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    <title>topic Re: Short-lived, low-bonus accounts in Credit Cards</title>
    <link>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Credit-Cards/Short-lived-low-bonus-accounts/m-p/4404810#M1264282</link>
    <description>&lt;P&gt;Discover IT has no bonus minimum spend to meet, but it's one of my most-used cards because of the double cash back.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;The other two wish list cards have varying degrees of spending difficulty to achieve, EDP I could wipe out that $1000 bonus pretty easily with one trip to the Apple Store. &amp;nbsp;CSP is a little trickier, to the point where it might be worth it to not try for it right away or at all. &amp;nbsp;Even though it is one of the better travel cards out there. &amp;nbsp;I could accomplish better bonus spending with the PRG, and you could make the argument the PRG is better in most departments.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2016 19:51:16 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2016-01-09T19:51:16Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Short-lived, low-bonus accounts</title>
      <link>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Credit-Cards/Short-lived-low-bonus-accounts/m-p/4403553#M1263734</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;I see threads where&amp;nbsp;people with&amp;nbsp;reasonably good&amp;nbsp;credit open cards (with no annual fee, no&amp;nbsp;special perks, and a&amp;nbsp;tiny signup bonus) and then close them a few days/weeks/months later. Some accounts get closed with less than a year of history and minimal total rewards.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Does anyone else have an "each of those accounts could have&amp;nbsp;provided a&amp;nbsp;nice signup&amp;nbsp;bonus" reaction? With or without a good bonus, AAoA grows more slowly, and the reports will look similar under manual review.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Obviously a person would have to meet minimum spend to get&amp;nbsp;those bonuses, but a lot of decent&amp;nbsp;ones&amp;nbsp;only require $1k spending over three months.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2016 22:42:29 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Credit-Cards/Short-lived-low-bonus-accounts/m-p/4403553#M1263734</guid>
      <dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2016-01-08T22:42:29Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Short-lived, low-bonus accounts</title>
      <link>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Credit-Cards/Short-lived-low-bonus-accounts/m-p/4403649#M1263760</link>
      <description>&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;@Anonymous wrote:&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;I see threads where&amp;nbsp;people with&amp;nbsp;reasonably good&amp;nbsp;credit open cards (with no annual fee, no&amp;nbsp;special perks, and a&amp;nbsp;tiny signup bonus) and then close them a few days/weeks/months later. Some accounts get closed with less than a year of history and minimal total rewards.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Does anyone else have an "each of those accounts could have&amp;nbsp;provided a&amp;nbsp;nice signup&amp;nbsp;bonus" reaction? With or without a good bonus, AAoA grows more slowly, and the reports will look similar under manual review.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Obviously a person would have to meet minimum spend to get&amp;nbsp;those bonuses, but a lot of decent&amp;nbsp;ones&amp;nbsp;only require $1k spending over three months.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;P&gt;Personally, I only app for cards that I know I will&amp;nbsp;&lt;EM&gt;definitely&amp;nbsp;&lt;/EM&gt;keep open and actually use.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Doesn't matter if they have a bonus or not, it is just an incentive to app for them (ie AARP $200 bonus)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2016 23:42:59 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Credit-Cards/Short-lived-low-bonus-accounts/m-p/4403649#M1263760</guid>
      <dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2016-01-08T23:42:59Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Short-lived, low-bonus accounts</title>
      <link>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Credit-Cards/Short-lived-low-bonus-accounts/m-p/4403777#M1263821</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;^I agree with above. A bonus is nice but not a deal-maker for me. I like cards that I will use over the long term. Of all my cards, the only ones with "real" bonuses have been QS and Freedom. While I sock drawered Freedom (no use for it anymore due to useless/uninteresting categories), it was a card I planned to use for the long term. I did get a $25 bonus with Sallie Mae but I've gotten the most cash back out of that card that the bonus was just icing on the cake. I can't be bothered to manage a ton of accounts and I guess I'm just not the type to bonus chase.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2016 01:08:18 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Credit-Cards/Short-lived-low-bonus-accounts/m-p/4403777#M1263821</guid>
      <dc:creator>Callandra</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2016-01-09T01:08:18Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Short-lived, low-bonus accounts</title>
      <link>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Credit-Cards/Short-lived-low-bonus-accounts/m-p/4404726#M1264255</link>
      <description>&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;@Anonymous wrote:&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;@Anonymous wrote:&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;I see threads where&amp;nbsp;people with&amp;nbsp;reasonably good&amp;nbsp;credit open cards (with no annual fee, no&amp;nbsp;special perks, and a&amp;nbsp;tiny signup bonus) and then close them a few days/weeks/months later. Some accounts get closed with less than a year of history and minimal total rewards.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Does anyone else have an "each of those accounts could have&amp;nbsp;provided a&amp;nbsp;nice signup&amp;nbsp;bonus" reaction? With or without a good bonus, AAoA grows more slowly, and the reports will look similar under manual review.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Obviously a person would have to meet minimum spend to get&amp;nbsp;those bonuses, but a lot of decent&amp;nbsp;ones&amp;nbsp;only require $1k spending over three months.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;P&gt;Personally, I only app for cards that I know I will&amp;nbsp;&lt;EM&gt;definitely&amp;nbsp;&lt;/EM&gt;keep open and actually use.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Doesn't matter if they have a bonus or not, it is just an incentive to app for them (ie AARP $200 bonus)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;P&gt;I'm not sure which cards you're the primary vs. an AU on, but how do you allocate spending across two 2% cards and two 1.5% cards (all Visas)? If you want to keep a Venture (good rewards, a good CL,&amp;nbsp;and no FTFs), the other three would seem to be useless.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2016 18:47:43 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Credit-Cards/Short-lived-low-bonus-accounts/m-p/4404726#M1264255</guid>
