I've had this card for a year now. Wyndham points are interesting. You mentioned that microtel costing 15k a night. Wyndham points tend to be more valuable if you go to bigger cities. I've spent 15k a night for middle of nowhere Days Inn and then paid 7,500 points for a much nicer Ramada with a hot tub in a larger city. so keep that in mind with Wyndham.
It's great for your channel to cover these lesser known cards bc every channel covers the big guys' products while this category can set you a part from the rest giving you the edge. Thanks for sharing 😁🤔😁🤔👍
Thank you for this video Ben! I wasn't aware of the other status matches in the chain so that makes it even more valuable for me. Was considering this card among other business cards and now I'm pretty sure I'm going for this card.
The only way you can get the free $100 celebration dinner with MGM is only by earning it with points. The status match from Caesar’s Diamond or Hyatt Explorist does not qualify .
Lol I could have done this marigo round with my hilton mariott or ihg status before the changes. Makes it exciting and less accesible to try and get this card now. Currently awaiting my verification documents and hopefully get approved. Really like the 8 points on gas as well. Great and helpful info thanks!
Just got approved for this card a couple of days ago and luckily they instant approved me and I didn’t have to go through the nightmare scenario I’ve heard about some people having. Using this mainly for the status match merry go round but also to use the points for a future Greece trip. Thanks for all the advice Ben!
I had this card since 2020 with the 45,000 pt bonus. But signed my wife up for this one at 75,000 pts. Can’t beat that for transferring to Caesars. Also Wyndham points can book Vacasa bookings. As long as the Vacasa vacation rental is 1 bedroom it only costs 15,000 pts per night.
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You can transfer 30,000 points per year from Wyndam to Caesars. I coincidentally typing this from Harrah's Laughlin, NV, using that credit. We stay at Microtel, La Quinta, Wingate, and Wyndam Garden, when the points make sense, leaning high season. Low to mid-season, we prefer HIlton. Don't forget, 5.5% back on such a broad spectrum of utilities, is probably the best in the industry.
Got mine 1 month ago. This card has so much value because of the status matching. Unfortunately, no celebration dinner with MGM unless you earn your way to Gold MGM.
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I just got back from the Bellagio on the LV strip, having gotten MGM Gold through this method. MGM did not give me a $100 credit for dinner. Ceasars Palace right next door did though. Also used to Diamond line at the buffet and was seated pretty much right away during a weekend dinner rush on. seafood day.
About the only thing good with this credit card is the status match feature. I have no idea how TPG values points at 1.1 cents. Almost all redemptions are between 0.3 to 0.5 cents.
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With Caesars Diamond status you also get a free booze cruise on Lake Tahoe if you stay at Harrah's. Did this two years ago and well worth it. Also not having to pay the $46 a night resort fee in Las Vegas is not small potatoes.
I’ve been using and abusing Wyndham program for a while now lol status match with Caesars is huge but don’t sleep on their properties too. Wyndham Grand Clearwater, bonnet creek, Jupiter, Mills house, Rio Grande PR all great domestic hotels. Club Wyndham - Avon and Park city are huge value for ski season. Oceanside CA is really nice too. Midtown 45 NYC, Austin, La Belle Maison NOLA, national Harbor DC, just great accommodations and most of them at only 15k points per night for a 1 bedroom suite. Also using points on Vacasa is just great value as well. Lots of options for a not well known program.
Oh, also the Caesars Laurel Lounges in NV are closed and rumors are they won’t be reopening. Other states still have them. Big bummer for me as it would’ve been clutch for Vegas trips.
I got the card at the 45,000 bonus too & sort of kicking myself for not waiting but I have a Lake Tahoe trip planned and i’m still coming out ahead with not paying resort fees + the celebration dinner so i’m not that mad!
Wow I just received my Wyndham Earner Biz Card - Exactly 1 month ( including 1 week shipping) from when I applied for it... when through business review etc. .. I'm so spoiled from Amexes immediate virtual card for online spending and overnight shipping for premium cards! ... Still super happy to get the card, since it's said that there is a similar rule then the Chase 5/24 rule and I have at least 10-15 new cards in the last 2 years.
