Credit Card Bonus Offers: $1300 Worth of Deals!

Written by Nickel - 10 Comments

Check it out… $1300 worth of credit cards offers!

It’s been awhile since I’ve put together a list of credit card signup bonuses, so I thought I’d spend a little time compiling the best offers out there. What follows is a list of fifteen credit card bonus offers worth $100-$200 apiece. While some of these cards have an annual fee, all but one are free for at least the first year.

Now, without further ado, here are the offers listed in order of the bonus amount…

» Citi PremierPass Elite Level

Signup bonus: 20k points
Redeem for: $200 in store gift cards
When: After $600 in purchases w/in first 3 months
Annual fee: $75

» Citi Forward Card

Signup bonus: 6k points (+ 5k for going paperless)
Redeem for: $100 store gift card
When: After $50 in purchases w/in first 3 months
Annual fee: None

» AmEx Starwood Preferred Guest Credit Card

Signup bonus: 10,000 points
Redeem for: $100 store gift card or use for travel rewards
When: After first purchase
Annual fee: None for first year, $45 thereafter

» AmEx Preferred Rewards Gold Card

Bonus: 10,000 points
Redeem for: $100 store gift card
When: After $500 in purchases within first three months
Annual fee: None for first year; $125 thereafter

*Note: Several offers (worth a total of $800) have been cancelled and removed.

Published on April 7th, 2008 - 10 Comments
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I love free money. Thanks for sharing this with us
Comment by Dividend growth investor — Apr 7th 2008 @ 10:33 am
I’m on a credit card diet right now so I’ll pass, but dang! That’s a lot of cash!

It must have taken a while to write this post with all those pics! Wow!
Comment by Ron@TheWisdomJournal — Apr 7th 2008 @ 2:42 pm
Wow those are some great deals: I wonder how many/at what point the hurt on your credit score outweighs the monetary benefits…
Comment by Jesse — Apr 7th 2008 @ 4:20 pm
i already have the starwood prefered business card and got the amazon goft card. am i able to get the regular starwood prefered card too and get another amazon card?
Comment by kimiyasdad@yahoo.com — Apr 7th 2008 @ 5:05 pm
Thanks for that list but yikes! I already feel like I have too many credit cards. I’m with Ron @TheWisdomJournal. I’ll pass this time, but will keep it in mind once we get our stupid debt paid off.

Hopefully there’ll be even better deals by then (of course, we may also all be driving flying cars and have robot maids by then
Comment by Gander at BigBrood — Apr 7th 2008 @ 11:40 pm
Looks like a lot of the major issuers are moving towards higher purchase requirements, where you’ll only receive the bonus after $600 or $1000 in purchases.

It makes it a little more difficult to take advantage of multiple offers, as you really have to plan to spend that amount of money, unless you can spend that much on the cards through bill payments and necessities alone, but that’s still difficult if you’re trying to take advantage of 3 or 4 cash bonus offers at once.

I guess too many people were getting the cards, making a $0.50 purchase to get the bonus, and then never using the cards again, so they hope to get you into a spending pattern.

They’re still great offers though, but it’s probably only reasonable to apply for 1 or 2, unless you just feel like going spend-crazy on your credit cards.

Thanks for the information, Max
Comment by MaximizingMoney.com — May 20th 2008 @ 10:45 am
I fear that the Discover Business $100 bonus offer may be no more. I applied and got approved, but the rep didn’t know anything about the bonus. Also, I don’t see it mentioned anywhere on Discover’s site. Just a warning. Let’s hope I’m mistaken, otherwise I’ll have a useless card…
Comment by Jon — Jun 2nd 2008 @ 6:47 pm
Can I get 1 $100 gift card form Starwood Business, and a 2nd $100 gift card for the regular Starwood cad?

Also can i get 1 $50 card for Amex Preferred Rewards Green Card and then get a $50 card for the Business Green Rewards Card from American Express.

A rep said no, but has anyone got actual experience?
Comment by Joy Markota — Jul 3rd 2008 @ 2:21 am
Joe: I just tried to reply by e-mail, but the message was returned as undeliverable. In short, you should qualify as long as you can get approved for all of the cards. Your best bet is to apply for them all in rapid succession, and to do so online as opposed to talking to a rep.

Comment by nickel — Jul 3rd 2008 @ 9:48 am
Nickel, one more quick question, what would be my best bet for a new credit card with no annual fee, (I’ve no credit history as yet), kindly advice. Thanks for your anticipated response.
Comment by Dinesh — Sep 24th 2008 @ 11:48 pm

Type of rates
- CD rates
- Money Market rates
- Savings rates
- Mortgage rates
Money to invest
< $10,000
Term
Up to 1 year
Money to invest
< $10,000
Desired Loan Amount
Loan Type
Refinance Purchase
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