      <dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2016-01-09T18:47:43Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Short-lived, low-bonus accounts</title>
      <link>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Credit-Cards/Short-lived-low-bonus-accounts/m-p/4404798#M1264281</link>
      <description>&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;@Anonymous wrote:&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;@Anonymous wrote:&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;@Anonymous wrote:&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;I see threads where&amp;nbsp;people with&amp;nbsp;reasonably good&amp;nbsp;credit open cards (with no annual fee, no&amp;nbsp;special perks, and a&amp;nbsp;tiny signup bonus) and then close them a few days/weeks/months later. Some accounts get closed with less than a year of history and minimal total rewards.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Does anyone else have an "each of those accounts could have&amp;nbsp;provided a&amp;nbsp;nice signup&amp;nbsp;bonus" reaction? With or without a good bonus, AAoA grows more slowly, and the reports will look similar under manual review.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Obviously a person would have to meet minimum spend to get&amp;nbsp;those bonuses, but a lot of decent&amp;nbsp;ones&amp;nbsp;only require $1k spending over three months.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;P&gt;Personally, I only app for cards that I know I will&amp;nbsp;&lt;EM&gt;definitely&amp;nbsp;&lt;/EM&gt;keep open and actually use.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Doesn't matter if they have a bonus or not, it is just an incentive to app for them (ie AARP $200 bonus)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;P&gt;I'm not sure which cards you're the primary vs. an AU on, but how do you allocate spending across two 2% cards and two 1.5% cards (all Visas)? If you want to keep a Venture (good rewards, a good CL,&amp;nbsp;and no FTFs), the other three would seem to be useless.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;P&gt;Good question! (btw all cards in my sig are my own, not AU)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;The cap one cards I just got to combine them into my first QS.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I plan to use it for any form of traveling, where there is no FTF and credit limit to worry about. It also serves as a backup in case my 2% FNBO goes away.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2016 19:36:16 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Credit-Cards/Short-lived-low-bonus-accounts/m-p/4404798#M1264281</guid>
      <dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2016-01-09T19:36:16Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Short-lived, low-bonus accounts</title>
      <link>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Credit-Cards/Short-lived-low-bonus-accounts/m-p/4404810#M1264282</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Discover IT has no bonus minimum spend to meet, but it's one of my most-used cards because of the double cash back.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;The other two wish list cards have varying degrees of spending difficulty to achieve, EDP I could wipe out that $1000 bonus pretty easily with one trip to the Apple Store. &amp;nbsp;CSP is a little trickier, to the point where it might be worth it to not try for it right away or at all. &amp;nbsp;Even though it is one of the better travel cards out there. &amp;nbsp;I could accomplish better bonus spending with the PRG, and you could make the argument the PRG is better in most departments.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2016 19:51:16 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Credit-Cards/Short-lived-low-bonus-accounts/m-p/4404810#M1264282</guid>
      <dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2016-01-09T19:51:16Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Short-lived, low-bonus accounts</title>
      <link>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Credit-Cards/Short-lived-low-bonus-accounts/m-p/4404820#M1264287</link>
      <description>&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;@Anonymous wrote:&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;@Anonymous wrote:&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;@Anonymous wrote:&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;@Anonymous wrote:&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;I see threads where&amp;nbsp;people with&amp;nbsp;reasonably good&amp;nbsp;credit open cards (with no annual fee, no&amp;nbsp;special perks, and a&amp;nbsp;tiny signup bonus) and then close them a few days/weeks/months later. Some accounts get closed with less than a year of history and minimal total rewards.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Does anyone else have an "each of those accounts could have&amp;nbsp;provided a&amp;nbsp;nice signup&amp;nbsp;bonus" reaction? With or without a good bonus, AAoA grows more slowly, and the reports will look similar under manual review.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Obviously a person would have to meet minimum spend to get&amp;nbsp;those bonuses, but a lot of decent&amp;nbsp;ones&amp;nbsp;only require $1k spending over three months.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;P&gt;Personally, I only app for cards that I know I will&amp;nbsp;&lt;EM&gt;definitely&amp;nbsp;&lt;/EM&gt;keep open and actually use.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Doesn't matter if they have a bonus or not, it is just an incentive to app for them (ie AARP $200 bonus)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;P&gt;I'm not sure which cards you're the primary vs. an AU on, but how do you allocate spending across two 2% cards and two 1.5% cards (all Visas)? If you want to keep a Venture (good rewards, a good CL,&amp;nbsp;and no FTFs), the other three would seem to be useless.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;P&gt;Good question! (btw all cards in my sig are my own, not AU)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;The cap one cards I just got to combine them into my first QS.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I plan to use it for any form of traveling, where there is no FTF and credit limit to worry about. It also serves as a backup &lt;FONT size="2" color="#FF0000"&gt;in case my 2% FNBO goes away&lt;/FONT&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;P&gt;What do you mean by this??&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2016 19:59:11 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Credit-Cards/Short-lived-low-bonus-accounts/m-p/4404820#M1264287</guid>
      <dc:creator>gdale6</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2016-01-09T19:59:11Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Short-lived, low-bonus accounts</title>
      <link>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Credit-Cards/Short-lived-low-bonus-accounts/m-p/4404824#M1264288</link>
