2021 Update: This table has now become a Github open source project. More data are welcomed! When we have a tons of credit cards, we probably won’t carry all of them all the time. However, sometimes we need to call the banks, and it will be a trouble when you can not get access to the phone number. The purpose of this…
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Introduction If you are involved with this hobby for long enough, you will start to run out of credit card products from the big issuers that you can apply for. This is the time when you should start branching out and finding other issuers. Below is a compilation of credit cards issued by smaller banks and credit unions. If there…
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2018.12 Update: 2018 will end soon, so this post is updated accordingly. Things change fast in the credit card game. There are always some cards discontinued every year, and there are also some good new cards launched every year. In this post, a list of recently launched good credit cards are presented in chronological order. The definition of “good” is subjective,…
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Things change fast in the credit card game. There are always some good new cards launched every year, and there are also some cards discontinued every year. In this post, we collected a list of recently discontinued good credit cards, for everyone to cherish the memory of the past. The definition of “good” is subjective, and here we treat the…
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2017.9 Update: You can now earn 10k per approval for CSR! A lot of credit cards have a “Refer a Friend” benefit for its cardholders. For instance, for each friend you refer who successfully applies for and uses the credit card, you will receive a bonus. In this post, we will explain in detail the steps to take in order to…
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One table to show the policies of premium credit cards: Note1: YMMV means Your Mileage May Vary. Note2: The statement date is NOT the due date. The statement date is always due date minus 1 month plus 3 days for Chase. Note3: We don’t see AmEx give air credit to MPX purchases since Nov 23, 2016, the day that AmEx Platinum…
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Today we are going to talk about something more ethereal. As we all know, playing with credit card is an issue of YMMV (Your Mileage May Vary). In most cases, similar situations that encountered by different people may lead to different results: why your card got approved while mine was rejected immediately? Why your limit is much higher than mine…
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People who have many credit cards are often concerned about whether their cards will be canceled if they don’t use them frequently. What kind of negative effects will occur as credit cards are canceled? And do canceled credit cards influence your scores or make you appear on the blacklist? According to laws, banks indeed have the right to cancel your…
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What should I do if my credit card application was rejected, what about pending (further review): Try reconsideration lines of banks in USA! Whether through Internet or go to branch in US, it is very common to apply credit card without instant reply. Tragedy occurs when “we are sorry” pops out immediately after clicking “apply”. Don’t be upset. Catch your breathe…
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We often see such kind of questions in comments or forum: How difficult is it to get XX credit card? What credit history do I need to get XX credit card? Well, the correct answer is always: It depends, YMMV (Your Mileage May Vary). But there are still some statistics from the data points online. Here let’s summarize the (conservative)…
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One common way to apply for credit cards is to apply for several cards in the same day, and repeat every three months, which is call App-O-Rama (AOR). The reason to do AOR is that it takes some time for the new accounts to show up on credit reports, so other banks can’t see the new accounts in the same…
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The tendency of credit card issuing policy differs from bank to bank in America. Even customers with very high credit scores might sometimes face a rejection: what is going on? Which bank should we try if we are looking for a high credit limit? Which bank offers the credit card that is the easiest to get approved? In order to find us…
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