Welcome back to Good Points, a weekly Q&A about credit card points, the people who collect them, and where they take us. This week’s guests are Joe and Ali Olson, who early retired in 2015 to travel the world full time.

If you have an Amex card that earns Membership Rewards points like the Amex Platinum or newly relaunched Amex Gold, you may (keyword: may) be able to get $30 off any $60 Amazon order by linking your Amazon and Amex accounts.

Capital One finally added airline transfer partners to its lineup of credit cards just last month, which means that its Spark Miles Card for Business’s limited time offer is particularly enticing.

Southwest’s lineup of consumer credit cards already offered some of the most lucrative sign-up bonuses in the low-to-midrange travel credit card space, but their new limited time promotion might just be the best welcome offer we’ve ever seen. From any credit card. With any annual fee. Seriously.

Welcome back to Good Points, a weekly Q&A about credit card points, the people who collect them, and where they take us. This week’s guest is Dan Frommer, a Brooklyn-based journalist and the creator of Points Party, a newsletter about travel points, credit card rewards and loyalty programs. Sign up here for free, and…

Update 1/10/19 - The Amex Gold no longer has a Rose Gold option, but its welcome bonus has been bumped from 25,000 to 35,000 points, with the same $2,000-in-three-months spending requirement. Nice!

Welcome to Good Points, a new weekly Q&A about credit card points, the people who collect them, and where they take us. First up is...myself!

Chase just announced its 5x bonus categories for the Chase Freedom card for Q1 2019, and you can activate your bonus starting Saturday, so you don’t forget when it takes effect.

Update 12/10/18 - Transfer partners are now live! Capital One also added two new partners in Emirates and Singapore Air, albeit at a less favorite exchange rate.

If you fly Southwest airlines with any regularity, Southwest’s credit cards are worth checking out for the welcome offers alone, and that’s especially true right now. For a limited time, all three personal cards will dump 40,000 Rapid Rewards points in your account after you spend $1,000 in the first three months,…

Q4 is set to begin next week, and that means a brand new set of 5% bonus categories for the Chase Freedom card.

As we’ve covered before, cash back cards and travel rewards credit cards are very different beasts, but the Bank of America Premium Rewards credit card combines aspects of both. It probably wouldn’t be my first choice of card, but if you have Bank of America or Merrill Lynch accounts, it gets very attractive, very…

If you’re a Marriott or Starwood loyalist, or even a hotel free agent, the new Starwood Preferred Guest Luxury Card offers great benefits and a massive sign-up bonus, at least until the end of October.

Hot off the heels of news that Korean Airlines would no longer be available as a Chase Ultimate Rewards transfer partner, Chase has announced that JetBlue will be taking its place.

We’ve previously covered (and recommended) the Southwest Plus and Southwest Premier cards, but Chase and Southwest’s newest collaboration, the Priority card, looks like the best option yet for frequent Southwest fliers.

A bit of bad news for Chase Sapphire Preferred and Reserve cardholders: As reported by The Points Guy, Chase is dropping Korean Air as a transfer partner for its Ultimate Rewards program later this month.

If Delta is your airline of choice, you can rack up some serious miles and save on checked bags with these insanely good welcome offers.

The Business Platinum® Card from American Express OPEN is the business-focused alternative to the The Platinum Card® from American Express, one of our favorite cards, and you have less than a week left to take advantage of its elevated welcome offer.

While we generally recommend travel rewards credit cards over cash back cards, Wells Fargo’s Propel Amex is about as good a cash back option as we’ve seen.