Introduction My wife has the AMEX Surpass card and I’m an AU on it. While I don’t like to MS on the card, it seems that getting Hilton Diamond seems to be worth it these days. I’ve been reading data points that Diamonds are getting better treatment than Golds. I know when I went to […]
Introduction Yesterday morning, I got a call from Sitibank about some activity on my Double Cash card. This is NOT the call you want to get. I don’t remember all of it, so this is the jist of the call C – Hi, this is Siti. We are calling you based on some activity on […]
Introduction After getting hit with so many NSF fees this year, a reader suggested I sign up for a line of credit at my CU to help mitigate some of the fees. And that’s what I did. Signing up It varies with every bank, but my CU allowed me to open a new account […]
Introduction My wife hasn’t done an AOR in a while. I’ve mostly stopped doing them, but went ahead and did it anyway. So let’s get started. Citi Prestige – Approved in letter later Surprisingly, this is her first TYP card. I couldn’t pass up 75K points. She got a whopping $30K CL even when […]
Introduction A long-time reader sent me an email the other day and told me he was just shut down from Chase. He gave me permission to post his story so we can all learn from it: Hi, Vinh! I’ve been a fan of your blog and I have read your shutdown stories, but never expected […]