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4 Uber Rides in 24 Hours (FTU Seattle) and 3 Planned Retention Calls (Chase United, AMEX Delta, and Citi American Airlines)

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4 Uber Rides in 24 Hours (FTU Seattle) and 3 Planned Retention Calls (Chase United, AMEX Delta, and Citi American Airlines)

Sign up for Uber and get a $10 Uber credit on your first ride (link)

During my weekend in Seattle for FTU Seattle, I had the pleasure to try Uber 4 different times (within 24 hours).  For those unfamiliar with Uber, it is an on-demand taxi service, meaning you can request a taxi ride whenever and wherever (Uber is supported).  You need a smartphone and the Uber app needs to be installed.  Once you load the Uber app, it finds your current location and shows you all drivers nearby.  When you are ready to be picked up, just set your pick up location and the nearest available Uber driver will come pick you up.  The Uber app shows you where the car is and who the driver is along with the make of the car and their license plate.

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Chase Launches Marriott Rewards Premier Visa Signature Business Credit Card

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(Hat Tip to Nigel for the email)

First off, I certainly like the design of the card, looks very regal and fancy.  Here are the main points that most of you probably care about:

  • 50,000 Marriott Rewards points after your spend $1,000 in the first 3 months
  • 1 Free Night Certificate (category 1-4) after account approval
  • 1 Free Night Certificate (category 1-5) every year you pay the annual fee
  • $99 annual fee, waived for the first year
  • 5x on all Marriott purchases
  • 2x on all purchases at office supply stores, restaurants, car rental agencies, airline tickets purchased directly from the airline, cellular phone, landline, Internet, and cable TV services (Chase Ink Bold/Plus categories, hmm…)
  • 1x on all other purchases
  • Cardholders receive 15 Elite credits every year = automatic Marriott Silver Elite Status
  • Earn one additional Elite credit for every $3,000 spent (see elite tiers here)

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Get 10,000 Chase Ultimate Reward Points or 60,000 Chase UR Points with new Chase Ink Bold/Plus Credit Card Sign Up Offer

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Over the last week, Chase increased the sign up bonus for the Chase Ink Bold and Plus Business Credit Cards from 50,000 Chase Ultimate Reward Points to 60,000 Chase Ultimate Reward Points after spending $5,000 in 3 months.  They also increased the sign up bonus on the Chase Ink Cash Business Credit Card from $200 to $300 after spending $3,000 in 3 months.  See proof below…

This is all well and good, but what if you just got one of the 3 credit cards recently, like in mid March like I did?  Not to worry, just send Chase a secure message asking for the difference in sign up bonuses.

Chase Secure Message 60k

Within a few hours (while I was sleeping), Chase replied to me and offered me 10,000 Chase Ultimate Reward Points.  I looked at my Chase Ultimate Rewards balance and I can already see it is 10,000 points higher.  It really is that simple.  It never hurts to ask.

Chase Secure Message 10k Received

If you have any questions, please leave a comment below.

P.S. I don’t have any affiliate links for any of the credit cards in this post.  Have a great weekend everyone!

$200 Visa Gift Cards on Staples.com and $20 Staples Easy Rebate for a $300+ MasterCard Gift Card Purchase

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$200 Visa Gift Cards on Staples.com and $20 Staples Easy Rebate for a $300+ MasterCard Gift Card Purchase

Staples has been busy lately, and it is the good kind of busy, busy making good deals for us miles and points “collectors.”

(Hat Tip to Chasing The Points)

You can now order $200 Visa Gift Cards on Staples.com.  Previously, the highest denomination you could purchase online was $100.  The price online is the same as in-store ($206.95 with free shipping).  Purchase here.

$200 Visa GC

The best part of shopping online is shopping through online shopping portals.  Cash Back Monitor has these Staples.com shopping portal payouts (other cash back offers are available, click the link to see them all):

Staples Cash Back Portals-2

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Retention Bonus Results for a Chase Ink Bold MasterCard and an SPG American Express Credit Card

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Retention Bonus Results for a Chase Ink Bold MasterCard and an SPG American Express Credit Card

Good evening, here are my results from my recent two card retention bonus challenge (read part 1 here).  If you want to listen to both reconsideration calls (14 minutes long), please click the play button below.  Download link (Credit-Card-Reconsideration-Calls.m4a)

I was successful at getting a $95 statement credit for my Chase Ink Bold MasterCard (I charged over $33,000+ over the last 12 months).  I was unsuccessful getting a retention bonus on my SPG American Express Credit card and was told “American Express does not waive annual fees for any of their credit cards.”  I haven’t used my SPG card much the last few months since SPG made changes to their award program.  Shortly after closing my SPG American Express Credit Card, I received a confirmation email about the cancellation.

SPG AMEX Closed Email

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