Advertiser Disclosure
How we make money.
The honest version. We earn commissions from some of the products we recommend. Here is what that means and what it doesn't mean.
Effective May 27, 2026
The commercial relationship
Bonus Eagle has affiliate relationships with some of the credit card issuers whose products we cover. When you apply for a card through certain links on our site and are approved, the issuer pays us a commission. The commission is paid by the issuer; it does not increase your costs, change the terms of your card, or affect your application in any way.
Not every card we cover has an affiliate relationship. We write about cards based on what we judge to be useful for our readers. Some of those cards happen to pay us a commission; some do not.
How this could go wrong — and how we keep it from going wrong
The natural temptation in our business is to give more favorable coverage to cards that pay better commissions. The credit card industry knows this. Many comparison sites are essentially advertising platforms wearing journalism's clothes, where the “best” card on any given week is the one paying the highest commission that week.
We have structured Bonus Eagle specifically to avoid this:
- Editorial decisions are made before commercial review. Our writer evaluates a card and writes the verdict. Only after the editorial is complete does anyone look at whether the card has an affiliate link — and if it does, what the payout is. The payout cannot change the verdict.
- Position on the page reflects editorial judgment alone. We do not sort cards by commission rate. Featured cards are featured because we think they are the best in their category, not because they pay the most.
- We recommend cards that have no affiliate program. If a card we believe is the right answer for a reader has no affiliate relationship with us, we still recommend it. Some of our recommendations earn us nothing.
- Negative coverage is allowed. Cards that have affiliate relationships with us can still receive critical coverage if we believe their drawbacks outweigh their benefits.
What we do not do
- We do not accept payment for favorable coverage.
- We do not allow issuers to review or approve our editorial before publication.
- We do not insert paid links into articles without disclosure.
- We do not adjust our recommendations based on what is currently most lucrative.
FTC compliance
This disclosure is required by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's guidelines for affiliate marketing. We are happy to comply because we believe transparency is the foundation of useful financial journalism. If you ever read something on Bonus Eagle that you believe is inconsistent with these principles, please tell us.