@OmarGB9 wrote:
Yea I'm not sure how they come up with them. Out of the 100, I usually only ever find 2 or 3 of them relevant/useful.
This topic has come up within my family several times. The overwhelming majority of American Express offers are so out of touch with anything we care about, or even use, that it's almost like we were allowed to pick them with that criteria in mind: "Here's another one we'll never use...throw that one on the pile."
I almost think they do that on purpose to camouflage or distract from the occasional useful one.
I did notice $350 cash back on Norwegian Cruise Lines, if you spend $1000 or more. I might look into that. I'm just not sure what $1000 gets you these days, given corporate greed. If I used that offer I'd only do it if $1000 very close to my total expenditure.
I know NCL pricing going back into the 2000s. Early that decade I could make money on their cruises, as long as they had a casino. The NCL casinos were loaded with bonus slot machines called the "Vision Series" that were guaranteed profit with selective intelligent play. The same machines would have caused a stampede in Las Vegas. Meanwhile on NCL I'd be the only tourist on the cruise who knew what was going on so I'd stroll in there at my leisure and pick off one lucrative play after another. Norwegian Star was my favorite. Two trips to Alaska more than paid for via the casino. I realize this topic is incredibly obscure. A guy wrote a book on the Vision machines called, "Robbing the One Armed Bandits." I always thought it should have been featured on 20/20 or some series like that.
Meanwhile, Chase continues to load up the goodies in its Offers, including the recent debut of $20 cash back on YouTube TV. It is spaced out over 45 days, meaning some users can double dip if they have the offer on more than one card.