The Cesar’s premium card last permanently correct ? How long do the status matches last at the other hotels/casinos? Can you keep rematching yearly if it needs renewed yearly? Or are the status matches permanent?? Is it better to slow down to use all the rewards if the status matches only last one year?
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Geez... I had to come update this. I just got off the phone with them. This is the third time they request additional documents... I'm not sure I want to anymore
last update: geez if anyone sees this, the application process can be as bad as people say online. it took 1 month and 3 rounds of document review but I finally got approved today! $1000 limit. I was getting worried given that I was at 6/24 when I applied. Hope this helps someone!
Hi Ben. Last year I tried matching my Hyatt Globalist status to Caesar's Diamond, but because I already had an existing Caesar's account, they wouldn't match. Apparently it's only for NEW Caesar's statuses. Do you know if that's the case for trying to match Wyndham to Caesar's?
I just activated my Ollo Optimum card. I don't know why I got this card, but I am going to squeeze everything I can out of the unlimited 2.5% cashback!
@@parkour267 I did have an account with Ally I stopped using a while ago, and my parents accidentally missed a payment on their credit card around the same time and ended up paying a few days of interest. Otherwise my report was squeaky clean when I got the offer.
Great vid! Not sure it's "little known," Frequent Miler talks about it all the time. Also, I didn't have to prove any business info. May have become more strict since I signed up about a year ago, tho
I always get rejected for barclays cards. I have amex, capital one, chase, fidelity, discover etc. But still can't get approved for one barclays cards. Score is over 760
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Heads up that the MGM Celebration Dinner only works for those who earn the status (not those who match to it). The other perks work though. Also, some data points that you now need to earn a small number of Caesars points for the Celebration dinner to be activated. Wasn’t much of a hurdle, a stay will cover it, but just preventing people from just freeloading the benefit without spending anything at Caesars. Though don’t know if that’s definitive yet.
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Ben, Can you let us know if they match you to Ocean Prime with your Rock Royalty card? I see on their website that you need Rock Royalty X for the match.
I believe they are just saying if you have either the rock royalty or the X card you can match. Since there is no card called the “rock royalty X” they are called hard rock “wild cards” the mid tier is rock royalty and the highest is X
So if I already have diamond with Wyndham (through my travel job) I could essentially get all of this for free with no card? Also have diamond Best Western and Choice.
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@@TheCreditShifu shoot. Is there any other avenues thru credit cards now ? I believe the Hyatt card does this but getting to explorists seems out of reach compared to a 95 dollar fee
Yeah you should be able to go Hyatt>MGM>Caesars>Wyndham (but the credit card only gives Discoverist, unless you have progressed further because of stays)
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I got this card last year. It’s actually my second card from Barclays (got the Arrival+ way back in 2013 before I knew what churning was). I have a “business”, but they only asked me to clarify my income over the phone. For documentation, I only had to supply proof of residence and ID. Maybe having a previous card from them made a difference. Also, I appreciate you elaborating on the other status matches you can get. Only knew about the chain to Hyatt
I have a personal card withBarclay for years and one “business” card as well with a different company. Might risk the hard pull and apply. Did they do a hard pull on your personal credit when you got the card?
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Welcome to the New Card Club! 😃🏅
Solid choice too. I got mine last year.
Enjoy the elite life!
I've had this card for a year now. Wyndham points are interesting. You mentioned that microtel costing 15k a night. Wyndham points tend to be more valuable if you go to bigger cities. I've spent 15k a night for middle of nowhere Days Inn and then paid 7,500 points for a much nicer Ramada with a hot tub in a larger city. so keep that in mind with Wyndham.
It's great for your channel to cover these lesser known cards bc every channel covers the big guys' products while this category can set you a part from the rest giving you the edge.
Thanks for sharing 😁🤔😁🤔👍
Thank you for this video Ben! I wasn't aware of the other status matches in the chain so that makes it even more valuable for me. Was considering this card among other business cards and now I'm pretty sure I'm going for this card.
The only way you can get the free $100 celebration dinner with MGM is only by earning it with points. The status match from Caesar’s Diamond or Hyatt Explorist does not qualify .
