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1 Call to Citi to Inquire about 5 Credit Card Retention Offers

Good morning everyone, this is going to be a short post about the retention offers I received on my 5 Citi credit cards.  Before I go on, I highly recommend reading Doctor of Credit’s post on Retention Bonus Rules & Tips For Each Card Issuer – Get More Than One Bonus Each Year.  I called Citi yesterday to tell them I was going to make a large “purchase” at Target with my Citi American Airlines Executive Credit Card.  After the rep was able to add the spending note to my card, I asked if there were any spending or retention offers available.

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Reminder: OC Meetup at In-N-Out Saturday January 31 at 6PM

Good morning everyone, this is just a friendly reminder for all readers in the Orange County area.  Please join me and many others like me for dinner at In-N-Out as we discuss miles and points.  All levels of expertise are welcome, from beginners to experts.

OC Meetup:

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Travel Challenge: Could you MS During the Week to Pay for a Weekend Trip?

Updated at 9:30am PST on 1/31/2015: the winners of the contest have been chosen.  Scroll to the bottom of this post to see who won.

This is an idea that came to me a few weeks ago, but I never gave it much thought until writing my recent tell-all MS posts (Part 1: My Manufactured Spend and Redbird Loading Strategy and Part 2: My Manufactured Spend Strategy with PayPal, Chime, Meetups, Reselling, and More!).  If you assumed the miles, points, or cash back posted right away (rather than when the statement closed), could you MS during the week to pay for a weekend trip?

The Rules

To make things more realistic, let’s ignore credit card sign up bonuses and only focus on using the credit cards and prepaid cards you currently have today.  Timing is everything, so let’s assume today is the first of the month and all your monthly MS limits have been reset (Bluebird, Serve, Redbird, PayPal, etc.).  Your net out of pocket expenses should be $100 or less.

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Complete List of British Airways Avios Routes from the Bay Area (SFO, OAK, and SJC)

Let me start off by saying that British Airways Avios are awesome.  If you fly short, non-stop flights, British Airways Avios cannot be beat.  I’ve written a few posts about British Airways Avios in the past:

With that said, I have been asked a few times about the current 40% Transfer Bonus to British Airways from American Express Membership Rewards that is ending on January 31.  To me, this is probably the best Membership Reward transfer bonus I have seen in the last 2 years.

MR British Airways 40 Percent Transfer Bonus

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Random News Part 1: 6 New AMEX Offers, Evolve Money Dislikes Discover Card, Tabbed Out Promo, and Winners of Amenity Kits and Amazon Gift Cards

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Random News Part 1: 6 New AMEX Offers, Evolve Money Dislikes Discover Card, Tabbed Out Promo, and Winners of Amenity Kits and Amazon Gift Cards

Good morning everyone, here is part 1 of my Random News (part 2 will be out shortly with lots of news on credit card rewards, statement credits, retention bonuses, etc.).  For now, here are 6 new AMEX offers that came out yesterday:

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