A while ago I asserted that I was beginning to favor the Ink Bold over the Sapphire Preferred credit card. Yes, they’re both great cards, but the Ink Bold’s automatic 5 points per dollar for office supplies and other categories is hard to beat (and easy to take advantage of…). Now, it has come to my attention that the Ink Bold also has the best version of the Ultimate Rewards Mall!
Did you know that the Ultimate Rewards Mall gives different bonuses depending upon what card you use to log into the mall? FlyerTalker HikerT brought this to my attention a while ago and he has now created a great web page that shows the bonus rates for each merchant and card combination. You can find his web page here: www.lakebagger.com/ur/
Currently, the mall shows the following stores with different rates for different cards:
  |
Ink Bold (New) |
Sapphire Preferred |
Freedom |
Dell Home |
5x |
3x |
3% |
Macys.com |
3x |
5x |
5% |
OfficeMax.com |
5x |
4x |
4% |
Sears.com |
5x |
4x |
5% |
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Of the 4 stores with different rates, 3 have better rates for the Ink Bold than for the Sapphire Preferred! Even more convincing is that there are many stores that are only available for the new Ink Bold and not for any other card. That’s right: the following stores are not available in the Ultimate Rewards Mall for the Sapphire Preferred, Freedom, or even for the old Ink Bold (note: it is possible that the Ink Classic and/or Ink Cash do have these merchants. If you have either of these cards, please let us know).
Merchants Exclusive to the new Ink Bold
1-800-GOT-JUNK? |
3x |
1st Wishes |
8x |
Adorama |
2x |
Adorn.com |
7x |
Affliction Clothing |
3x |
AllPosters.com |
6x |
Apothica |
7x |
Art.com |
6x |
AutoZone |
4x |
BabyAge.com |
4x |
Baymont Inn & Suites |
2x |
BeachCamera.com |
2x |
Beauty Encounter |
4x |
BeautyBar.com |
5x |
Belk.com |
2x |
Bergners |
2x |
Big Fish Games |
5x |
Bob and Ron’s World Wide Stereo |
2x |
Bobby Jones |
6x |
Bon-Ton |
2x |
BookIt.com |
3x |
BookRenter.com |
4x |
Boston Store |
2x |
Bradford Exchange Checks |
15x |
buybuy Baby |
2x |
BuyOnlineNow |
4x |
Carbonite |
20x |
Carol’s Daughter |
4x |
Carsons |
2x |
Celebrate Express |
8x |
CengageBrain.com |
2x |
Christopher Blue |
6x |
CircuitCity.com |
3x |
Coffees of Hawaii |
5x |
Conde Nast |
30x |
Costume Express |
8x |
Country Door |
3x |
Create Your Own Successories |
8x |
Darphin |
5x |
David’s Bridal |
3x |
Department of Goods |
4x |
Dick Blick Art Materials |
5x |
Dockers.com |
2x |
dyson |
2x |
Ed Hardy |
5x |
eDressMe.com |
5x |
Elder-Beerman |
2x |
Ella Moss |
4x |
Elyse Walker |
3x |
Especially Yours |
6x |
Exclusively Misook |
2x |
Executive Essentials |
6x |
Fashion Playtes |
6x |
FedEx Office |
3x |
Frames Direct |
6x |
French Connection |
5x |
Gemvara |
4x |
Ginny’s |
3x |
GuitarCenter.com |
3x |
Harbor Freight Tools |
2x |
Harmon Face Values |
2x |
Herberger’s |
2x |
Hotel Club |
6x |
Hush Puppies |
5x |
Intrepid Travel |
3x |
Jessica London |
3x |
Julianna Rae |
8x |
KaTom Restaurant Supply |
3x |
Kerastase |
4x |
Kipling |
4x |
Lee Jeans |
5x |
LightingCatalog.com |
5x |
LittleMissMatched |
5x |
LuckyVitamin.com |
3x |
Madewell |
5x |
Melissa and Doug |
5x |
Merrell |
5x |
Metrostyle |
4x |
MindWare |
3x |
MISSION |
10x |
Mountain Hardwear |
5x |
OfficeDesigns.com |
2x |
Organize.com |
3x |
P.S. |
2x |
Paula Young |
1x |
pcRUSH.com |
3x |
Pure Collection |
5x |
Rawlings Gear |
5x |
Red Roof Inn |
2x |
Reiss |
3x |
RenewLife.com |
6x |
Soap.com |
3x |
Sonos |
5x |
Sorel |
4x |
Sunny Sports |
3x |
The Great Courses |
4x |
The Shade Store |
4x |
Tommy Hilfiger |
4x |
Tsubo |
5x |
UFC Store |
4x |
Vitamin World |
5x |
Wig.com |
6x |
Wind & Weather |
6x |
Wolferman’s Gourmet |
4x |
Woodwind & Brasswind |
3x |
Younkers |
2x |