PenFed Premium Travel Rewards American Express® Card
- You must be a PenFed member to apply. Not yet a member? It's easy to join!
- You may be eligible through your employment, association membership, and volunteerism, or by becoming a member of one of our nonprofit partner organizations.
- Earn 5 points on airfare purchases, and 1 point on all other purchases.
- Earn 20,000 bonus points when you spend $650 within the first 3 months of opening the Card account - that's worth $200 toward your next round-trip airline ticket.
- Free LOUNGE CLUB™ membership which provides worldwide airport lounge access (upon spending $15,000 on the Card within a calendar year).
- Ability to redeem points for a wide-range of rich rewards, including travel, brand-named merchandise, and gift cards at PenFedPremiumRewards.com.
| Average Approved Score‡ | Purchase Intro APR | Purchase Regular APR | Balance Transfer Intro APR | Balance Transfer Regular APR |
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9.99%* |
4.99%* |
9.99%* |
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Variable |
Variable |
Variable |
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Offer Details:
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Cash Advance Rate |
See Terms* |
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Annual Fee |
$0 |
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Late Fee |
Up to $25 |
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Cash Advance Fee |
$0 |
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Balance Transfer Fee |
3%, Min: $10 |
Saving Details
Saving Details |
Year 1 |
Year 2 |
Year 3 |
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Balance Transfer Cost |
‑$250 |
$0 |
$0 |
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Interest Savings on Transferred Balance |
$3,265 |
$2,851 |
$1,828 |
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Interest Savings on New Purchases |
$1,029 |
$2,576 |
$5,064 |
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Value of Rewards on New Purchases |
$46 |
$46 |
$46 |
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Value of Bonus Points |
$200 |
$0 |
$0 |
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Annual & Application Fees |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
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Savings |
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| Total Annual Savings | $4,290 |
$5,472 |
$6,937 |
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| Total Savings over 3 Years |
$16,699 |
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Credit Card Usage Profile
Transfer a Balance
Edit- Balance to Transfer: $2,500
- Monthly Paydown: $600
Earn Rewards
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$1,000
Monthly Spending -
$45
Gas -
$75
Groceries -
$20
Travel -
$50
Restaurants -
$50
Entertainment -
$760
Other
Establish or Build My Credit
Card Details
- Annual Fee: $0
- Minimum Deposit: $0
Finance a Large Purchase
- Initial Purchase Amount: $3,000
- Monthly Paydown: $60
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This is a good card - re-read the terms...No annual fee / 9.99%APR / 20,000 bonus points make it so. You must be a PenFed Credit Union Member, but you can qualify by being military, family of military, or - I believe that you can pay a small member fee and join also.
FYI, this card's annual fee is now gone. Definitely thinking to jump on this one (based on the returns, I gave it a 4 -- haven't applied yet).
bliang's response was:
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yikes!
donallen's response was:
donallen(1, 0)
Do I hav to be DoD/Pentagon for this?
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For those that say don't bash Penfed if they don't approve you for a card with a 760+ fico are crazy. Of course bash them that’s an issue. When you have high 700's low 800 fico and are approved with 99% of other banks and PENFED says no PENFED is being too conservative and putting a nasty ceiling to grow there company. I never look for a bank that is too conservative. The purpose of a bank is to hold my money but at the same time when I feel like taking advantage of offers I should be able to especially due to the fact that all the hard work that I have put into establishing a good to excellent credit score. I saw that you could get 5% cash back for gas all the time so I was interested in this account because I currently use my chase and discover for cash back but that cash back is not yearly. So I applied with a 760 Fico I have never been denied for a credit card I have 12 different credit cards all around 10K limits highest at 34K and only one card has a balance of 5000 on my NAVY FCU because they offered 0% for a year so I transferred my auto loan on to my credit card. The application can back instantly denied so of course I called Penfed and told them I just signed up and I wanted this card she pulled my credit history and said well your score is to low. I said I have a credit score higher the 75% of the people in America what do you mean its too low. She said we use a different score model yours might show with the credit score company as a 760 but we show it as a 680. I said I understand sometimes when I apply the score is higher or lower depending on the company I am applying through maybe by 10 15 points but not 80. She told me because you have a balance showing that is effecting you but you do have a perfect history but we don't like to see a a high balance I told her my debt to credit is less than 5% I have a balance of 5K but have available 140K She said we are very picky with lending. So then I said never mind and canceled my account. Go with NAVY FCU if you would like lending at a great bank I was working on my credit 4 years ago I had a 630 fico pretty good history no bad for about 3 years applied with chase, discover, amex all approved for around 1500 limits with a fico of 630 then I applied for NAVY FCU card approved instantly for 15K and then a 2nd card for 15K I love NAVYFCU and they have 0% balance transfer interest no fee for 1 year specials. Now my CL limit after 3 years is 38K don’t have go with PENFED or USAA Bank both are not lender friendly and horrible rates. FYI for USAA insurance quoted under military discount 115 a month for all 3 of my cars. Compared to Gieco same coverage quoted 78 dollars a month under their military discount program. PENFED and USAA came go down in flames!!!!!!!!!
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