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 $50-$200 apiece. While some of these cards have an annual fee, all but one are free for the first year.
A note about business cards… Believe it or not, anyone can apply for a business credit card. Simply list your name as the business name (this makes you a “sole proprietor”) and use your SSN instead of a Federal Tax ID. That’s it. No fuss, no muss.
Now, without further ado, here are the offers listed in order of the bonus amount…
» Citi PremierPass Elite Level (Click to Apply)
Signup bonus: 20,000 points
Redeem for: $200 in store gift cards
When: After $600 in purchases within first 3 months
Annual fee: $75
» Discover Business Card (Click to Apply)
Signup bonus: $100 cash
Redeem for: Not necessary — it’s cash!
When: After $1000 in purchases within first 3 months
Annual fee: None
» Citi Professional Card With ThankYou Network (Click to Apply)
Signup bonus: 10,000 points
Redeem for: $100 store gift card
When: After $250 purchase
Annual fee: None
» Citi PremierPass (Click to Apply)
Signup bonus: 10,000 points
Redeem for: $100 store gift card
When: After $300 in purchases within first 3 months
Annual fee: None
» Citi Business ThankYou Rewards Card (Click to Apply)
Signup bonus: 10,000 points
Redeem for: $100 store gift card
When: After $250 purchase
Annual fee: None
» Amex Starwood Preferred Guest Credit Card (Click to Apply)
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, $30 thereafter
» Amex Starwood Preferred Guest Business Credit Card (Click to Apply)
Signup bonus: 10,000 points
Redeem for: $100 store gift card
When: After first purchase
Annual fee: None for the first year; $45 thereafter
» Amex Preferred Rewards Gold Card (Click to Apply)
Bonus: 10,000 points
Redeem for: $100 store gift card
When: After first purchase
Annual fee: None for first year; $125 thereafter
» Chase Freedom Cash Rewards Card (Click to Apply)
Signup bonus: $50 cash
Redeem for: Not necessary — it’s cash!
When: After first purchase
Annual fee: None
» Citi Diamond Preferred Rewards Card (Click to Apply)
Signup bonus: 6,000 points
Redeem for: $50 store gift card
When: After $100 in purchases within first three months
Annual fee: None
» The Knot Credit Card from Amex (Click to Apply)
Signup bonus: 5,000 points
Redeem for: $50 store gift card
When: After first purchase
Annual fee: None
» The Nest Credit Card from Amex (Click to Apply)
Signup bonus: 5,000 points
Redeem for: $50 store gift card
When: After first purchase
Annual fee: None
» One from American Express (Click to Apply)
Signup bonus: $50 cash
Redeem for: Deposited into linked savings account
When: After first purchase
Annual fee: None for the first year; $35 thereafter
» Amex Preferred Rewards Green Card (Click to Apply)
Signup bonus: 5,000 bonus points
Redeem for: $50 store gift card
When: After first purchase
Annual fee: None for first year; $95 thereafter
» Business Green Rewards Card from American Express (Click to Apply)
Signup bonus: 5,000 points
Redeem for: $50 store gift card
When: After first purchase
Annual fee: None for the first year; $95 thereafter
» Business Gold Rewards Card from American Express (Click to Apply)
Signup bonus: 5,000 points
Redeem for: $50 store gift card
When: After first purchase
Annual fee: None for the first year; $125 thereafter
















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