Get $100 Bonuses From Credit Card Promotions

Here are some great promotional offers from credit cards that have helped me save for an early retirement by paying for a lot of my usual expenses! The savings goes straight into my Roth IRA or savings account.

Bonus $100 Gift Card
The Citi® Professional^SM Card with Thank You^SM Network is giving out 10,000 Thank You Points after your first $250 in purchases, which is the same as a $100 gift card at various places like gas stations, Home Depot, Target, Gap, and more. If you have student loans, you can get a straight check for $100 to pay them. In addition, you can get 3 ThankYou points per dollar spent at restaurants and gas stations, which can be converted to 3% back in gift cards. There is no annual fee.

I applied for this card myself and got the 10,000 points immediately after the first statement. I then traded them in and got the two $50 Target gift cards shown below:

Note: If you have a pop-up blocker, turn it off temporarily. Now click on the application link above, and then try to close the window by hitting the X. You just might score an pop-up offer for 5,000 extra ThankYou points, for a total of $150 in gift cards!

Free $100 Amazon.com Gift Certificate
The American Express Starwood Preferred Guest Card is currently giving out 10,000 Starwood points for signing up and making any purchase. That’s enough for a $100 Gift Card to Amazon.com, Gap, Nordstrom, Banana Republic, and more. Not only do you get the bonus, but this card is one of my favorite rewards cards.

10,000 points are also good for up to 3 free nights at Starwood hotels like Four Points Sheraton. If you like airline miles, you can get 1.25 frequent flier miles per point, 25% more than other airline-specific cards. This card is great for people who like to travel and make the most of their existing frequent flier miles, and can be very useful for getting miles for many different airlines like Delta, American, and more. Click here for details.

Finally, if you spend $15,000 within the first six months, you get another 15,000 bonus Starpoints on top of the 15,000 earned normally. So all in all you’d get 40,000 Starpoints = 50,000 frequent flyer miles = 2 free roundtrip tickets! More info here.

There is also the AmEx Starwood Business Card, which is offering an additional 10,000 free points. If you applied for both, you’d get 20,000 Starwood points, which is equal to 25,000 airline miles (a free ticket!) at Alaska, American, Delta, Northwest, US Airways, and other airlines.

Free $100 Home Depot Gift Card or 10,000 miles
The American Express Preferred Rewards Gold Card is giving out 10,000 Membership Rewards points after your first purchase on their card. Via the Membership Rewards program, you can swap this for a $100 gift card at various places like Gap and Home Depot, or 10,000 miles on a bunch of airlines. The annual fee is waived for the first year.