Episode 45: Heightened Credit Card Offers, an Air Transfer Bonus, and a Juicy Grocery Promo

On this week's "No Annual Fee" podcast we discuss...

0:25 Amex Personal Gold/Platinum Offers through Resy (HT DDG)

• Direct Link to offers
• Personal Gold has standard characteristics (60k welcome bonus, $4k min spend, $250 fee) plus
• 20% back at restaurants first year up to $250 back
• Personal Platinum has standard characteristics (75k welcome bonus, $5k min spend, $550 fee) plus
• 20% back at restaurants first year up to $300 back
• 10x on Gas and Supermarkets up to $15,000 spend for 6 months
• Offers do contain lifetime language
• Platinum offer is even better than even a 25k referral, right?
• But maybe not as good as a +3x referral
• Worth a shot to see if you get the pop-up?
• See also: Episode 44 All About Amex

4:25 Chase Ink 75,000 Ultimate Reward Offers

• Ink Cash 5x at office supply capped at $25k/yr (HT DoC)
• Ink Unlimited 1.5x everywhere (HT DoC)
• $7,500 min spend in 4 months
• $0 AF cards

6:10 Chase United MileagePlus Explorer 70,000 Offer

• Direct Link
• 60,000 for $3,000 in first 3 months
• +10,000 for for additional $6,000 within first 6 months
• $95 AF waived first year

7:45 Chase UR: 30% Transfer Bonus to Avios

• Expires 12/9/2020
• HT MilesTalk
• Is this enough to give you pause over cashing out at 1.5 cpp?

9:45 Stop & Shop: $25 Grocery Voucher for $150+ 3rd Party GC Purchase

• Works for Best Buy, probably anything that’s not a VGC/MCGC
• Purchase 11/6-11/26/2020
• Coupons expire 12/2/2020
• Limit 1 $25 voucher per transaction (both on the purchase and the redemption)
• Sometimes these are capped at 10 uses per S&S account, other times not capped
• At sister store Giant, it’s 5x on 3rd party GCs (which I think I’d actually like more since the rewards are easier to use)

12:10 New Annual Subscription Option

• 10% off for a new yearly subscription
• Good option for those currently subscribed at $14.95
• Visit patreon.com/milenomics and select the "or save 10% if you pay annually" option

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