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Updated List of my 23 Open Credit Cards

Updated 3/25/2014 @ 10PM: New cards added and old cards updated.

Which Credit Card

Grant’s Credit Cards

Keeping track of your credit card numbers, expiration dates, customer service numbers, sign up bonuses, annual fees, and more is important.  If you want to keep track of all your credit cards, feel free to download and use my Credit Card Organizer Template.xlsx file.

Chase:

  1. Ink Bold MasterCard Business – opened in April 2012, paid $95 annual fee after reconsideration call offered statement credit
  2. United Airlines – opened in May 2012, paid $95 annual fee after reconsideration call offered miles
  3. Marriott Premier – opened in August 2012, paid $85 annual fee for free night certificate
  4. Hyatt Hotel – opened in November 2012, paid $75 annual fee for free night certificate
  5. Southwest Premier – opened in August 2013, received Companion Pass
  6. IHG Hotel – opened in November 2013, moved credit from Marriott Premier card
  7. Freedom – converted from Sapphire (Basic) in December 2013 (read post)
  8. Ink Bold Visa Business – opened in March 2014, planning on closing my Ink Bold MasterCard before the annual fee posts
  1. Amazon – closed November 2012, moved credit line around
  2. British Airways – closed November 2012, moved credit line around
  3. Sapphire Preferred – downgraded in August 2013 to Chase Sapphire (Basic)
  4. Sapphire Basic – converted in December 2013 to Chase Freedom credit card

See the entire list here.

What is Visa Savings Edge and why Should you Care?

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What is Visa Savings Edge and why Should you Care?

Do you like earning cash back on purchases you were planning on making anyways?  Who wouldn’t?  With Visa Savings Edge, you can enroll your Visa business credit/charge card and start earning cash back right away.  For most readers, your Chase Ink Bold/Plus Visa Credit/Charge Card is the go-to card.  To register and start earning cash back, click here.  Click the Get Started button to create an account.

Visa Savings Edge 1

To read the entire tutorial, please click here.

 

Friday Rundown: Free Lounge Access for Chase Ink Bold/Plus, New IHG MasterCard, 2 New AMEX Offers, Bluebird Reloads at Walmart, and More

UPDATE 3/27/2014 at 10PM PST: Chase has started converting IHG Visa Credit Cards into IHG MasterCard Credit Cards (see pics below).

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Friday Rundown: Free Lounge Access for Chase Ink Bold/Plus, New IHG MasterCard, 2 New AMEX Offers, Bluebird Reloads at Walmart, and More

TGI Friday!  Here are some random travel-related news from today…

I just created a tutorial about how to sign up for a free Lounge Club membership if you have a Chase Ink Bold/Plus Credit Card.  You can read it here.

Lounge Club Card

I got this letter from Chase alerting me that my Chase IHG Rewards Club Visa will soon be replaced by a Chase IHG Rewards Club World MasterCard.  Technically, if you cancel the Visa card, you can sign up and receive the sign up bonus on the MasterCard.  It appears that you have to close your Visa before April 1, otherwise you will automatically be issued the MasterCard and miss out on getting another sign up bonus.

Here is the corresponding FlyerTalk thread (link).

New IHG Card Letter Front

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Travel with Grant Meet Up Next Saturday Night (March 29) at In-N-Out (Tustin District)

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Travel with Grant Meet Up Next Saturday Night (March 29) at In-N-Out (Tustin District)

For those of you free next Saturday night (and located in Orange County / LA County / San Diego County), come join me and a few of my travel-hacking friends for a “meat meet and eat” at In-N-Out.  Myself and Travel Summary hosted our first meet up at this In-N-Out a few months ago (link) and I have been getting requests for another one ever since.  I haven’t talked to Travel Summary about this, but I was planning on meeting there from 6-8pm, but the last one lasted until close to 10pm since we had so much to talk about.

In-N-Out Address

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6% Cash Back on Hotels.com / Holiday Inn / IHG / Marriott with your Chase Freedom Credit Card

Chase Freedom

6% Cash Back on Hotels.com / Holiday Inn / IHG / Marriott with your Chase Freedom Credit Card

I don’t say this enough, but the Chase Freedom Credit Card is awesome.  I was reading my email and saw my Chase Freedom 2nd Quarter registration confirmation.  Toward the bottom of the email, I saw a banner for Extra Cash Back that caught my eye…

Freedom See Offers Cash Back Boost

By clicking the See Offers button, I was brought to this page with several offers for an additional 5% cash back.  The first category is Home Goods which does not excite me..

Freedom Home Goods

The second category is Spring Style which doesn’t excite me either… Continue reading