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Top 10 Best Credit Card Bonus Offers – December 2020 (Updated)

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Updated December 2020.That space in your wallet or purse is valuable, and you should be the one to get that value. By being smart and picky, you can find offers worth $500+ for a single card, all to encourage you to apply and try it out. We do this multiple times a year for thousands of dollars in extra income. These are the top 10 credit card offers that I would personally apply for right now (or have already). Notable recent changes: New Southwest 80k, AmEx Platinum 10X bonus, IHG 140k, United 70k, JetBlue 100k. Removed Alaska 65k, NavyFed, Marriott 5 Free Nights. This is a companion post to my Top 10 Best Business Card Offers. Small business bonuses are on average even higher than those on consumer cards. … [Read More...]

Happy Holidays from My Money Blog!

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Wishing you a safe and joyous holiday season. I hope that your resilience, hard work, and optimism pays off even more in the new year. We made some ornaments and characters out of salt dough today… I call this piece “Tired Snowdaddy and his three little snowgies”. (Posting will be light for while.) “The editorial content here is not provided by any of the companies mentioned, and has not been reviewed, approved or otherwise endorsed by any of these entities. Opinions expressed here are the author’s alone. This email may contain links through which we are compensated when you click on or are approved for offers.” Happy Holidays from My Money Blog! from My Money Blog. Copyright © 2004-2021 MyMoneyBlog.com. All Rights Reserved. Do … [Read More...]

Alliant CU Ultimate Opportunity Savings Review – $100 Bonus

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Alliant Credit Union, one of the top 10 largest US credit unions by assets, has teamed up with Suze Orman to promote their new Ultimate Opportunity Savings account. The interest rate of 0.55% APY and structure appears to be the same as their existing High-Rate Savings account, just with an added $100 cash bonus if you deposit at least $100 a month for 12 consecutive months. Unfortunately, it is open to new Alliant CU members only. Thanks to reader Bill for the tip. Note that the fine print also states that you must have at least $1,200 in your account at the end of the period (you can’t have withdrawn it after the deposits). The $100 bonus is automatically deposited into The Ultimate Opportunity Savings Account after … [Read More...]

Chase IHG Rewards Club Premier Card Review: 140,000 Points Bonus

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The Chase IHG Rewards Club Premier credit card is the IHG hotel co-branded card that includes special IHG perks like a free night award every year you keep the card. The current limited-time offer is 140k points, higher than their standard bonus. Here are the highlights: 140,000 bonus IHG points after $3,000 in purchases within the first 3 months. Free Night award after each account anniversary year at eligible IHG hotels worldwide. Valid at IHG Hotels with a current point redemption level of 40,000 points or less. An additional free reward night when you redeem points for any stay of 4 or more nights. 25X points total per $1 spent when you stay at an IHG hotel. 2X points at gas stations, grocery stores, and restaurants and 1 point per… [Read More...]

Starbucks Mastercard Promo: Buy $20 eGift Card, Get $5 eGift Card Free (12/23 Only)

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Here’s a simple Starbucks promo that expires soon: Buy a $20+ Starbucks eGift, Get a $5 Starbucks eGift Card. You should be able to see a banner on the front page of your Starbucks app, but the terms say you can order via Starbucks.com too. Surprise a friend or just give yourself the wonderful gift of caffeine. If you’re interested I’d take advantage of this offer as soon as possible. Offer for 12/23 only. They usually take down the banner if the promo ends. The Promotion is valid only on 12/23/20 beginning at 06:00 AM PST and ending the earlier of 11:59 PM PST) or when all 100,000 Promotional Gifts are distributed. “The editorial content here is not provided by any of the companies mentioned, and has … [Read More...]

Dunkin Donuts Gift Card Promotion: Buy $30, Get $10 Promo Credit (Ends 12/24)

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Here’s another caffeine promo from Dunkin Donuts: Buy $30 worth of Dunkin gift cards, get $10 in promo gift cards. There is a banner at the top and you must use buy via this specific page, but you can use any credit card. You can buy physical gift cards with free USPS First Class shipping, but the free promo gift cards are digital-only. You can also explicitly buy it for yourself. Here is the fine print: Minimum purchase of $30 in total Dunkin’ Gift Cards during one transaction on www.giftcards.dunkindonuts.com only. Limit 1 promo card per customer from now until 12/24/20 or while supplies lasts. Promo card value expires on 1/31/21. “The editorial content here is not provided by any of the companies mentioned, and … [Read More...]

Stimulus 2nd Round, Unemployment, FSA Changes, PPP Loans 2nd Draw

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I know I’m a bit late on this, but after reading several media articles, here again is my curated collection of highlights and perhaps overlooked items that might be worthy of additional research. Second round of Economic Impact Payments. Many people have already received this direct deposited to their bank accounts, up to $600 per taxpayer ($1,200 for married filing joint) plus $600 per qualifying child under age 17. If have questions, try using the IRS Get My Payment tool. The amount starts getting phased out at $75,000 AGI for most single filers and $150,000 AGI for most married joint filers. Here is a graphical chart per Tax Foundation: If you made too much according to your 2019 income, but your income in 2020 was actually low enough, you … [Read More...]

Google Pay App: Referral Bonus, Target, Walmart+ Subscription Offers

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Update: My apologies, Google is changing up the details of these promotions on everyone rather quickly. The referral bonus looks to be decreased and the Target promo is no longer taking new activations. Please assume this post is outdated and go by whatever you see on their website and in-app. Original (outdated) post: The newly-redesigned Google Pay app is offering several different incentives for you to try it out. It as available on both Android and Apple iOS devices. First up, if you join via a referral link (open on smartphone), you can get a $21 bonus after you either send $10 to a new friend or pay via a contactless NFC-enabled Android phone. That’s my referral link, but you could next refer … [Read More...]

GMO 7-Year Asset Class Return Forecast Check-in: 2020 vs. 2013

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Although I avoid daily stock market quotes, I have been reading Jeremy Grantham’s quarterly letters and the GMO 7-Year Asset Class Return Forecasts for over 10 years now. These projections are based on their proprietary models, with a strong focus on historical valuation. Each year, I can now compare their current forward-looking forecast against how their past forecasts have turned out. Here’s the GMO forecast looking forward as of November 2020: Here was their forecast back in July 2013: Using the S&P 500 as US Large Cap, we see that the forecast of -2.1% annualized real return was quite far off. ETFReplay shows that both the IVV and VOO S&P 500 ETFs returned +117% between July 30, 2013 to July 30, 2020. That is an annualized return of 11.7%. SmartAsset shows… [Read More...]

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