Episode 56: 5x Categories and Opportunities and a 67,000 Mile Offer

On today's No Annual Fee show we discuss:

0:30 Q3 2021 5x Categories

• Chase Freedom
• Grocery Stores
• Select Streaming Services
• Discover
• Restaurants
• PayPal
• Citi Dividend
• Gas Stations
• Home Improvement

3:50 New Citi Custom Cash Card (HT DoC)

• Direct Link
• 20,000 TYP for spending $750 in first 3 months
• No AF
• 5x TYP on up to $500 spend each month in biggest category, 1x after that
• Don’t have to activate (that’s nice)
• Low cap, but that’s the same as Freedom/Discover/Dividend 5x cards
• Would be a great card to product change a bunch of cards into but: “Our policy is to offer only one Citi Custom Cash℠ Card account per customer.”
• Worth getting one?
• Citi IT being what it is, will they actually allow multiple cards per customer?

9:30 Staples Fee-Free $200 VGCs

• Sunday 6/13 - Saturday 6/19/2021

10:10 BofA Alaska 67,000 Mile Offer (DoC)

• Direct Link
• 42,000 after $2,000 in first 3 months
• Additional 25,000 after total of $8,000 in spend in 6 months
• $75 AF not waived first year
• Can’t have had a Personal Alaska card in the prior 24 months
• Discuss
• Better targeted offer
• “Famous” Companion Fares
• Whether Alaska miles are what they once were, especially with travel to Asia still not open

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