Today we’re taking a look at the best travel credit card of 2020. Good candidates should provide access to a wide variety of frequent flyer and hotel award programs. Furthermore, it should waive foreign transaction fees, provide lucrative bonus earn categories and offer some level of trip-related insurance. Before getting …
Read More »APPLE Card vs the Chase Sapphire/Freedom Duo
There’s a new must-have accessory to compliment your hipster lifestyle and I know I’ve just got to have it. We’re talking the Apple Card and boy is it hot. It’s titanium, it doesn’t have any old-school digits on the front and it lives on a phone. So chic. But how …
Read More »Citi DROPS Most Purchase Protection
I’ve got some sad news for you today. Citi is taking the flamethrower to it’s previously superb purchase protection offered to most cardholders. Benefits are being gutted to just about nothing and the points and miles community is rightfully in a tizzy. Hopefully, I’m going to make today’s post short, …
Read More »What is Marriott BONVOY and how much are their Points Worth?
So this is what we’ve got to live with now. Marriott Bonvoy, the much-loved, but no longer with us, Starwood Preferred Guest program entered Marriott Rewards. The baby that was born of those two became the new program. Along with a little side-action from The Ritz-Carlton Rewards. Before we get going, …
Read More »Insta-Companion Pass – One Southwest Card
Really short topic today, so let’s get right to it. The latest offer from Chase and Southwest. For a limited time, Southwest is offering it’s spectacular Companion Pass after meeting the minimum spend requirement on all personal credit cards. That is the Southwest Premier, Plus and Priority. One card to …
Read More »How Much are NEW Capital One VENTURE Rewards Worth?
This post was initially published in 2018. The most up-to-date value for this, or any other award currency can be found on it’s static valuation page. Today we’re talking about Capital One Venture Rewards transfer partners. That’s right, Capital One is teeing up to go toe-to-to with Chase, Amex and …
Read More »NEW Citi Prestige Rumors
What is going on with the the Citi Prestige Card? For the last several months, it has fallen off many’s radar as Citi stopped accepting new applications. Those who had it, kept it, those who didn’t forgot about it. However, we’ve got some new rumors, let’s run over them. Where …
Read More »JetBlue TrueBlue Value Update
This month’s valuation pegs each JetBlue TrueBlue mile at just .7¢ each. Not Great. That’s about half what we’d see from legacy carriers United and American and about 25% less than Delta and their Skypeso program. It also represents a 12% decrease in value since I last ran the numbers …
Read More »NEW American Express BUSINESS Gold Card
We’ve got another big change from American Express to talk about. The new American Express Business Gold Card. Before I get going, I need to give a hat tip to Doctor of Credit as the source of these rumors, and I stress they are still rumors, but he’s always been …
Read More »Amex Platinum 100K Point Signup Bonus Available – April 2018
Update: Offer is still available via Cardmatch as of 05/17/2018 I consider American Express Membership Rewards the most valuable transferable award currency currently available. Consequently, the recent re-emergence of the Amex Platinum 100K point signup bonus is cause for celebration. Regrettably, this is not a publicly available offer. Fortunately, the Cardmatch Tool …
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