Annual Fee

My most recent credit card application was to get the Fidelity Rewards Visa card. This card earns 2% cash-back on all purchases. Issued by Elan Credit Services, some people complain…

My spam email filter is typically pretty efficient. It works so well that I’ll go and check every week or so just to see if something important ended up in…

April 1, 2020 is when existing cardholders of the Chase Sapphire Reserve would start paying a $550 annual fee at their account renewal. That’s a $100 increase from what the…

The $95 annual fee was due for Sharon’s Chase Sapphire Preferred card. That’s the time each year when I think about the card’s benefits vs. the cost and if I should…

There are so many reasons to keep the American Express Platinum card. The $200 yearly airline fee credit. The $100 Global Entry or $85 TSA Pre-Check credit. The $200 yearly…

I’ve admitted that I have an irrational attachment to certain travel credit cards. You know, the cards that I’ve had for a while and keep paying the annual fee even…

What do you think of when you hear the phrase premium credit card. Exclusivity? Luxury? Benefits? Perks? For a while, these cards offered all of these. The grand daddy of…

I realize it’s a total #firstworldproblem to be complaining about having too many hotel free night certificates. But I just can’t ignore the fact that by the end of the…

We’re returning from a trip to New York where we flew with JetBlue, one of our favorite domestic airlines. They have a number of non stop flights from Orlando, and…

When you have a credit card with an annual fee, you should evaluate every year whether or not the benefits of keeping the card are greater than the cost of…