Lol I could have done this marigo round with my hilton mariott or ihg status before the changes. Makes it exciting and less accesible to try and get this card now. Currently awaiting my verification documents and hopefully get approved. Really like the 8 points on gas as well. Great and helpful info thanks!
2 things: free trip to Bahamas with Caesar’s diamond status and vacasa home rentals with Wyndham points is an absolutely incredible value
Just got approved for this card a couple of days ago and luckily they instant approved me and I didn’t have to go through the nightmare scenario I’ve heard about some people having. Using this mainly for the status match merry go round but also to use the points for a future Greece trip. Thanks for all the advice Ben!
I had this card since 2020 with the 45,000 pt bonus. But signed my wife up for this one at 75,000 pts. Can’t beat that for transferring to Caesars.
Also Wyndham points can book Vacasa bookings. As long as the Vacasa vacation rental is 1 bedroom it only costs 15,000 pts per night.
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You can transfer 30,000 points per year from Wyndam to Caesars. I coincidentally typing this from Harrah's Laughlin, NV, using that credit. We stay at Microtel, La Quinta, Wingate, and Wyndam Garden, when the points make sense, leaning high season. Low to mid-season, we prefer HIlton. Don't forget, 5.5% back on such a broad spectrum of utilities, is probably the best in the industry.
I’d like to hear more about that free cruise - it’s gotta be something like a 2 hour down & back on the Cuyahoga River or something, right?
Got mine 1 month ago. This card has so much value because of the status matching. Unfortunately, no celebration dinner with MGM unless you earn your way to Gold MGM.
Thanks for the data point
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I just got back from the Bellagio on the LV strip, having gotten MGM Gold through this method. MGM did not give me a $100 credit for dinner. Ceasars Palace right next door did though. Also used to Diamond line at the buffet and was seated pretty much right away during a weekend dinner rush on. seafood day.
This video has incredible, useful information!
I party in ac a lot, i have this card. Saving me $15 to 20 for parking when i go clubbing at Harrah's
You don't actually need the physical Caesars Diamond Card; MGM will match with just the digital card in the app but of course it has to be in person.
About the only thing good with this credit card is the status match feature. I have no idea how TPG values points at 1.1 cents. Almost all redemptions are between 0.3 to 0.5 cents.
Free parking saves you like $60 a day in Vegas
Yes, that plus the waived resort fees is like $100 per day saving
I feel like I would need to hire an assistant just to remind me of all the perks with all these statuses and cards. Or dust off my Excel skills.
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With Caesars Diamond status you also get a free booze cruise on Lake Tahoe if you stay at Harrah's. Did this two years ago and well worth it. Also not having to pay the $46 a night resort fee in Las Vegas is not small potatoes.
I’ve been using and abusing Wyndham program for a while now lol status match with Caesars is huge but don’t sleep on their properties too. Wyndham Grand Clearwater, bonnet creek, Jupiter, Mills house, Rio Grande PR all great domestic hotels. Club Wyndham - Avon and Park city are huge value for ski season. Oceanside CA is really nice too. Midtown 45 NYC, Austin, La Belle Maison NOLA, national Harbor DC, just great accommodations and most of them at only 15k points per night for a 1 bedroom suite.
Also using points on Vacasa is just great value as well. Lots of options for a not well known program.
Something important to note is that some of these properties have a 2 or 3 night minimum.
Oh, also the Caesars Laurel Lounges in NV are closed and rumors are they won’t be reopening. Other states still have them. Big bummer for me as it would’ve been clutch for Vegas trips.
Amazing, great info in this video!
I got the card at the 45,000 bonus too & sort of kicking myself for not waiting but I have a Lake Tahoe trip planned and i’m still coming out ahead with not paying resort fees + the celebration dinner so i’m not that mad!
MGM doesn't provide $100 dinner credit for matched status. Verified at the rewards desk proper.