      <description>&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;@Anonymous wrote:&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;P&gt;Discover IT has no bonus minimum spend to meet, but it's one of my most-used cards because of the double cash back.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;The other two wish list cards have varying degrees of spending difficulty to achieve, &lt;STRONG&gt;EDP I could wipe out that $1000 bonus pretty easily with one trip to the Apple Store.&lt;/STRONG&gt; &amp;nbsp;CSP is a little trickier, to the point where it might be worth it to not try for it right away or at all. &amp;nbsp;Even though it is one of the better travel cards out there. &amp;nbsp;I could accomplish better bonus spending with the PRG, and you could make the argument the PRG is better in most departments.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;P&gt;If you buy from Apple.com with your Discover, using the portal:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;(1% base rewards + 5% Dicover Deals cashback bonus) * Double Rewards promo = 12% cash back&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRIKE&gt;Discover says the 5% bonus excludes MacBooks, but I got it on a MacBook, anyway.&lt;/STRIKE&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Edit: The "excluded items" list changes from time to time, and bonus rewards on officially excluded items may or may not be honored.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2016 04:19:24 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Credit-Cards/Short-lived-low-bonus-accounts/m-p/4404824#M1264288</guid>
      <dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2016-01-10T04:19:24Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Short-lived, low-bonus accounts</title>
      <link>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Credit-Cards/Short-lived-low-bonus-accounts/m-p/4404837#M1264294</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;I don't really pay that much attention to bonuses at all, with the exception of the BCP - it's an 'exception' since I consider the $150 bonus the equivalent of a 'rebate' of the first two year's annual fee.&amp;nbsp; In the event that my rewards from the BCP were less than I anticipated, the bonus still made giving it a try 'worth it' (the BCP does not waive the first year fee).&amp;nbsp; As it turns out it would still be worth it even without the bonus, but it was nice knowing it wouldn't cost me anything if that hadn't been the case.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;The card that is my most valuable rewards-wise is the Sam's Club MasterCard, and it's reward was a paltry $20 (and due to a glitch, I had to contact customer service twice even to get that).&amp;nbsp; My Quicksilver provided a $100 bonus, which was nice considering I would have made the purchases anyway.&amp;nbsp; The other cards I have either had a very small bonus (USAA Visa was $25) or none at all (Discover), but I got each of them because I &lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;EM&gt;actually wanted&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt; the account, not for a one-time payout.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Basically, I consider my wallet precious real estate and each of my cards has to 'earn' it's place - bonuses don't count.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I'm not a bonus chaser, but I don't judge folks who are.&amp;nbsp; To me, though, it's just not a fit (for me) at this time.&amp;nbsp; I'm just coming out of rebuilding mode (my last baddie drops this year), so doing anything to lower my already fragile AAoA would be foolish.&amp;nbsp; Once my AAoA is nice and stable, I might be a bit more adventurous and 'harvest' a few bonuses, but for now I'm very pleased with what I have.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2016 20:23:59 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Credit-Cards/Short-lived-low-bonus-accounts/m-p/4404837#M1264294</guid>
      <dc:creator>UncleB</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2016-01-09T20:23:59Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Short-lived, low-bonus accounts</title>
      <link>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Credit-Cards/Short-lived-low-bonus-accounts/m-p/4404961#M1264327</link>
      <description>&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;@Anonymous wrote:&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;@Anonymous wrote:&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;P&gt;Discover IT has no bonus minimum spend to meet, but it's one of my most-used cards because of the double cash back.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;The other two wish list cards have varying degrees of spending difficulty to achieve, &lt;STRONG&gt;EDP I could wipe out that $1000 bonus pretty easily with one trip to the Apple Store.&lt;/STRONG&gt; &amp;nbsp;CSP is a little trickier, to the point where it might be worth it to not try for it right away or at all. &amp;nbsp;Even though it is one of the better travel cards out there. &amp;nbsp;I could accomplish better bonus spending with the PRG, and you could make the argument the PRG is better in most departments.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;P&gt;If you buy from Apple.com with your Discover, using the portal:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;(1% base rewards + 5% Dicover Deals cashback bonus) * Double Rewards promo = 12% cash back&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Discover says the 5% bonus excludes MacBooks, but I got it on a MacBook, anyway.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;P&gt;I've seen that, and it's the iPad Pro they exclude. &amp;nbsp;The Macbook Pro is included in the deal. &amp;nbsp;The Discover card is primarily a bill pay card, and it's only at $1400 CL. &amp;nbsp;Not useful for buying a Macbook since that would put it at &amp;nbsp;or near the limit rather quickly. &amp;nbsp;If nothing else I'm hoping for an Amazon CLI from $800 and I'll use that, or put it on the Chase Freedom or AMEX.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2016 22:42:14 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Credit-Cards/Short-lived-low-bonus-accounts/m-p/4404961#M1264327</guid>
      <dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2016-01-09T22:42:14Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Short-lived, low-bonus accounts</title>
      <link>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Credit-Cards/Short-lived-low-bonus-accounts/m-p/4405082#M1264358</link>
