For a while I’ve been wanting to keep daily updated catalogs of all active transfer bonuses, elevated credit card welcome offers and points buying promotions. I’m happy to say this is now a reality and all relevant pages have gone live!

Bookmark these pages for easy access: Points Buy Promotions and Transfer/Card Welcome Offers.

I now catalog all active transfer bonuses and elevated credit card welcome bonuses

I now have a dedicated page to a living catalog of all transfer bonuses and elevated credit card offers known to me. I check every morning, with a second pass in the afternoon for anything that launched during the day, so the expiry dates on the page should stay current. See the page here. You’ll also find it in the top-of-page navigation menu under Credit Cards, as “Transfer Bonuses and Welcome Offers.”

Here’s what’s on it:

• Transfer bonuses in expiry order from all major partners (card issuers and third parties such as Rove).
• Welcome offers for business, personal points, and airline/hotel co-brand credit cards, with annual fees and end dates where they’re published.

I also track all active points buying promotions

It’s common for loyalty programs to sell points, either by providing a bonus amount or providing a discount. The net effect is usually about the same, in that you get more points for less. Whether that’s a good deal or not really depends on the specific promotion, the loyalty program that’s selling it, and the redemption opportunities.

I have now published a page that will track all promotions known to me. Access it also through the navigation bar, under “Guides”.

This living catalog of points buying promotions will list all such deals known to me, broken up into three categories: worth it, average value, and not worth it. I’ll provide the specific bonus together with the best cents-per-point valuation the deal gives you, and whether that’s a worthwhile value.

Generally I don’t recommend buying points speculatively, but in some cases these promotions really can be a good enough value that I will buy the points speculatively. Though usually only for programs that I know I’ll be redeeming through at least once or twice a year, because devaluations are common and can happen at any time.

As always, if you notice a promotion missing from the page, let me know!

Summary

Two new living catalogs are now live. The first tracks all active transfer bonuses and elevated credit card welcome offers, updated every morning with an afternoon pass for anything that launches during the day. The second tracks all points buying promotions, with the best cents-per-point price and whether I think each one is worth it. You’ll find the transfer bonuses page under Credit Cards in the top navigation, and the promotions page under Guides.