Sunday, January 4, 2009

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

Credit Card Name

Bonus

Requirements

American Express Gold Delta SkyMiles
20,000
Use Once, $95 Fee2
American Express Gold Delta SkyMiles Business*
20,000
Use Once, $95 Fee2
American Express Platinum Delta SkyMiles
20,000
Use Once, $150 Fee
Citi Bronze AAdvantage World MasterCard
2,500
Spend $125
Citi Gold AAdvantage World MasterCard
15,000
Spend $750, $50 Fee2
Citi Platinum Select AAdvantage World MasterCard
25,000
Spend $750, $85 Fee2
CitiBusiness Platinum Select AAdvantage World MasterCard*
25,000
Spend $750, $75 Fee2
CitiBusiness Platinum Select AAdvantage World Visa*
25,000
Spend $750, $75 Fee2
Citi Select AAdvantage American Express
25,000
Spend $750, $85 Fee2
USBank Northwest Airlines WorldPerks Visa Platinum
10,000
Use Once1, $55 Fee
USBank Northwest Airlines WorldPerks Visa Signature
15,0001
Use Once1, $90 Fee
Chase Continental Airlines World MasterCard
20,000
Use Once, $85 Fee
Chase Continental Airlines World MasterCard for Business*
20,000
Use Once, $85 Fee
Chase United Mileage Plus Gold Class Visa
20,000
Use Once, $60 Fee
Chase United Mileage Plus Platinum Class Signature Visa
20,000
Use Once, $140 Fee
Chase United Mileage Plus Visa Signature
25,000
Spend $250, $60 Fee2
Chase United Mileage Plus Platinum Business*
20,000
Use Once, $75 Fee2
Chase United Mileage Plus Business Rewards*
20,000
Use Once, $125 Fee
Bank of America US Airways Visa
5,000
Use Once, $50 Fee
Bank of America US Airways Visa Signature
25,000
Use Once, $90 Fee
Bank of America US Airways No Fee MasterCard
5-15K
Use Once
Bank of America US Airways World MasterCard
10-20K
Use Once, $49 Fee
Bank of America US Airways Premier World MasterCard
15-25K
Use Once, $79 Fee
Bank of America US Airways Visa Business*
25,000
Use Once, $79 Fee
Bank of America Alaska Airlines Visa Signature
20,000
Use Once, $75 Fee
Bank of America Hawaiian Airlines Platinum Visa
10,000
Use Once, $50 Fee
Bank of America Virgin Atlantic American Express Card
20,000
Use Once, $90 Fee
Bank of America Asiana Airlines Platinum Visa
5,000
Use Once, $80 Fee
Bank of America Mexicana Airlines Platinum Plus Visa
4,000
Use Once, $45 Fee
Bank of America Air Canada Aeroplan Platinum Plus MasterCard
12,000
Use Once, $60 Fee
Chase British Airways Visa Signature
20,000
Use Once, $75 Fee
Chase Southwest Rapid Rewards Visa Signature
8/16
Use Once, $59 Fee
Chase Southwest Rapid Rewards Visa Signature Business*
8/16
Use Once, $59 Fee
American Express Jet Blue
50
Use Once, $40 Fee
American Express Jet Blue Business*
50
Use Once, $40 Fee




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.