      <description>&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;&lt;a href="https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/902416"&gt;@UncleB&lt;/a&gt; wrote:&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;P&gt;I don't really pay that much attention to bonuses at all, with the exception of the BCP - it's an 'exception' since I consider the $150 bonus the equivalent of a 'rebate' of the first two year's annual fee.&amp;nbsp; In the event that my rewards from the BCP were less than I anticipated, the bonus still made giving it a try 'worth it' (the BCP does not waive the first year fee).&amp;nbsp; As it turns out it would still be worth it even without the bonus, but it was nice knowing it wouldn't cost me anything if that hadn't been the case.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;The card that is my most valuable rewards-wise is the Sam's Club MasterCard, and it's reward was a paltry $20 (and due to a glitch, I had to contact customer service twice even to get that).&amp;nbsp; My Quicksilver provided a $100 bonus, which was nice considering I would have made the purchases anyway.&amp;nbsp; The other cards I have either had a very small bonus (USAA Visa was $25) or none at all (Discover), but I got each of them because I &lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;EM&gt;actually wanted&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt; the account, not for a one-time payout.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Basically, I consider my wallet precious real estate and each of my cards has to 'earn' it's place - bonuses don't count.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I'm not a bonus chaser, but I don't judge folks who are.&amp;nbsp; To me, though, it's just not a fit (for me) at this time.&amp;nbsp; I'm just coming out of rebuilding mode (my last baddie drops this year), so doing anything to lower my already fragile AAoA would be foolish.&amp;nbsp; Once my AAoA is nice and stable, I might be a bit more adventurous and 'harvest' a few bonuses, but for now I'm very pleased with what I have.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT size="3"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;FONT color="#0000FF"&gt;UncleB ^^^^^^^^^^^^&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT color="#0000FF"&gt;I like this answer for a lot of reasons...Bravo bravo bravo&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Do I look at what and why a person got XXX card with low bonus .....&lt;FONT color="#FF0000"&gt;NO.... not my business&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Everyone and their profile is extremely different as are their needs in a card&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;So are the conditions of where they are in their credit journey&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT color="#0000FF"&gt;Examples:&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Re-builders shouldn't target a CSP w/o building history and or cleaning CR's to fulfill&amp;nbsp;the chances of getting that card&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Someone with no credit shouldn't be thinking Amex Plat as a first card&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;No matter if building/rebuilding&amp;nbsp;or beyond that stage it still boils down to spending and in this game someone on a low fixed income can still get rewards via travel/cashback weather the bonus is $25 or $625 it's still a savings in their pockets&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;The fixed or currently low income person shouldn't be looking at the bonus as the only reason in the selection of a card and neither should anyone else honestly&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Bonuses weren't around say 15 years ago and with all the devaluations we see now it's just a matter of time before&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;A) there all gone&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;B) they're all $25-$100&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;So then the question becomes the person that made the choice to seek the higher bonuses including myself&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Note: (I built up to this point slowly and I might add with small bonuses and sometimes no bonus)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;"What will you do then take the $25-$100 and be happy or get out of the game and not use free money because in the end CC's are still a way to float free loans for XXX amount of days?"&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Which was the number one reason a card was choose with the second being BT long before bonuses&lt;img id="smileywink" class="emoticon emoticon-smileywink" src="https://ficoforums.myfico.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-wink.gif" alt="Smiley Wink" title="Smiley Wink" /&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;This is news 7 and my editorial&amp;nbsp;and may not be reflect the views of this station ....Lol&amp;nbsp;&lt;img id="smileytongue" class="emoticon emoticon-smileytongue" src="https://ficoforums.myfico.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-tongue.gif" alt="Smiley Tongue" title="Smiley Tongue" /&gt;&lt;img id="smileyvery-happy" class="emoticon emoticon-smileyvery-happy" src="https://ficoforums.myfico.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-very-happy.gif" alt="Smiley Very Happy" title="Smiley Very Happy" /&gt;&lt;img id="smileywink" class="emoticon emoticon-smileywink" src="https://ficoforums.myfico.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-wink.gif" alt="Smiley Wink" title="Smiley Wink" /&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;MJ&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2016 00:23:41 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Credit-Cards/Short-lived-low-bonus-accounts/m-p/4405082#M1264358</guid>
      <dc:creator>myjourney</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2016-01-10T00:23:41Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Short-lived, low-bonus accounts</title>
      <link>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Credit-Cards/Short-lived-low-bonus-accounts/m-p/4405245#M1264415</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;I really dont stay that often with IHG...but it was a no brainer to me to get it as the annual free night outweighs the AF.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I do think some people act on impulse, but that is all part of learning. &amp;nbsp;I don't see anything wrong with someone who isnt buying a house or a car, using some of their inquiries to get a card or two each year, strictly for the sign on bonus. Heck their annual CC spend probably would never even be HALF of what the bonus is valued at. &amp;nbsp;This is a mild churning mentality here, and is risky. It wont go on forever anyway. &amp;nbsp;But at the end of the day, its not going to make anyone rich. &amp;nbsp;I dont have a problem with someone apping for a CSP if they are preapproved, and they dont spend enough for the AF to make sense. &amp;nbsp;If they can afford the bonus spend, then go for it, and downgrade it or do what you gotta do.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I am a hoarder, I hoard my points, my cash back, and my limits. I would think many people would do the exact opposite, and that is fine too. I am sure many folks opened up freedom cards to save a few bucks on an xbox one or whatever this past christmas. Who am I to judge.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;The one thing I dont get is folks that will apply for something and think they got the best bonus. &amp;nbsp;But hey, even I made that mistake with my silly amex POT feature. There is a 10k MR bonus for that. &amp;nbsp;Its hard to stay on top of everything all the time lol.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2016 02:26:11 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Credit-Cards/Short-lived-low-bonus-accounts/m-p/4405245#M1264415</guid>
      <dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2016-01-10T02:26:11Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Short-lived, low-bonus accounts</title>
      <link>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Credit-Cards/Short-lived-low-bonus-accounts/m-p/4405261#M1264421</link>
