Credit Cards

[Kr33ker]

I told myself I was going to garden longer, but I the itch is too strong for me to resist.

I buy lunch almost everyday so I think the +10 points on each swipe would be very beneficial for me. The only thing holding me back is that they are only offering the $100 offer instead of the $300 offer. Do you guys think this offer will ever return? Can I ask them to give me the offer before or after I apply for the card?

Are there any other cards I should look into? Maybe BCE? 

[YahComb]

if you don't really need the card you might as well wait, though who knows when that offer will actually be around again, or if it will ever be that high again. You have something like 90(someone said a chase rep told them 93) days to ask for a better offer if one is offered in that time frame.

[melbaro]

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Kr33ker wrote:

I told myself I was going to garden longer, but I the itch is too strong for me to resist.

I buy lunch almost everyday so I think the +10 points on each swipe would be very beneficial for me. The only thing holding me back is that they are only offering the $100 offer instead of the $300 offer. Do you guys think this offer will ever return? Can I ask them to give me the offer before or after I apply for the card?

Are there any other cards I should look into? Maybe BCE? 

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If the 10 points per swipe is a kicker for you, then app now. The 10/10 is going away and will only be the 10% portion if you apply after the 11th this month.

A bird in the hand is better than two in a bush.

[Kr33ker]

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melbaro wrote:

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Kr33ker wrote:

I told myself I was going to garden longer, but I the itch is too strong for me to resist.

I buy lunch almost everyday so I think the +10 points on each swipe would be very beneficial for me. The only thing holding me back is that they are only offering the $100 offer instead of the $300 offer. Do you guys think this offer will ever return? Can I ask them to give me the offer before or after I apply for the card?

Are there any other cards I should look into? Maybe BCE? 

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If the 10 points per swipe is a kicker for you, then app now. The 10/10 is going away and will only be the 10% portion if you apply after the 11th this month.

A bird in the hand is better than two in a bush.

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If I apply before the 11th of this month will I keep the 10 points for the life of the card? Or will it ultimately end?

I honestly don't know if the 10/10 is reallty THAT beneficial for me btw.

[distantarray]

depends how many times you swipe per day, if you swipe 10 times a day that's $1 a day you could be making + 5% category bonuses + access to the ultimate rewards mall could potentially make you more than the $200 extra by waiting for something that could never come back.

5% categories remember like this month for travel, if you don't have any 5% travel cards right now that could save you $100 on a $2,000 ticket purchase right now which isn't too hard to do around the holidays with families even for domestic flights.  Plus Bestbuy and Kohls is on special right now, so $4,000 purchases would already get you 5% back. If you don't have Visa Signiture and get approved for it you get a lot of purchase benefits like price matching, accident insurance for damaged or stolen goods etc.

[flowfaster]

If the 10/10 is going away then I would wait.  The 300+ offers have been around for the last two years.  I got in on a $350 offer in April of this year.  I'm actually thinking of closing my Freedom card and transferring the CL to my Amazon card.  Then reapply later next year when a bonus comes around.  I think I can scrape by with only the Discover card until the Freedom bonus goes $300+ again.  Since the categories are pretty much the same.

[melbaro]

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Kr33ker wrote:

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melbaro wrote:

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Kr33ker wrote:

I told myself I was going to garden longer, but I the itch is too strong for me to resist.

I buy lunch almost everyday so I think the +10 points on each swipe would be very beneficial for me. The only thing holding me back is that they are only offering the $100 offer instead of the $300 offer. Do you guys think this offer will ever return? Can I ask them to give me the offer before or after I apply for the card?

Are there any other cards I should look into? Maybe BCE? 

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If the 10 points per swipe is a kicker for you, then app now. The 10/10 is going away and will only be the 10% portion if you apply after the 11th this month.

A bird in the hand is better than two in a bush.

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If I apply before the 11th of this month will I keep the 10 points for the life of the card? Or will it ultimately end?

I honestly don't know if the 10/10 is reallty THAT beneficial for me btw.

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It will remain for the life of the card. It beats just the 10%. See the trifecta thread and see if the benefits are in your favor to app now with 10/10 or later with potentially never getting a better offer for Freedom and just a 10/0.

[maiden_girl]

I think you can only get that offer if you apply with a coupon and opening a checking account at the same time as the credit card. They send those out sometimes.

[flowfaster]

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distantarray wrote:

depends how many times you swipe per day, if you swipe 10 times a day that's $1 a day you could be making + 5% category bonuses + access to the ultimate rewards mall could potentially make you more than the $200 extra by waiting for something that could never come back.

5% categories remember like this month for travel, if you don't have any 5% travel cards right now that could save you $100 on a $2,000 ticket purchase right now which isn't too hard to do around the holidays with families even for domestic flights.  Plus Bestbuy and Kohls is on special right now, so $4,000 purchases would already get you 5% back. If you don't have Visa Signiture and get approved for it you get a lot of purchase benefits like price matching, accident insurance for damaged or stolen goods etc.

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The cap is $1500.

[Kr33ker]

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melbaro wrote:

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Kr33ker wrote:

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melbaro wrote:

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Kr33ker wrote:

I told myself I was going to garden longer, but I the itch is too strong for me to resist.

I buy lunch almost everyday so I think the +10 points on each swipe would be very beneficial for me. The only thing holding me back is that they are only offering the $100 offer instead of the $300 offer. Do you guys think this offer will ever return? Can I ask them to give me the offer before or after I apply for the card?

Are there any other cards I should look into? Maybe BCE? 

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If the 10 points per swipe is a kicker for you, then app now. The 10/10 is going away and will only be the 10% portion if you apply after the 11th this month.

A bird in the hand is better than two in a bush.

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If I apply before the 11th of this month will I keep the 10 points for the life of the card? Or will it ultimately end?

I honestly don't know if the 10/10 is reallty THAT beneficial for me btw.

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It will remain for the life of the card. It beats just the 10%. See the trifecta thread and see if the benefits are in your favor to app now with 10/10 or later with potentially never getting a better offer for Freedom and just a 10/0.

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Can you link the source of your information?

I would need 2000 swipes to make up for the $100 bonus instead of $300 (unless my math is incorrect?).