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How Can Citi Eliminate Nearly All Travel and Purchase Benefits From All Their Cards?

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Jun 25 2019

Yesterday Citibank announced the elimination of nearly all of the ancillary benefits associated with their credit cards.

Gone effective September 22 are rental car insurance; trip cancellation and interruption; travel accident insurance; trip delay; baggage delay; lost baggage; price rewind; 90 day return protection; Medical Evacuation coverage; Missed Ticket Protection; roadside assistance dispatch service and travel and emergency assistance.

Reader Daniel asks, how can Citi even do this?

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Pay Bills With Your Credit Card and Earn Miles: 1.5% on Up to 3 Payments This Month for Some

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Jun 16 2019

Plastiq.com is a service that will charge your credit card and mail checks on your behalf. (With some vendors they also make electronic ACH payments.)

Their usual fee for this is 2.5%. It’s worth it to incur that fee if you’re earning a signup bonus with the credit card charges, or you’re meeting a spending threshold for a bonus.

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American Express Shares Details on New Phoenix Centurion and Escape Lounges

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Jun 11 2019

Back in December I wrote that based on local documents that had been uncovered the current The Club space at the Phoenix airport’s terminal 4 B concourse would be expanded and turned into two lounges, an Escape Lounge and an American Express Centurion lounge. I’ve been tracking progress on this project for over a year.

American Express is now confirming details of the Phoenix lounges, and providing renderings.

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