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PSA: Do not Activate your 12 New Gogo Wifi Passes from your US Bank FlexPerks Visa Signature Credit Card Immediately

Warning: Read this entire post before doing anything with Gogo, otherwise you will make the same mistake I did!

Good evening everyone, I hope you had a great Labor Day Weekend.  Tonight, let’s talk about complimentary Gogo Wifi passes.  I just received an email from Gogo about my 12 new complimentary Gogo Wifi passes that come annually with my US Bank FlexPerks Visa Signature Credit Card.  There are many FlexPerks credit cards from US Bank, but this is the only FlexPerks credit card that *currently* comes with this cardmember benefit (I suspect other FlexPerks credit cards will add this feature soon).

To see when your current Gogo Wifi passes expire, sign into your Gogo Wifi account.  I don’t fly on Gogo-equipped aircraft very often (I’m a Southwest Airlines flyer), so I only used a few of my Gogo Wifi passes over the last year.  All of my current Gogo Wifi passes are set to expire on October 22, 2016.

To make sure you do not miss this email, the subject line is titled, “Important details about your Visa Gogo In-Flight Wi-Fi Benefit” and the email sender is “gogo@e.gogoair.com“.  If you did not receive the email, it might be related to when you originally signed up for the Gogo Wifi passes last year.  Based on the expiration date of my current Gogo Wifi passes, the email comes around 6 weeks before expiration.

Gogo Inflight Email

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Forget Chase Sapphire Reserve! Apply for US Bank FlexPerks & Ameriprise AMEX Platinum before September 1

Good morning everyone.  I think the Chase Sapphire Reserve Credit Card hype is dying down a bit.  Unfortunately, I am way over 5/24 and I have no pre-qualified offers, so it looks like I won’t be getting the Chase Sapphire Reserve Credit Card anytime soon.  I’m a glass half full kind of guy, so I am always looking for the next best thing.  There are 2 other cards that I am applying for now.

The first is the US Bank FlexPerks Business Edge Visa Credit Card.  Thanks to the awesome performance by Team USA, the current sign up bonus is 34,800 FlexPoints after spending $2,000 in 4 months.  The sign up bonus is great and the minimum spend amount is quite easy.  The sign up bonus is the same for the personal version of the credit card – US Bank FlexPerks Visa Signature Credit Card.  I already have that credit card (along with the US Bank FlexPerks American Express Credit Card), so the business version is the only one I am going after.

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New AMEX Offers (Enterprise, Lumosity, etc), Chime Card Offers, BankAmeriDeals & 2 Targeted Credit Card Offers

Good morning everyone, I have a few new AMEX Offers to share.  The only 2 that really interest me are Enterprise Car Rental ($20 off $200) and Lumosity ($10 off $50).

Here are the 4 other AMEX Offers I spotted in my account:

  • Sunnyland Farms: $10 off $50
  • For Your Party: $20 off $100
  • ReStockIt: $5 off $10
  • Roy’s Restaurant: $20 off $100

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US Bank FlexPerks Visa and AMEX $49 Annual Fees Just Posted – Next Steps?

Good morning everyone, I hope your weekend is going well.  It is supposed to rain on and off all weekend in San Francisco, so I hope the weather is better wherever you are.  Yesterday was not a very good day for most Bluebird and AMEX Serve Card holders (Round 2 of AMEX Serve Card Account Closures (March 4, 2016)), but the second round of shutdowns ironically occurred at a great time for this post.

When I logged into my US Bank online account this morning, I saw a $49 annual fee post on both of my US Bank FlexPerks Credit Cards (Visa Signature and American Express).  I was exclusively using my US Bank FlexPerks AMEX Credit Card for AMEX Serve Card online reloads, but since that avenue is no longer available, I really have no other use for the US Bank FlexPerks AMEX Credit Card.  I originally got both US Bank FlexPerks Credit Cards when they were offering large sign up bonuses (Winter Olympics in 2014 for the US Bank FlexPerks Visa Signature Credit Card and the standard 20,000 FlexPoints for the US Bank FlexPerks AMEX Credit Card).

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US Bank FlexPerks $25 Airline Allowance Reimbursement Process & Timeline

Good morning everyone.  My friend Stefan @ Rapid Travel Chai asked me on Twitter about the US Bank FlexPerks $25 airline allowance and the subsequent reimbursement process.  Since I could not find a recent post detailing the reimbursement process, I decided to write this post.  In the past, I wrote How to Book Airfare with US Bank FlexPerks, which shows the entire searching and booking process.  One of the cool perks of booking airfare with US Bank FlexPoints is that you get a $25 airline allowance for each “award” booking.  On the US Bank FlexPerks Credit Card landing page, it says that baggage fees, in-flight food and drinks are eligible for reimbursement, but when you look at the terms and condition, there are no specific items included or excluded from the benefit.

PSA: FlexPoints are the currency issued by the FlexPerks program.  Don’t get confused!

US Bank FlexPerks $25 Airline Allowance Benefit

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