topic Re: NFCU 6x’s Bonus Points for Apple in Credit Cards

NFCU 6x’s Bonus Points for Apple

Peazmom — Tue, 02 Jun 2020 17:59:00 GMT

I just received this email. They must have known my IPad is on life support.

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K-in-Boston — Tue, 02 Jun 2020 18:09:56 GMT

Nice! Rakuten is currently a bit more for Nike than NFCU Member Deals, but that's a really nice earning rate for Apple (all of my usual shopping portals are only 1 or 2 points per dollar).

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Anonymous — Tue, 02 Jun 2020 18:19:51 GMT

@K-in-Boston wrote:
Nice! Rakuten is currently a bit more for Nike than NFCU Member Deals, but that's a really nice earning rate for Apple (all of my usual shopping portals are only 1 or 2 points per dollar).

Yeah Member Deals never beats dedicated portals but there is less of a wait to get paid too.

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M_Smart007 — Tue, 02 Jun 2020 18:36:24 GMT

Just opened the email .. 6X points .. Nike or Apple

#GoNavy

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K-in-Boston — Tue, 02 Jun 2020 18:44:01 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
@K-in-Boston wrote:
Nice! Rakuten is currently a bit more for Nike than NFCU Member Deals, but that's a really nice earning rate for Apple (all of my usual shopping portals are only 1 or 2 points per dollar).
Yeah Member Deals never beats dedicated portals but there is less of a wait to get paid too.

Well it does for Apple today! 😝

Rakuten's "only" 6-19 weeks to make it to my Amex account. LOL

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Anonymous — Tue, 02 Jun 2020 18:48:41 GMT

@K-in-Boston wrote:
@Anonymous wrote:
@K-in-Boston wrote:
Nice! Rakuten is currently a bit more for Nike than NFCU Member Deals, but that's a really nice earning rate for Apple (all of my usual shopping portals are only 1 or 2 points per dollar).
Yeah Member Deals never beats dedicated portals but there is less of a wait to get paid too.
Well it does for Apple today! 😝

Rakuten's "only" 6-19 weeks to make it to my Amex account. LOL

Oh wow, I misread your post. It looks like this is one of the rare occasions that portals got beat. Highest cash back I see elsewhere is 4%.

Too bad I don't need any Apple products right now! But Amazon Store Card gives 5% on top of already lower prices than Apple's retail so I probably wouldn't use this anyway unless for an iPhone.

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kerplunk — Tue, 02 Jun 2020 18:48:56 GMT

How do you get better than 6% from Rakuten? I am out of the loop, apparently!

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K-in-Boston — Tue, 02 Jun 2020 18:52:30 GMT

@kerplunk wrote:
How do you get better than 6% from Rakuten? I am out of the loop, apparently!

Nike is 7% at Rakuten but Apple is only 2%. I actually got 15% on my last Nike purchase, which worked out to 16 MRs per dollar since it went on Business Platinum (at least 24.64% back at 1.54 cpp).

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VPExecutive — Tue, 02 Jun 2020 22:29:05 GMT

Just bought and picked up a Mac today and used my AMEX Green. Wish I would've known about this first.

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K-in-Boston — Tue, 02 Jun 2020 23:38:36 GMT

@VPExecutive wrote:
Just bought and picked up a Mac today and used my AMEX Green. Wish I would've known about this first.

Are 6x Navypoints worth the hassle of a return?

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VPExecutive — Wed, 03 Jun 2020 00:56:22 GMT

@K-in-Boston wrote:
@VPExecutive wrote:
Just bought and picked up a Mac today and used my AMEX Green. Wish I would've known about this first.
Are 6x Navypoints worth the hassle of a return?

6x + 2x on my Flagship Rewards... But I won't return and re-buy because I'm lazy.

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K-in-Boston — Wed, 03 Jun 2020 00:57:49 GMT

@VPExecutive wrote:
@K-in-Boston wrote:
@VPExecutive wrote:
Just bought and picked up a Mac today and used my AMEX Green. Wish I would've known about this first.
Are 6x Navypoints worth the hassle of a return?
6x + 2x on my Flagship Rewards... But I won't return and re-buy because I'm lazy.

Kudo received for honesty! (And I probably wouldn't either.)

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VPExecutive — Wed, 03 Jun 2020 09:59:48 GMT

@K-in-Boston wrote:
@VPExecutive wrote:
@K-in-Boston wrote:
@VPExecutive wrote:
Just bought and picked up a Mac today and used my AMEX Green. Wish I would've known about this first.
Are 6x Navypoints worth the hassle of a return?
6x + 2x on my Flagship Rewards... But I won't return and re-buy because I'm lazy.
Kudo received for honesty! (And I probably wouldn't either.)

But then again, $80 in rewards does sound pretty nice.

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Anonymous — Wed, 03 Jun 2020 11:50:11 GMT

Came right on time, I'm buying a MacBook Air this weekend!

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VPExecutive — Wed, 03 Jun 2020 19:19:04 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
Came right on time, I'm buying a MacBook Air this weekend!

The new keyboard is much better than the old keyboard. Got rid of my old Air just because of the butterfly keyboard mechanism.

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Anonymous — Wed, 03 Jun 2020 20:05:12 GMT

@VPExecutive wrote:
@Anonymous wrote:
Came right on time, I'm buying a MacBook Air this weekend!
The new keyboard is much better than the old keyboard. Got rid of my old Air just because of the butterfly keyboard mechanism.

Which is kind of funny because the scissor switch "new" keyboard is the very old tech they used before they went to the butterfly keyboard.

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VPExecutive — Wed, 03 Jun 2020 20:14:26 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
@VPExecutive wrote:
@Anonymous wrote:
Came right on time, I'm buying a MacBook Air this weekend!
The new keyboard is much better than the old keyboard. Got rid of my old Air just because of the butterfly keyboard mechanism.
Which is kind of funny because the scissor switch "new" keyboard is the very old tech they used before they went to the butterfly keyboard.

The butterfly keyboard made the Mac feel extremly cheap. I don't know who thought of the idea, but they should be working somewhere else now.

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Anonymous — Wed, 03 Jun 2020 20:39:47 GMT

@VPExecutive wrote:
@Anonymous wrote:
@VPExecutive wrote:
@Anonymous wrote:
Came right on time, I'm buying a MacBook Air this weekend!
The new keyboard is much better than the old keyboard. Got rid of my old Air just because of the butterfly keyboard mechanism.
Which is kind of funny because the scissor switch "new" keyboard is the very old tech they used before they went to the butterfly keyboard.
The butterfly keyboard made the Mac feel extremly cheap. I don't know who thought of the idea, but they should be working somewhere else now.

Jony Ive was the one who pushed the obsession of making MacBooks as thin as possible. And yes, things will be much better with him having much less influence.