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Topic Episode - Curve x BofA: 5.25% Cash Back on All Spend

Topic Episode - Curve x BofA: 5.25% Cash Back on All Spend

FromChurners Digest


Topic Episode - Curve x BofA: 5.25% Cash Back on All Spend

FromChurners Digest

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Length:
15 minutes
Released:
May 20, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

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UPDATE: I said that the business version of the CCR would work for this. I failed to notice that the 3% categories on that card are different than the personal so it won't work for the internet category 5.25% flos

Welcome new listers from /r/churning!

Text companion on fearthez.wordpress.com and blog.simplefinances.net/fearthez
Old Percents vs Curve post

How to get max

Requires Curve card (email me for referral churnersdigest@gmail.com) & Bank of America Customized Cash card
Customized cash lets you choose your category: gas, online shopping, dining, travel, drug stores, or home improvement/furnishings
Online shopping includes all online purchases made online excluding some categories listed in this doc
Curve “hack” - all purchases show up as online shopping category for 3% (note the Y for Online Shopping and this was purchased in person with my Curve Card)



When using curve, you are not paying directly with your BofA card but with your Curve card first. Then Curve charges BofA which, to BofA, looks like an online purchase because it basically is (kind of like to PayPal or Shopify platform)



Preferred Rewards earns you a 25%-75% boost on cash back - 3.75%-5.25% (my brief coverage of this is in this post under Bank of America)
Can hold multiple Customized Cash. Each has a max quarterly spend in the category (including the 2% for wholesale and groceries) of $2.5k

Caveats: has to be MC variant of Customized Cash because Curve doesn't support Visa at the moment

Business variant is MasterCard
You can hold multiple Customized Cash cards. List of Customized Cash variants (all Visa now and some no longer available)
I was told by CS rep that I could PC my Premium Rewards card to a MC Customized Cash but YMMV
I was also told that I could convert my existing Visa Customized Cash to a MasterCard but again YMMV

Curve is releasing Visa support “in the coming weeks” which I have little faith in but we shall see
Upcoming:

Churning for Dummies: very low level basics of churning & intro options to do for beginners
Ness Well review
Churners Digest Ep 5
Apartment Rant


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Released:
May 20, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

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A place to hear updates about happenings in the churning space. I am using the term churning loosely here as I plan to share updates on bank/fintech updates, SUBs for banks and CCs I think are worth highlighting, and other topics related to the finance sphere I will also have an accompanying written companion for each episode on my site https://fearthez.wordpress.com/ as well as on the Simple Finances blog https://blog.simplefinances.net/fearthez/ Heavily inspired by https://thedailychurnpodcast.com with love Business email: churnersdigest@gmail.com Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/churners-digest/support