More than 90 days have passed since my last credit card application in late February, and I was anxious to do my next one! Initially, I thought that I had reached the bottom of the barrel to some extent on cards that I haven’t already applied for at least once, but I was able to find enough new cards to keep going. I picked each card with a reasonably specific redemption purpose in mind, as (more…)
Elisa and I just had a successful credit card app-o-rama! If you’re not familiar with the term – it’s when you signup for multiple credit cards on the same day in order to avoid application denials due to multiple credit inquiries and to keep a consistent pattern to periodic signups. We both signed up, and were approved, for the British Airways card issued by Chase as well as the Club Carlson card issued by US Bank. (more…)
Knowing that we had some big travel aspirations in the next couple years, back in late 2013 I started researching ways to travel more and spend less while doing so. My epiphany came in December of 2013, when I listened to the Zero to Travel podcast episode here on the subject of “Travel Hacking”. More specifically, it talked about a system of management for how to maximize credit card signup bonuses and create lots of (more…)