      <description>&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;&lt;a href="https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/667905"&gt;@myjourney&lt;/a&gt; wrote:&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;The fixed or currently low income person shouldn't be looking at the bonus as the only reason in the selection of a card and neither should anyone else honestly&amp;nbsp;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Bonuses weren't around say 15 years ago and with all the devaluations we see now it's just a matter of time before&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;A) there all gone&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;B) they're all $25-$100&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;So then the question becomes the person that made the choice to seek the higher bonuses including myself&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Note: (I built up to this point slowly and I might add with small bonuses and sometimes no bonus)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;"What will you do then take the $25-$100 and be happy or get out of the game and not use free money because in the end CC's are still a way to float free loans for XXX amount of days?"&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Which was the number one reason a card was choose with the second being BT long before bonuses&lt;img id="smileywink" class="emoticon emoticon-smileywink" src="https://ficoforums.myfico.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-wink.gif" alt="Smiley Wink" title="Smiley Wink" /&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;This is news 7 and my editorial&amp;nbsp;and may not be reflect the views of this station ....Lol&amp;nbsp;&lt;img id="smileytongue" class="emoticon emoticon-smileytongue" src="https://ficoforums.myfico.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-tongue.gif" alt="Smiley Tongue" title="Smiley Tongue" /&gt;&lt;img id="smileyvery-happy" class="emoticon emoticon-smileyvery-happy" src="https://ficoforums.myfico.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-very-happy.gif" alt="Smiley Very Happy" title="Smiley Very Happy" /&gt;&lt;img id="smileywink" class="emoticon emoticon-smileywink" src="https://ficoforums.myfico.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-wink.gif" alt="Smiley Wink" title="Smiley Wink" /&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;MJ&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;P&gt;Not sure I agree with the bolded statement. &amp;nbsp; There is a thread about the Freedom where the OP is on a fixed income, and the bonus is ALL that is important, as he/she doesn't expect to make much at all from spending. &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; At a certain stage (with a robust profile) it's perferctly reasonable to choose bonus as the first and only reason when considering a card. &amp;nbsp; Rewards earned from spending are usually a lot less than a bonus.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Re what happens when.... &amp;nbsp; Yesterday MS took a big hit, so I stop for now and wait. &amp;nbsp; Same with bonuses. &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;If they go away, or go to $25-100, bonus churning will stop (not that I do that as it happens) but I&amp;nbsp;I&amp;nbsp;will still continue to use credit cards, and may apply for one that increases rewards, but will continue&amp;nbsp;look out for any bonuses that do come up. &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2016 02:36:32 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Credit-Cards/Short-lived-low-bonus-accounts/m-p/4405261#M1264421</guid>
      <dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2016-01-10T02:36:32Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Short-lived, low-bonus accounts</title>
      <link>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Credit-Cards/Short-lived-low-bonus-accounts/m-p/4405282#M1264434</link>
      <description>&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;@Anonymous wrote:&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;&lt;a href="https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/667905"&gt;@myjourney&lt;/a&gt; wrote:&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;The fixed or currently low income person shouldn't be looking at the bonus as the only reason in the selection of a card and neither should anyone else honestly&amp;nbsp;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Bonuses weren't around say 15 years ago and with all the devaluations we see now it's just a matter of time before&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;A) there all gone&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;B) they're all $25-$100&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;So then the question becomes the person that made the choice to seek the higher bonuses including myself&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Note: (I built up to this point slowly and I might add with small bonuses and sometimes no bonus)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;"What will you do then take the $25-$100 and be happy or get out of the game and not use free money because in the end CC's are still a way to float free loans for XXX amount of days?"&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Which was the number one reason a card was choose with the second being BT long before bonuses&lt;img id="smileywink" class="emoticon emoticon-smileywink" src="https://ficoforums.myfico.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-wink.gif" alt="Smiley Wink" title="Smiley Wink" /&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;This is news 7 and my editorial&amp;nbsp;and may not be reflect the views of this station ....Lol&amp;nbsp;&lt;img id="smileytongue" class="emoticon emoticon-smileytongue" src="https://ficoforums.myfico.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-tongue.gif" alt="Smiley Tongue" title="Smiley Tongue" /&gt;&lt;img id="smileyvery-happy" class="emoticon emoticon-smileyvery-happy" src="https://ficoforums.myfico.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-very-happy.gif" alt="Smiley Very Happy" title="Smiley Very Happy" /&gt;&lt;img id="smileywink" class="emoticon emoticon-smileywink" src="https://ficoforums.myfico.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-wink.gif" alt="Smiley Wink" title="Smiley Wink" /&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;MJ&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;P&gt;Not sure I agree with the bolded statement. &amp;nbsp; There is a thread about the Freedom where the OP is on a fixed income, and the bonus is ALL that is important, as he/she doesn't expect to make much at all from spending. &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; At a certain stage (with a robust profile) it's perferctly reasonable to choose bonus as the first and only reason when considering a card. &amp;nbsp; Rewards earned from spending are usually a lot less than a bonus.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT color="#FF0000"&gt;Re what happens when.... &amp;nbsp; Yesterday MS took a big hit, so I stop for now and wait.&lt;/FONT&gt; &amp;nbsp; Same with bonuses. &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;If they go away, or go to $25-100, bonus churning will stop (not that I do that as it happens) but I&amp;nbsp;I&amp;nbsp;will still continue to use credit cards, and may apply for one that increases rewards, but will continue&amp;nbsp;look out for any bonuses that do come up. &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;P&gt;Oh agreed LTL in isolated cases it happens&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;My statement was a continuation of the one above it...&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT color="#0000FF"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;"someone on a low fixed income can still get rewards via travel/cashback weather the bonus is $25 or $625&lt;FONT color="#FF0000"&gt; it's still a savings in their pockets&lt;/FONT&gt;"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT color="#FF0000"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Explain red statement LTL .....inquiring mind want to know... Lol What I miss?&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2016 02:49:50 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Credit-Cards/Short-lived-low-bonus-accounts/m-p/4405282#M1264434</guid>
