April 1, 2022|AMEX, Retention Bonus by Eric Lipkind American Express has been very generous with retention offers in the past, while others have not (I’m looking at you, Chase). You can get a retention offer by calling the retention line at (800) 492-3945, saying you were just charged the annual fee, which is a lot. You then […]
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Latest round of retention offers
September 16, 2021|AMEX, Bonvoy, Retention Bonus by Eric Lipkind Every year after the annual fee posts to one of my cards, I call the card issuer to see if there are any retention offers to keep the card. Here are my latest findings from my attempts in the last month. American Express: I had two different AMEX […]
Update on value gained out of credit cards with annual fees
June 17, 2021|AMEX, Annual Fee, Bonvoy, Chase, Frontier, Retention Bonus by Eric Lipkind Last month I wrote about how I get value out of credit cards with annual fees. In May, I added two more credit cards bringing the total number of cards with fees between my wife and me to 27 with total annual fees of […]
Why Its Worth It To Pay For Credit Cards With Annual Fees
May 10, 2021|AMEX, Annual Fee, Bonvoy, Chase, Retention Bonus My wife and I have many credit cards. We have many credit cards that charge annual fees. 26 to be exact. In total, we are currently paying $6,585 in annual fees. That is a LOT of money. However, with targeted spending as well as signing up […]
Amex retention bonuses continue
January 21, 2021|AMEX, Retention Bonus As I’ve mentioned, American Express has been extremely generous with retention offers. In the past, you could get a retention offer on a card every other year. That no longer seems to be the case. Yesterday, I was given a $350 credit on my American Express Platinum for Business […]
Credit card annual fee waivers
November 18, 2020|Annual Fee, Retention Bonus I always mention, its worth asking for annual fee waivers or retention bonuses. However, sometimes it happens even without asking. I just checked my Citi Premier statement. I was expecting a $95 annual fee to post. Instead, the statement says ‘$95 annual fee waiver’ and a $0 charge. This […]
AMEX Retention Bonuses for No-Fee Cards
November 11, 2020|Retention Bonus I have had a lot of success lately with Amex retention bonuses on my cards that had large annual fees. I wondered what would happen if I tried to get a retention offer on a no-fee card. I called the Amex retention line at (800) 452-3945 and gave my card number for my American […]
Another day another Amex retention offer
October 15, 2020|AMEX, Bonvoy, Marriott, Retention Bonus Following up on yesterday’s post where I got a 65,000 Bonvoy point retention bonus from Amex on my Bonvoy Brilliant card, today my wife did the same. She was offered a $100 statement credit after $3,000 spend, or 60,000 Bonvoy points with no spend requirement. She took the points. As […]
AMEX Retention Bonus
February 12, 2020|AMEX, Retention Bonus by Eric Lipkind Given the fantastic sign-on bonuses AMEX has been offering which gave upwards of 75,000-100,000 points, many people signed up for new cards last year. One such card I signed up for was the Gold Delta Amex card. I received 75,000 Delta Skymiles upon account opening with minimum spend. […]