Wow I just received my Wyndham Earner Biz Card - Exactly 1 month ( including 1 week shipping) from when I applied for it... when through business review etc. .. I'm so spoiled from Amexes immediate virtual card for online spending and overnight shipping for premium cards! ... Still super happy to get the card, since it's said that there is a similar rule then the Chase 5/24 rule and I have at least 10-15 new cards in the last 2 years.
One word: IMPRESSIVE
Wyndham business card has a 75000 pt offer now
The Wyndham card now has 100K bonus. Can you get both personal cards and get the bonus on both?
The Cesar’s premium card last permanently correct ? How long do the status matches last at the other hotels/casinos? Can you keep rematching yearly if it needs renewed yearly? Or are the status matches permanent?? Is it better to slow down to use all the rewards if the status matches only last one year?
I've had my eyes on this one card for a few weeks... might just pull the trigger after this video!
update: My application is now under that 10-day review... hopefully my very legit business checks out
update: I called them and seems like they want more documents. I will update once I get the letter in the mail
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Geez... I had to come update this. I just got off the phone with them. This is the third time they request additional documents... I'm not sure I want to anymore
last update: geez if anyone sees this, the application process can be as bad as people say online. it took 1 month and 3 rounds of document review but I finally got approved today! $1000 limit. I was getting worried given that I was at 6/24 when I applied. Hope this helps someone!
Hi Ben. Last year I tried matching my Hyatt Globalist status to Caesar's Diamond, but because I already had an existing Caesar's account, they wouldn't match. Apparently it's only for NEW Caesar's statuses. Do you know if that's the case for trying to match Wyndham to Caesar's?
Pretty interesting card congrats! 😊
I just activated my Ollo Optimum card. I don't know why I got this card, but I am going to squeeze everything I can out of the unlimited 2.5% cashback!
Nice! Are you a member through something they are involved? Ive been wandering how they decide to invite certain people for the card.
@@parkour267 I did have an account with Ally I stopped using a while ago, and my parents accidentally missed a payment on their credit card around the same time and ended up paying a few days of interest. Otherwise my report was squeaky clean when I got the offer.
Great layout of other status matches that are available.
Ben, you should do a video on the AOD FCU credit card
Great vid! Not sure it's "little known," Frequent Miler talks about it all the time. Also, I didn't have to prove any business info. May have become more strict since I signed up about a year ago, tho
I got this card and Jetblue Business last year and didn't have to provide any business documents. Curious on if something changed with their UW
I always get rejected for barclays cards. I have amex, capital one, chase, fidelity, discover etc. But still can't get approved for one barclays cards. Score is over 760
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Yeah unfortunately the $100 celebration dinner is no good for those who reached gold status with MGM through matching.
Heads up that the MGM Celebration Dinner only works for those who earn the status (not those who match to it). The other perks work though.
Also, some data points that you now need to earn a small number of Caesars points for the Celebration dinner to be activated. Wasn’t much of a hurdle, a stay will cover it, but just preventing people from just freeloading the benefit without spending anything at Caesars. Though don’t know if that’s definitive yet.
I just applied couple days ago and my application says it’s being reviewed. Should I be worried?
Just did mine and got the same hopefully not 😭
Be prepare to explain your business over the phone and fax in documents. Good luck.
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Don’t you get a free 2 night stay a year at Atlantis in the Bahamas with Caesar status?
Can we get a Barclay's hacks/Rules video?
For MGM Gold $100 dinner, I think you need to earn that status, not just from the match to be able to avail that benefits. Am I correct?
yes
@@TheCreditShifu I appreciate the response. did you had some troubles when you applied for this card? I see lots of people did.
Lawlz, this is amazing you can write off the fee and a lot of the trip if it's for a company get-away.
Do these matches work in Vegas?
Looking forward to the day when Shifu has a similar video title but the card winds up being the AMEX Centurion card.
Do a follow up video if you get outsized value on a Vacasa Rental using this rewards program.
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Ben, Can you let us know if they match you to Ocean Prime with your Rock Royalty card? I see on their website that you need Rock Royalty X for the match.
I believe they are just saying if you have either the rock royalty or the X card you can match. Since there is no card called the “rock royalty X” they are called hard rock “wild cards” the mid tier is rock royalty and the highest is X
@@TheCreditShifu Thank you Ben. Im planning to go to Atlantic City as well pretty soon. Hope to see you to say hi.