      <dc:creator>myjourney</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2016-01-10T02:49:50Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Short-lived, low-bonus accounts</title>
      <link>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Credit-Cards/Short-lived-low-bonus-accounts/m-p/4405453#M1264514</link>
      <description>&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;@Anonymous wrote:&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;@Anonymous wrote:&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;@Anonymous wrote:&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;P&gt;Discover IT has no bonus minimum spend to meet, but it's one of my most-used cards because of the double cash back.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;The other two wish list cards have varying degrees of spending difficulty to achieve, &lt;STRONG&gt;EDP I could wipe out that $1000 bonus pretty easily with one trip to the Apple Store.&lt;/STRONG&gt; &amp;nbsp;CSP is a little trickier, to the point where it might be worth it to not try for it right away or at all. &amp;nbsp;Even though it is one of the better travel cards out there. &amp;nbsp;I could accomplish better bonus spending with the PRG, and you could make the argument the PRG is better in most departments.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;P&gt;If you buy from Apple.com with your Discover, using the portal:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;(1% base rewards + 5% Dicover Deals cashback bonus) * Double Rewards promo = 12% cash back&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Discover says the 5% bonus excludes MacBooks, but I got it on a MacBook, anyway.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;P&gt;I've seen that, and it's the iPad Pro they exclude. &amp;nbsp;The Macbook Pro is included in the deal. &amp;nbsp;The Discover card is primarily a bill pay card, and it's only at $1400 CL. &amp;nbsp;Not useful for buying a Macbook since that would put it at &amp;nbsp;or near the limit rather quickly. &amp;nbsp;If nothing else I'm hoping for an Amazon CLI from $800 and I'll use that, or put it on the Chase Freedom or AMEX.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;P&gt;I looked again and they've changed the items officially excluded. I might be wrong about Discover giving rewards on officially excluded items. I got the&amp;nbsp;portal bonus on a MacBook Air at a time when the excluded items list may have only included basic MacBooks (not Air or Pro). I can't be certain.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;As far as the CL, that's definitely an obstacle. You might be able to call Discover, tell them why you want a bigger CL, and get a SP CLI.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2016 04:15:18 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Credit-Cards/Short-lived-low-bonus-accounts/m-p/4405453#M1264514</guid>
      <dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2016-01-10T04:15:18Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Short-lived, low-bonus accounts</title>
      <link>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Credit-Cards/Short-lived-low-bonus-accounts/m-p/4405455#M1264516</link>
      <description>&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;&lt;a href="https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/667905"&gt;@myjourney&lt;/a&gt; wrote:&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;&lt;a href="https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/902416"&gt;@UncleB&lt;/a&gt; wrote:&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;P&gt;I don't really pay that much attention to bonuses at all, with the exception of the BCP - it's an 'exception' since I consider the $150 bonus the equivalent of a 'rebate' of the first two year's annual fee.&amp;nbsp; In the event that my rewards from the BCP were less than I anticipated, the bonus still made giving it a try 'worth it' (the BCP does not waive the first year fee).&amp;nbsp; As it turns out it would still be worth it even without the bonus, but it was nice knowing it wouldn't cost me anything if that hadn't been the case.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;The card that is my most valuable rewards-wise is the Sam's Club MasterCard, and it's reward was a paltry $20 (and due to a glitch, I had to contact customer service twice even to get that).&amp;nbsp; My Quicksilver provided a $100 bonus, which was nice considering I would have made the purchases anyway.&amp;nbsp; The other cards I have either had a very small bonus (USAA Visa was $25) or none at all (Discover), but I got each of them because I &lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;EM&gt;actually wanted&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt; the account, not for a one-time payout.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Basically, I consider my wallet precious real estate and each of my cards has to 'earn' it's place - bonuses don't count.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I'm not a bonus chaser, but I don't judge folks who are.&amp;nbsp; To me, though, it's just not a fit (for me) at this time.&amp;nbsp; I'm just coming out of rebuilding mode (my last baddie drops this year), so doing anything to lower my already fragile AAoA would be foolish.&amp;nbsp; Once my AAoA is nice and stable, I might be a bit more adventurous and 'harvest' a few bonuses, but for now I'm very pleased with what I have.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT size="3"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;FONT color="#0000FF"&gt;UncleB ^^^^^^^^^^^^&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT color="#0000FF"&gt;I like this answer for a lot of reasons...Bravo bravo bravo&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Do I look at what and why a person got XXX card with low bonus .....