The Starwood Preferred Guest® Credit Card from American Express card is a fantastic card if you’re a frequent stayer at Starwood Hotels (Sheraton, Westin, Meridian, Four Points, etc) because you can get 10,000 Starpoints for signing up and making a purchase. Now they have a promotion where you can get 1,000 points for each additional card you get after it makes a purchase, up to 2,000 points.

To take advantage of this promotion, you’ll need to first have Starwood Preferred Guest® Credit Card from American Express, then register the new accounts here.

Terms & Conditions:

1,000 bonus Starpoints will be awarded to your Starwood Preferred Guest Account 8-12 weeks after the first purchase on an approved Additional Starwood Preferred Guest Credit Card submitted with this application. The Additional Cardmember must make their first purchase with the Starwood Preferred Guest Credit Card within one year of Card approval. Bonus offer applies to first 2 Additional Card added on this application only.

Are you looking for the best gas credit card now that we have $4 gas? Fortunately we have personal finance blogs to cut through the fluff and tell you straight which is the best card. Right now, the best gas credit card appears to be the American Express SimplyCash® card. It offers 5% cash back on gas and they credit it directly to your account. No shenanigans about requesting a check over $50, depositing a check, waiting, sometimes forgetting to request it, etc. Credit directly to your account FTW!

The only concern is that it’s a business card, which means you have to have a business right? Nope. You can apply as a sole proprietorship, use your social security number as your EIN, and you’re in luck. This is entirely legitimate and there are no tax implications of doing so.

The other cards mentioned, the Discover Open Road and the American Express Costco TrueEarnings cards are less desirable. The Discover Open Road limits your cashback to $20 a month (first $100 in purchases) and the TrueEarnings card has an annual fee unless you’re a Costco member (and is only 3% cashback, 5% for the business card version). You are better offer with the SimplyCash card.

From now until July 31st, get a 20% bonus on miles when you convert American Express Membership Rewards into Delta SkyMiles. To get this bonus you must first register for the offer and then transfer your Membership Rewards points into your SkyMiles account.

Link for promotion details

Bonus Information:

Members will receive a 20% mileage bonus on all points transferred during the offer period. The bonus award will be based on the total number of miles placed into your account as a result of all Membership Rewards point transfers between June 10 and July 31, 2008. Bonus miles will be posted up to 6 weeks from the promotion expiration date of July 31, 2008.

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The 157th Carnival of Personal Finance is also available!

Did you know that many credit cards offer a price protection program? Yep. If you notice that a particular item you’ve purchased has gone on sale or is cheaper somewhere else, you can contact your credit card company for a refund of the difference. Usually stores will not honor online prices and require the price to appear in print.

With Citi cards that have Citi Price Protection, you can get up to $250 per transaction if you notice a price drop within 60 days, with a maximum benefit of $1,000 a year.

With American Express, the program is called the Best Value Guarantee. Coverage is up to $250 per item, excluding taxes, shipping, and handling, for up to 60 days and up to $1,000 a year.

Other card issuers may also have similar programs.

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Also, be sure to check out this week’s Carnival of Personal Finance in which DMH article Don’t Quit Jobs for Less Than an 8% Raise was included.

From May 1st until June 30th, American Express is running a promotion where they will send you a $25 American Express Spring Fling card for every pair of $25 American Express gift cards you purchase. The American Express Spring Fling promotion, as it’s called, allows for two offers per households, for a total of 2 Spring Fling cards available (4 of the $25 cards = 2 of the $25 Spring Fling cards). The only downside is that there is a $3.95 activation fee per gift card so you have to pay that four times for a total of $15.80 - thus reducing your $50 Spring Fling card down to $34.20. You can use the Spring Fling card as a bunch of retailers including Best Buy, Fandango, Borders, and SpaFinder.

Whether or not this deal is worth it to you is up to you, but it’s available. Here is the Spring Fling Rebate and the Spring Fling promotional page.

The Preferred Rewards Gold Card from American Express has a promotion where you earn 10,000 Membership Rewards bonus points after your first purchase, which you can redeem for a $100 gift card.

• No annual fee for the first year - $125 Thereafter
• Earn 10,000 Membership Rewards® bonus points after your first purchase with the card - redeemable for a $100 gift card!
• No Pre-Set Spending Limit
• The Membership Rewards® program - Earn 1 Membership Rewards® point for virtually every dollar you spend. You can redeem points for your choice of truly exceptional travel, shopping, and entertainment rewards.
• Gold Card Events - exclusive access to tickets for select concerts, shows, major sporting events, and more in cities nationwide.
• Global Assist® Plus Hotline and many more benefits included.
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