Which banks report AU’s on credit reports and impact on financing/refinancing a home

So my wife and I just refinanced on our house.  It was pretty sudden since we had only bought our house a little over a year ago.  I was at lunch with some coworkers, and one of them mentioned she had just bought a new house and got a “great rate” with a friend at […]

News and Deals from around the web

I don’t usually write about current deals just because if you follow most of the big blogs, they’ve already told you about these deals.  However, there have been so many that I felt like I needed to write this post: Change your Hilton password by 3/25 for a free 1,000 points – http://hhonors3.hilton.com/en/policy/hhonors-security-update-faqs.html.  I forgot I […]

March 2015 round of credit card applications

It had been a while since I have applied for a credit card (over 60 days since my AMEX Business Platinum card).  Today, I went ahead and applied for 6 cards.  Here’s what I applied for (in order):  (also, I have no referral links so you can Google the cards) AMEX Simply Cash (approved after […]

The rationale for switching from Bluebird/Serve to the Target Red Card

  Updated 4/26/15  – As of 4/15/15, AMEX stopped letting you load with a non-AMEX credit card.  This has changed the math.  I’ve also removed the Softcard Serve since that product is no longer available to new customers. I had been debating on whether to make the switch from my Isis Serve to Redbird lately […]

Free 10 Gogo passes for AMEX Business Platinum card members

For you guys who signed up for the 100K AMEX Business Platinum card offer (if you didn’t, I believe you can still get it)  Now that you have the card, make sure you sign up for this new cardmember benefit – 10 free Gogo passes.  I tested authorized users, and they did NOT work. Sign […]