excellent rewards program. The Chase Amazon.com Rewards Visa Card has student card version, consumer card version and business card version.

Of course, don’t forget the Chase Freedom Card which is the premium credit card product from Chase.

I received an email from Victor about the new promotion from Chase Amazon.Com Visa Card. As I attached in this post, you can get $10 statement credit from Chase if you spend more than $100 from May 23 to June 19, 2008. This seems a new promotion from Chase Amazon Visa Card which has just terminated the previous promotion.

This is a great offer for Amazon.com card members. You can spend $100 not just at Amazon.Com but anywhere. So it’s equal to 10% off everything for $100 charged on this card. The $10 statement credit will be deposited to your account in about 8~10 weeks after the promotion period. Please note that the $100  doesn’t include balance transfers, cash advances, checks used to access to your account, interest and other fees that are not defined as purchases.

I haven’t received the postcard from Chase about this promotion. But, according to Victor who has already got the postcard about this promotion, there should be another version of this promotion—$25 statement credit for $100 charged on Chase Amazon.Com Visa Card. He told me that his roommate got the “$25 offer”.

Please keep an eye out for the postcard from Chase if you have the Chase Amazon.Com Visa Card.  I believe all of the Chase Amazon.Com Card membes will receive the promotion sooner or later.

Today I received an email from Chase about some exclusive offers for my Chase Amazon.Com Platinum Visa Card. I got this card about 6 months ago with very low FICO credit score (around 670 at that time) with $30 bonus. Hereby I’d like to share my offer to all of you.

1. Earn up to 1,000 points for adding new authorized users

According to this email, I can get 500 bonus points for adding a new authorized user in my account. The time duration is from February 1 to December 31, 2008. I can get maximum 1,000 bonus points for adding authorized users which means I can add 2 authorized users.

Fine print:

The 500 bonus points will be earned for each authorized user added to your account from February 1 through December 31, 2008. The maximum reward accumulation for this promotion is 1,000 points. Authorized users may use the account in the same manner as the primary cardmember, but will not be responsible for payment. Reference to the account may appear on the authorized users’ credit reports. The Cardmember Agreement and Reward Program Rules and Regulations will apply to transactions made by authorized users. All points earned by authorized users will be added to the primary cardholder’s account. Please allow 10-12 weeks after completed qualifying activity for bonus points to be posted.

2. 500 bonus points for enrolling ePay.

The 500 bonus points are very easy to get. All you have to do is to register your card at www.chase.com/amazon and pay your credit card bill online every month.

Fine print:

The 500 bonus points will be earned for choosing ePay once you are enrolled online at www.chase.com/amazon from February 1 through December 31, 2008. The maximum reward accumulation for this promotion is 500 points. Please allow 10 to 12 weeks after completed qualifying activity for bonus points to be posted. Avoidance of late fees is dependent upon your ePay account having sufficient funds to pay your bill at the time of the electronic withdrawal. Bonus points only awarded on first time enrollment.

3. Some promotional coupons for using my Amazon.Com Platinum Visa Card as your payment menthod.

Music—take an extra 10% off (code: CDJLXT8U)

DVD—additional $5 off $50 (code: DVD5BFHR)

Electronics—$20 off $200 (code: 2IK9E6R8)

Place your order on or before May 15th, 2008, to enjoy the savings.

I believe those coupons are for one-time use only, if you have used one of my coupons please leave an comment here.

Overall, Amazon.Com Platinum Visa Card is an ideal card for those frequent buyers at Amazon.Com which will give you about 3% cash back for every dollar you spent at Amazon.Com. This card comes without any annual fees. When you accumulate 2,500 points, you can receive a $25 Amazon.Com gift certificate which can be used at Amazon.Com later.

Apply for this card right now and you can get $30 statement credit after you make your first purchase with this card. Business version and student version are also available.

I’d like to mention that if you are a college student and usually buy a lot of stuffs from Amazon.Com, you can consider the Citi mtvU Card for college students which will give you 5 thankyou points for every dollar spent at Amazon.Com. That’s about 5% cash back for making purchases at Amzon.Com by using Citi mtvU Card.

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