A lite Marriott Bonvoy Chase Visa card has been unveiled with less perks than the regular version, but with no-annual-fee, a bold move sure to rattle competition amongst rival co-branded travel reward credit cards. The new no-annual-fee Marriott Bonvoy Bold Chase Visa card will complement the recently introduced Marriott Bonvoy Boundless Chase Visa Signature card,…
A limited edition of the American Express Rose Gold metal card is now available to new cardholders who are friends with an existing Gold card. The $250 per year card earns 4X Membership Rewards points at restaurants and a $10 per month dining credit. The American Express Rose Gold card will be available through July…
A growing and significant number of Americans will be cashing out credit card rewards for summer vacations this year. Approximately four out of ten Americans prefer to use credit cards to pay for their 2019 summer vacations and nearly 40% of younger consumers will be redeeming credit card points for their trips. A recent survey…
Card annual fees for general purpose credit cards, such as Visa and Mastercard, have been a fixture in the U.S. marketplace since their inception in the late 1960s. When CardTrak began tracking U.S. major credit cards in the 1980s, all of the top ten issuers offered the same pricing: a 19.8% annual interest rate and…
The American Express Blue card this month will be mixing in more green by adding new automatic greenbacks to its Cash Preferred Card. The new perks include 6% cash back on select U.S. streaming subscriptions and 3% cash back on transit purchases. The American Express Preferred card already offers one of the most generous automatic…
The Marriott Bonvoy rewards program has snagged four Freddie Awards for its hotel programs. More than seven million travelers voted in the 29th annual Freddie Awards. Marriott Bonvoy was named “Program of the Year, Americas”, for the 12th consecutive year. The other awards included: “Best Hotel Promotion, the Americas”; “Best Elite Hotel Program, Europe and…
When it comes to frequent-flyer loyalty charge cards, the Brits are getting a cherry on top as the Lufthansa Miles & More takes-off globally with the launch of the Diners Club and Mastercard Miles & More Global Traveller Cards. More than 1.4 million Miles & More cards are used by members in over 25 countries…
The Standard Chartered Yatra Visa Platinum is one of the most popular general purpose credit cards in India, based on new cards issued and is highly rated for cardholder satisfaction. Standard Chartered (SC) is currently offering new cardholders a “get welcome” gift basket of travel vouchers worth INR 4,000 from yatra.com within 60 days of…
The BMO CashBack Mastercard is one of the most popular general purpose Canadian credit cards, based on new cards issued and is highly rated for cardholder satisfaction. BMO Bank of Montreal is currently offering new cardholders 5% cash back for the first three months and a 1.99% introductory rate interest rate on balance transfers for…
(Updated from an Earlier Version Published August 20, 2018) The Discover card continues to surpass American Express as the nation’s fifth largest credit card issuer with $73 billion in credit card loans versus $72 billion for American Express. Discover is also the second fastest growing U.S. issuer, among the top six U.S. players, just behind…