&lt;FONT color="#FF0000"&gt;NO.... not my business&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Everyone and their profile is extremely different as are their needs in a card&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;So are the conditions of where they are in their credit journey&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT color="#0000FF"&gt;Examples:&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Re-builders shouldn't target a CSP w/o building history and or cleaning CR's to fulfill&amp;nbsp;the chances of getting that card&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Someone with no credit shouldn't be thinking Amex Plat as a first card&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;No matter if building/rebuilding&amp;nbsp;or beyond that stage it still boils down to spending and in this game someone on a low fixed income can still get rewards via travel/cashback weather the bonus is $25 or $625 it's still a savings in their pockets&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;The fixed or currently low income person shouldn't be looking at the bonus as the only reason in the selection of a card and neither should anyone else honestly&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Bonuses weren't around say 15 years ago and with all the devaluations we see now it's just a matter of time before&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;A) there all gone&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;B) they're all $25-$100&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;So then the question becomes the person that made the choice to seek the higher bonuses including myself&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Note: (I built up to this point slowly and I might add with small bonuses and sometimes no bonus)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;"What will you do then take the $25-$100 and be happy or get out of the game and not use free money because in the end CC's are still a way to float free loans for XXX amount of days?"&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Which was the number one reason a card was choose with the second being BT long before bonuses&lt;img id="smileywink" class="emoticon emoticon-smileywink" src="https://ficoforums.myfico.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-wink.gif" alt="Smiley Wink" title="Smiley Wink" /&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;This is news 7 and my editorial&amp;nbsp;and may not be reflect the views of this station ....Lol&amp;nbsp;&lt;img id="smileytongue" class="emoticon emoticon-smileytongue" src="https://ficoforums.myfico.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-tongue.gif" alt="Smiley Tongue" title="Smiley Tongue" /&gt;&lt;img id="smileyvery-happy" class="emoticon emoticon-smileyvery-happy" src="https://ficoforums.myfico.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-very-happy.gif" alt="Smiley Very Happy" title="Smiley Very Happy" /&gt;&lt;img id="smileywink" class="emoticon emoticon-smileywink" src="https://ficoforums.myfico.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-wink.gif" alt="Smiley Wink" title="Smiley Wink" /&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;MJ&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;P&gt;Totally agree, since pre 2008, my cards had no rewards. &amp;nbsp;So, I am looking at a mix of cash back and float money perks.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2016 04:16:25 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Credit-Cards/Short-lived-low-bonus-accounts/m-p/4405455#M1264516</guid>
      <dc:creator>Imperfectfuture</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2016-01-10T04:16:25Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Short-lived, low-bonus accounts</title>
      <link>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Credit-Cards/Short-lived-low-bonus-accounts/m-p/4405463#M1264519</link>
      <description>&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;&lt;a href="https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/667905"&gt;@myjourney&lt;/a&gt; wrote:&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;@Anonymous wrote:&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;&lt;a href="https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/667905"&gt;@myjourney&lt;/a&gt; wrote:&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;The fixed or currently low income person shouldn't be looking at the bonus as the only reason in the selection of a card and neither should anyone else honestly&amp;nbsp;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Bonuses weren't around say 15 years ago and with all the devaluations we see now it's just a matter of time before&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;A) there all gone&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;B) they're all $25-$100&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;So then the question becomes the person that made the choice to seek the higher bonuses including myself&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Note: (I built up to this point slowly and I might add with small bonuses and sometimes no bonus)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;"What will you do then take the $25-$100 and be happy or get out of the game and not use free money because in the end CC's are still a way to float free loans for XXX amount of days?"&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Which was the number one reason a card was choose with the second being BT long before bonuses&lt;img id="smileywink" class="emoticon emoticon-smileywink" src="https://ficoforums.myfico.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-wink.gif" alt="Smiley Wink" title="Smiley Wink" /&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;This is news 7 and my editorial&amp;nbsp;and may not be reflect the views of this station ....Lol&amp;nbsp;&lt;img id="smileytongue" class="emoticon emoticon-smileytongue" src="https://ficoforums.myfico.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-tongue.gif" alt="Smiley Tongue" title="Smiley Tongue" /&gt;&lt;img id="smileyvery-happy" class="emoticon emoticon-smileyvery-happy" src="https://ficoforums.myfico.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-very-happy.gif" alt="Smiley Very Happy" title="Smiley Very Happy" /&gt;&lt;img id="smileywink" class="emoticon emoticon-smileywink" src="https://ficoforums.myfico.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-wink.gif" alt="Smiley Wink" title="Smiley Wink" /&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;MJ&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;P&gt;Not sure I agree with the bolded statement. &amp;nbsp; There is a thread about the Freedom where the OP is on a fixed income, and the bonus is ALL that is important, as he/she doesn't expect to make much at all from spending. &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; At a certain stage (with a robust profile) it's perferctly reasonable to choose bonus as the first and only reason when considering a card. &amp;nbsp; Rewards earned from spending are usually a lot less than a bonus.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT color="#FF0000"&gt;Re what happens when.... &amp;nbsp; Yesterday MS took a big hit, so I stop for now and wait.&lt;/FONT&gt; &amp;nbsp; Same with bonuses. &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;If they go away, or go to $25-100, bonus churning will stop (not that I do that as it happens) but I&amp;nbsp;I&amp;nbsp;will still continue to use credit cards, and may apply for one that increases rewards, but will continue&amp;nbsp;look out for any bonuses that do come up. &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;P&gt;Oh agreed LTL in isolated cases it happens&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;My statement was a continuation of the one above it...&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT color="#0000FF"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;"someone on a low fixed income can still get rewards via travel/cashback weather the bonus is $25 or $625&lt;FONT color="#FF0000"&gt; it's still a savings in their pockets&lt;/FONT&gt;"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT color="#FF0000"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Explain red statement LTL .....inquiring mind want to know... Lol What I miss?&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;P&gt;Check out smorgasbord and serve thread, then Google.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2016 04:19:21 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Credit-Cards/Short-lived-low-bonus-accounts/m-p/4405463#M1264519</guid>
