With the 50 % bonus, the effective earning rates increase to 4.5 x at grocery stores, 3x at gas stations, and 1.5
x on all other spend.
Not exact matches
To fund the
other (100 minus
X) percent of your initial retirement
spending, you will need a nest egg of $ Y based
on the assumption that this income also needs to keep pace with inflation even though you won't need anywhere near that much over time.»
I'm not sure where it compares to
others, but I know they have some sort of baby promotion going
on where if you
spend X amount of dollars between
X and Z dates, you get some sort of reward.
Unlike many
other co-branded airline cards, you can actually earn more than 1
X mile per dollar
spent on all
other purchases: the United MileagePlus ® Club Card allows you to earn 1.5
X miles per dollar
spent.
1.5
x Priority Miles per $ 1
spent on qualifying everyday purchases (gas, grocery, cable TV, phone, and
other monthly utilities)
The rewards bonus you'll earn as a Bank of America ® Preferred Rewards client means you could get up to 3.5
X points for every $ 1
spent on travel and dining purchases and up to 2.625
X points
on all
other purchases.
You'll also get unlimited 1.5
X points per $ 1
spent on all
other purchases.
Example calculation: Card
X earns two points per $ 1
on gas and one point per $ 1
on all
other spending.
After your first year, you'll simply continue to earn 1.5
x points for everything you
spend from that point
on; lots of
other cards can beat this earning rate.
There aren't many
other cards out there that will give you 1.5
X on all foreign purchases, so there's some value there for those who
spend quite a lot of time and money abroad.
It was also announced that Business Platinum cardholders will now earn 1.5
x Membership Rewards points per dollar
spent on any purchase of $ 5,000 or more, though I don't find this new perk as exciting as the
other two above.
Since the United Club Visa offers 2
X points
on United purchases and 1.5
X points
on everything else, this means you could, in theory, get the 49,375 miles you need for a United Club membership each year by
spending under $ 25K
on United or under $ 33K
on other stuff, including Vanilla Reloads.
earn 5
X points for ever $ 1
spent on hotel, earn 2
X points
on purchases
on gas and groceries, and 1
X points
on all
other purchases
This is a new premium card from Bank of America that is reasonably rewarding, as it offers a $ 100 airline incidental credit every year, 2
x points per dollar
spent on dining and travel, and 1.5
x points per dollar
spent on other purchases.
Example calculation: Card
X earns two points per $ 1
on gas and one point per $ 1
on all
other spending.
For every dollar you
spend on gas, you receive the equivalent of 2.25 cents back (2 points
x 0.01125 cents / point), while
on all
other spending you receive 1.125 cents back for every dollar you
spend.