Many credit cards come with signup bonuses of free money, free frequent flier miles and more, just for applying for the card or for using the card to make a single purchase. Below I have collected the best offers that are available on a wide range of cards.
* Business Credit Cards: Remember that any individual can sign up for a business card—not just those with businesses. Just use your own name under the 'Business Name' field when applying for the card. They will just sign you up as a proprietorship (a single-owner business).
Cash Back Signup Bonuses
| Credit Card Name
| Bonus
| Requirements
|
| Citi PremierPass Elite MasterCard | $200 | Spend $600, $75 Fee |
| Citi PremierPass American Express Elite Level | $200 | Spend $600, $75 Fee |
| Citi Platinum American Express | $150 | Spend $300, $125 Fee2 |
| Citi PremierPass American Express | $100 | Spend $300 |
| Citi PremierPass | $100 | Spend $300 |
| Discover Business* | $100 | Spend $1000 |
| Citi Professional Card w/ThankYou Network* | $50 | Spend $250 |
| CitiBusiness Card w/Thank You Network* | $100 | Spend $250 |
| Chase Freedom Business* | $100 | Use Once, $30 Fee2 |
| Citi PremierPass Expedia.com Elite MasterCard | $100 | @Expedia.com, $75 Fee |
| American Express Preferred Rewards Green | $50 | Spend $500, $95 Fee |
| American Express Business Rewards Green* | $50 | Use Once, $95 Fee2 |
| Citi PremierPass Expedia.com MasterCard | $50 | @Expedia.com |
| CitiBusiness Card* | $25 | Spend $250 |
| Citi Home Depot Rewards MasterCard | $25 | Use Three Times |
Frequent Flier Mile/Point Signup Bonuses
Other Signup Bonuses
| Credit Card Name
| Bonus
| Requirements
|
| American Express Hilton HHonors Platinum | 20,000 | Use Once, Stay x4 |
| Citi Hilton HHonors Visa Signature | 15,000 | Spend $150 |
| Chase Priority Club Rewards Visa Signature | 15,000 | Use Once, $29 Fee2 |
| Chase Priority Club Rewards Business Card* | 30,000 | Use Once, $29 Fee2 |
| American Express Starwood Preferred Guest | 10,000 | Use Once |
| Chase La Quinta Visa Rewards | 12,000 | Use Once |
| Chase SeaMiles Visa Rewards | 5,000 | Use Once |
| Chase Amtrak Guest Rewards World MasterCard | 5,000 | Use Once |
1 Northwest Airlines WorldPerks Visa: Depending on whether you sign up through the Northwest Airlines web site or the US Bank web site, you have different conditions as well as different bonus amounts.Signing up through the Northwest site gives you the bonus miles after the first purchase with either card. Signing up through the US Bank site makes you spend $500 before you get your mileage rewards. However, signing up through the US Bank site is preferable if you are going with the Northwest Airlines WorldPerks Visa Signature card as it gives you 20,000 bonus miles instead of the 15,000 offered directly through Northwest.
2 No fee for the first year.
