Introduction With all the changes happening with AMEX lately, I’ve been trying to rethink my card strategy with AMEX. I still don’t think I’ve perfected it yet, but I’ll just shotgun this until I get it right. Anyway, my Plat card’s annual fee is due in September. For some background, I also have the Biz […]
Introduction I have about ~53K Hawaiian miles in my account. I got it through the Barclay’s card signup years ago. However since they axed me, I’ve never used HA ever since. Awardwallet had been warning me for months that my miles were expiring in June, and so I tried to buy something through their shopping […]
Introduction A reader sent me this yesterday (edited for clarity): “Us bank closed my new reserve card cuz I bought 3 gift cards randomly along with other purchase using my mobile wallet. No warning ..no fraud alert… mixed purchases too. Today tried to use card and decline; called and they said your account is closed…no […]
Introduction While on vacation, I had forgotten about an autopayment on my AMEX business SPG card. It was a sizeable 5 figure balance too. I came back on a Sunday and realized the payment was going to hit on Monday. There was no way I was going to be able to get cash on time. […]
Introduction There was a bunch of hoopla over AMEX moving up the payment due dates on Biz cards a few months ago. However, a reader shared a clarification with me that I’ll share with you guys. The gist is that those 2 week “Please Pay By Date” is merely a suggestion and isn’t the drop […]