You gotta call man. Don't leave money on the table like that! A quick phone call for $400!
So if I already have diamond with Wyndham (through my travel job) I could essentially get all of this for free with no card? Also have diamond Best Western and Choice.
Absolutely!!
@@TheCreditShifu Sweet! Thanks and great video!
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How many cards do you apply in one year?
does this card still get you to Gold status with MGM?
No, Caesars to MGM gold is dead, it gets you a lower status now
@@TheCreditShifu shoot. Is there any other avenues thru credit cards now ? I believe the Hyatt card does this but getting to explorists seems out of reach compared to a 95 dollar fee
I think now in order to get those $100 dinners you have o spend a certain amount at those casinos.
hello there, do you lock your credit reports?
Is it possible to status match MGM Gold to Ocean through Wynn Las Vegas?
no but i think unless they changed something you can still do this but with hard rock instead of wynn
Does Caesar's rewards diamond status still offer the two free nights in Atlantis Bahamas?
Is this strictly only with a business card or is there a personal card option that offers the same abilities? Thanks, love the content!
The personal version gives you a lower Wyndham status
@@TheCreditShifu thank you!
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If I have hyatte explorist from the credit card can I start the merry go round from here?
Yeah you should be able to go Hyatt>MGM>Caesars>Wyndham (but the credit card only gives Discoverist, unless you have progressed further because of stays)
@@TheCreditShifu oh I think I had explorist somehow one year and kept it with MGM. So I just need to do the rest of matches?
@@pezdacandyboi yep, MGM to Caesars and then Caesars to Wyndham. And then side matches, Caesars to Hard Rock, Hard Rock to Ocean
Great video! One question though. Do you know if the Wyndham personal card has the same status match perks as the business card? Thanks
Personal($75 af) is only wyndham platinum. IMHO just go for biz.
Thanks for the reply. Cheers!
Is this one showing up on your personal credit report? I'm wanting to apply for this, but don't want to go over 5/24 just yet.
Had my card 1 month and has not shown a new account. Only a hard inquiry from Transunion, I live in FL.
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I just stayed at a la Quinta. Not the best but not ratchet.
Do you have a video of your " Matching Trip " ?
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Bro this card hard to apply. Maybe the Personal might be easy ?
Personal doesn’t get you diamond status
I just got this card!
To find out what card I signed up for I am going to make you sit through half the video and watch ads....I hate it when creators do this
Don’t forget the free stay at Atlantis in the Bahamas from Caesar’s Diamond status
I think you only get it if you earned diamond, not just matched
I got this card last year. It’s actually my second card from Barclays (got the Arrival+ way back in 2013 before I knew what churning was). I have a “business”, but they only asked me to clarify my income over the phone. For documentation, I only had to supply proof of residence and ID. Maybe having a previous card from them made a difference.
Also, I appreciate you elaborating on the other status matches you can get. Only knew about the chain to Hyatt
I have a personal card withBarclay for years and one “business” card as well with a different company. Might risk the hard pull and apply. Did they do a hard pull on your personal credit when you got the card?
I haven't seen this guy in a long time. What happened to the credit shifu?
Rebranding
I feel like this might get shut down soon
I just got approved for this card, how do I activate Wyndham Diamond Status? Will I be upgraded once I activate my Wyndham Business card?
It comes automatically
@@TheCreditShifu How long does it take to match from Wyndham Diamond to Cesar Diamond once you submit the request?
@@JavierRamirez-eq5tf mine took a couple of days but they said up to two weeks
Do you really need a legit business? I really want this card. I like going to AC and Vegas.
Can you show how to do the status match?
We will be going to Atlantic city this week a s we will make a video showing you the whole process, two of them can be done online, all the others have to be in person
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Love the content as always!!
How can we match for Venetian/palazzo?
Have you told us about Hyatt Ziva Cancun yet? 😉
Maybe i should talk more about that
@@TheCreditShifu yes please!
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Lol u thought
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You thought, you lied…. Pos
I have the personal card