Today, Chase Bank announced that they would be teaming up with the popular online restaurant reservation website OpenTable for a First Friday promotion beginning May 3rd. According to a press release, Chase Sapphire Preferred cardholders can earn 3 points for every dollar spent dining out on the first Friday of every month. Currently, Chase Sapphire Preferred rewards consumers with 2 points per dollar spent on restaurant and travel purchases, so the First Friday promotion would include an additional one point per dollar.
Credit News
-
written on Apr 23, 2013 by Jason Bushey
-
written on Apr 09, 2013 by Jason Bushey
It used to be that the one problem we had with the Citi ThankYou® Preferred Rewards Card is that it didn't offer a zero percent intro period on new purchases or balance transfers. As of yesterday, that all changed.
-
written on Apr 01, 2013 by Jason Bushey
Discover it™ cardholders can begin earning 5% cash back on Q2 categories today. Seriously, no April's foolin'! This quarter's categories include 5% earnings on up to $1,500 in purchases made at home improvement stores through June, 2013.
-
written on Jan 10, 2013 by Jason Bushey
We've had a lot to say about bad credit credit cards over the years, but with a new year comes new cards, new issuers and new options.
-
written on Dec 04, 2012 by Jason Bushey
You may have read about a report from TransUnion last month that said both average credit debt and delinquency payments had swelled slightly from the same period last year. In the midst of the biggest shopping season of the year, the average American is carrying close to $5000 in credit card debt. That's up 5% from last year. (Delinquency payments are only slightly on the rise, from 0.71 to 0.75 this year.)
-
written on Nov 27, 2012 by Jason Bushey
We know we've been harping on the holiday topics as of late, and we promise we'll take a break soon, but in the meantime there's all kinds of interesting stats coming out regarding the holidays - and holiday debt - that we just had to address.
-
written on Nov 20, 2012 by Jason Bushey
About the Author: Kasey Steinbrinck is a former TV producer and newspaper reporter who now writes about personal finance and consumer news for The CheckAdvantage Blog. CheckAdvantage offers an affordable alternative to ordering business and personal checks from your financial institution.
-
written on Nov 09, 2012 by Jason Bushey
Cyber Monday - the online shopping alternative to Black Friday - is a little over two weeks away. (November 26th, to be exact.) However, credit card companies are already adding incentives to get you to shop online and, more specifically, at their online retail sites. Many credit card companies offer great discounts and cash back incentives when you shop through their online retail website, and in most cases they've partnered with hundreds of prominent brands to make your cash back...
-
written on Oct 31, 2012 by Jason Bushey
First off, we would be remiss if we didn't send our condolences and best wishes to those affected by Hurricane Sandy.
-
written on Oct 01, 2012 by Joshua Heckathorn
Just when I was beginning to think interest rates were finally bottoming out, rates on 30-year fixed mortgages dropped again to an all-time low of 3.4 percent last week. According to a press release issued by Freddie Mac last Thursday, "all mortgage products, except the 5-year ARM, averaged new all-time record lows."




