Credit Cards

Category Archives for Credit Cards.

Forget Rent Points—Bilt’s New Program Lets You Earn 250,000+ Points Buying A Home

Nov 21 2024

Bilt Rewards has a new program that rewards you with 1 point per $2 spent on the purchase price of a home, for working with a real estate agent they refer you to.

This is all wrapped with first-time homebuying tools like mortgage, down payment, property tax and insurance cost calculators that help educate members. Their tool integrates the affordability calculators with real estate search.

Continue Reading »

Today’s Senate Hearing Could Wipe Out Credit Card Rewards—And Threaten Economic Stability For Everyone

Nov 19 2024

Card, and interchange, are so woven into the fabric of the economy that it’s difficult to even predict the full extent of damage from redistributing money here not just from payment networks but also from consumers to retailers. That’s why Senator Durbin’s attempt to cap credit card swipe fees isn’t just bad policy, it’s literally insane.

Continue Reading »

$90 Million Fine: How Apple And Goldman’s ‘Consumer-Friendly’ Credit Card Move Backfired

Oct 25 2024

Goldman learned a lot of expensive lessons with the Apple Card, which is why they want out of the consumer credit card business. But the Apple Card was a clear money-loser to everyone except Goldman even before it launched. And now they know that offering consumer-friendly features gets you in trouble with the consumer regulator, too.

Continue Reading »

TAP Air Portugal’s New 58,000 Mile Bonus: Why This Odd Offer Is Perfect for U.S.-Europe Travel

Oct 23 2024

Last year, Star Alliance member TAP Air Portugal launched a U.S. credit card with Cardless. At the time, they had a 60,000 point initial bonus offer, but that dropped down to 30,000 points after the initial push for cardmembers.

Now they’re back with a strong acquisition offer: 58,000 bonus miles That’s an odd number, right?

Continue Reading »

Get Your Reward Surcharges Waived When Redeeming For Qatar Airways QSuites

Oct 11 2024

Qatar Airways, like many frequent flyer programs, adds cash surcharges when you redeem your miles. Their award travel isn’t free. Still, it can be an incredible deal to redeem 70,000 points to fly arguably the best business class in the world… even with a few hundred bucks out of pocket.

But what if you didn’t have to pay these cash surcharges at all?

Continue Reading »