Barclaycard Arrival

New Years Eve Priceline Coupon Code

Priceline Coupon CodeI love reeling in a good deal! 

That’s why I enjoy bidding for “name your own price” hotels on Priceline. 

On December 31, 2013, for one day only, Priceline is offering an extra 5 percent discount off “name your own price” hotel rooms.

The coupon code is JE27MES7.

The discount applies only to two night reservations for two star hotels and above.

When I book Priceline hotels, I like to use my Barclaycard Arrival™ World MasterCard® credit card, which earns two times points on Priceline reservations.  This no annual fee travel rewards credit card offers a $200 signup bonus (worth $220 because of a 10 percent bonus on redemptions).

We stayed at the Sheraton Times Square in NYC over Thanksgiving.   We booked the room through Priceline, and paid with the Barclaycard Arrival™ World MasterCard®.

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Barclaycard Arrival Bonus Points Post Immediately

There is a new wrinkle in my continuing saga with the Barclaycard Arrival Plus™ World Elite MasterCard® travel credit card.  This credit card allows you to earn points or “miles” on purchases, and to redeem those points for statement credits on qualified travel purchases.  The card offers a ten percent bonus on points redemptions, awarding travel purchases a payout of effectively 2.2 percent.

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“Barclaycard Arrival” Targeted Credit Card Offer — $450 in Free Travel, or Not?

Free money
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Spoiler Alert:  The best rewards credit card offers are not hyped in the blogosphere.

This is the story of how I learned to sit back and wait for the superior targeted credit card offers to roll in.

In a typical week, my husband and I receive a dozen offers in the mail for new credit cards.  The banks even try to induce our kid to apply for credit cards on a regular basis.  My usual habit is to toss out these envelopes without opening them.

That is, until I learned how lucrative sign up bonuses could be.

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