      <dc:creator>Imperfectfuture</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2016-01-10T04:19:21Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Short-lived, low-bonus accounts</title>
      <link>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Credit-Cards/Short-lived-low-bonus-accounts/m-p/4405481#M1264527</link>
      <description>&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;&lt;a href="https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/717119"&gt;@Imperfectfuture&lt;/a&gt; wrote:&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;&lt;a href="https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/667905"&gt;@myjourney&lt;/a&gt; wrote:&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;@Anonymous wrote:&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;&lt;a href="https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/667905"&gt;@myjourney&lt;/a&gt; wrote:&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;The fixed or currently low income person shouldn't be looking at the bonus as the only reason in the selection of a card and neither should anyone else honestly&amp;nbsp;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Bonuses weren't around say 15 years ago and with all the devaluations we see now it's just a matter of time before&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;A) there all gone&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;B) they're all $25-$100&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;So then the question becomes the person that made the choice to seek the higher bonuses including myself&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Note: (I built up to this point slowly and I might add with small bonuses and sometimes no bonus)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;"What will you do then take the $25-$100 and be happy or get out of the game and not use free money because in the end CC's are still a way to float free loans for XXX amount of days?"&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Which was the number one reason a card was choose with the second being BT long before bonuses&lt;img id="smileywink" class="emoticon emoticon-smileywink" src="https://ficoforums.myfico.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-wink.gif" alt="Smiley Wink" title="Smiley Wink" /&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;This is news 7 and my editorial&amp;nbsp;and may not be reflect the views of this station ....Lol&amp;nbsp;&lt;img id="smileytongue" class="emoticon emoticon-smileytongue" src="https://ficoforums.myfico.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-tongue.gif" alt="Smiley Tongue" title="Smiley Tongue" /&gt;&lt;img id="smileyvery-happy" class="emoticon emoticon-smileyvery-happy" src="https://ficoforums.myfico.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-very-happy.gif" alt="Smiley Very Happy" title="Smiley Very Happy" /&gt;&lt;img id="smileywink" class="emoticon emoticon-smileywink" src="https://ficoforums.myfico.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-wink.gif" alt="Smiley Wink" title="Smiley Wink" /&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;MJ&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;P&gt;Not sure I agree with the bolded statement. &amp;nbsp; There is a thread about the Freedom where the OP is on a fixed income, and the bonus is ALL that is important, as he/she doesn't expect to make much at all from spending. &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; At a certain stage (with a robust profile) it's perferctly reasonable to choose bonus as the first and only reason when considering a card. &amp;nbsp; Rewards earned from spending are usually a lot less than a bonus.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT color="#FF0000"&gt;Re what happens when.... &amp;nbsp; Yesterday MS took a big hit, so I stop for now and wait.&lt;/FONT&gt; &amp;nbsp; Same with bonuses. &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;If they go away, or go to $25-100, bonus churning will stop (not that I do that as it happens) but I&amp;nbsp;I&amp;nbsp;will still continue to use credit cards, and may apply for one that increases rewards, but will continue&amp;nbsp;look out for any bonuses that do come up. &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;P&gt;Oh agreed LTL in isolated cases it happens&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;My statement was a continuation of the one above it...&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT color="#0000FF"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;"someone on a low fixed income can still get rewards via travel/cashback weather the bonus is $25 or $625&lt;FONT color="#FF0000"&gt; it's still a savings in their pockets&lt;/FONT&gt;"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT color="#FF0000"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Explain red statement LTL .....inquiring mind want to know... Lol What I miss?&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;P&gt;Check out smorgasbord and serve thread, then Google.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thank you&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I'm on it&amp;nbsp;&lt;img id="smileywink" class="emoticon emoticon-smileywink" src="https://ficoforums.myfico.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-wink.gif" alt="Smiley Wink" title="Smiley Wink" /&gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2016 04:29:50 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Credit-Cards/Short-lived-low-bonus-accounts/m-p/4405481#M1264527</guid>
      <dc:creator>myjourney</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2016-01-10T04:29:50Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Short-lived, low-bonus accounts</title>
      <link>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Credit-Cards/Short-lived-low-bonus-accounts/m-p/4405646#M1264608</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;I do plan on doing that eventually, probably around six months. &amp;nbsp;They have the best deal through their portal, better than the 2% extra Chase offers.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2016 07:25:07 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Credit-Cards/Short-lived-low-bonus-accounts/m-p/4405646#M1264608</guid>
      <dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2016-01-10T07:25:07Z</dc:date>
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