Ok, I was planning to get the Upromise.com credit card. It just wasn't a big priority.
Then, they emailed me a special offer with a $50 signup bonus (twice the normal $25 bonus). Then, the very next day, they send me another offer with a $75 bonus.
Unfortunately I intentionally let my priceline.com card report 57% usage, to set a new high usage on that card. So my credit score was down 18-20 points. A week later, they sent me another offer at the $75 bonus rate. I've been checking periodically since then, and those $75 offers are still valid.
Now my priceline.com card is back to reporting 2% usage instead of 57%. So today, I get an offer for the Upromise.com card with a $100 signup bonus! I check my FAKO scores, and Credit Karma score jumped 42 points this week! Credit Sesame jumped 21 points...
I think the credit gods are trying to tell me something.
@Themanwhocan wrote:Ok, I was planning to get the Upromise.com credit card. It just wasn't a big priority.
Then, they emailed me a special offer with a $50 signup bonus (twice the normal $25 bonus). Then, the very next day, they send me another offer with a $75 bonus.
Unfortunately I intentionally let my priceline.com card report 57% usage, to set a new high usage on that card. So my credit score was down 18-20 points. A week later, they sent me another offer at the $75 bonus rate. I've been checking periodically since then, and those $75 offers are still valid.
Now mypriceline.com card is back to reporting 2% usage instead of 57%. So today, I get an offer for the Upromise.com card with a $100 signup bonus! I check my FAKO scores, and Credit Karma score jumped 42 points this week! Credit Sesame jumped 21 points...
I think the credit gods are trying to tell me something.
Unless you go to any of the restaurants/gas stations/movie theaters in their network regulary, don't waste a HP on it, the rewards structure is gimmicky as hell. Get the blue Amazon Visa instead--you'll have the coolest lineup ever! Hehe
By the way, do you still get 2X points on non-Priceline purchases?
@thelethargicage wrote:By the way, do you still get 2X points on non-Priceline purchases?
I still get 2X on the priceline.com card.
The only reason I want the Upromise.com card, other than a signup bonus, is the 5% + 5% on online purchases. So usually you can get 10% cash back on most of the online stores in their shopping portal, and there are usually a few that are a bit higher than that.