Chase warns reader about his shenanigans
I won’t get into the details of WHY (maybe when the deal is DEAD) this reader got this warning letter, but it’s the first time I had heard of Chase sending out a warning. The letter speaks for itself.
Credit Cards
Google Pay no longer recognizes Alliant cc as debit
I had written a few months ago how Alliant stopped paying cashback for Google Pay. Well it turns out that around 10/29/2019, Google Pay no longer even sees the card as being a valid debit card. It wasn’t much of an MS play once you stopped earning cashback; it was just useful if you wanted […]
AMEX RAT clawing back Saks credit after 8 months, even on a closed card
Word is getting around that AMEX RAT is clawing back GC purchases for the $50 Plat credit. The other play that seemed to work back then (meaning earlier this year) was that if you placed an online order for in-store pickup and say you couldn’t make it to the store, then the credit still stuck. […]
How a reader got scammed via a Venmo phone email passcode scam
A very experienced reader shared this story last week, and I asked if I could share it here so that you guys are aware and can be careful yourself. Don’t think just because you’re “too smart” to be scammed, this could heave easily happened to any of us. Here’s the story unedited: “I got scammed. […]
DEAL DEAD – Redeeming CNB pts at 1.3c
A reader was talking with a CNB concierge rep on 9/25, and was alarmed that the rep told them that point redemptions were now 1.1c versus the 1.3c that you normally were getting. Luckily, they were just early and it actually hadn’t gone into effect yet. Well, I talked to 2 reps last night and […]