For over twenty years, I’ve had credit cards that earned points or miles. I originally had an American Express Gold travel card that paid me 1.5x points for all travel…
Sign Up Bonuses
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When you apply for a new credit card, you have a limited amount of time to meet the spending requirement to earn the sign-up bonus. A small hiccup that people…
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I’ve previously mentioned that I’d hit a rut signing up for new credit cards. I haven’t redeemed any points for trips besides those I’d gotten back from trips canceled in…
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Signing up for credit cards and getting the sign-up bonuses is one of the easiest ways to earn a nice stack of points and miles with very little effort. As…
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American Express is currently the only bank offering co-branded cards with Hilton Honors. They have a diverse card line with options ranging from one with no-annual-fee to the Hilton Aspire…
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Airlines have constantly been making changes to their loyalty programs. They’ve been busy extending status for their most loyal flyers and delaying point expiration for their less frequent customers. Programs…
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Eight Commonly Heard Questions Regarding Chase’s 5/24 Rule For New Card Applications
by joehegby joehegIt used to be easy to sign up for travel cards. When you hear stories from just a few years ago, they seem unbelievable today. That’s because the banks figured…
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While you can get a quick boost to your points and miles balances through sign up bonuses, we earn a significant portion of our points through everyday spending. Earning miles…
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Manufactured spending. What does that mean? It’s not apparent from the name, but a good guess would be that it has something to do with spending money concerning travel since…
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When applying for a credit card, you’ll usually see a place to add authorized users. The banks will phrase it like “ADD UP TO FIVE PEOPLE TO YOUR ACCOUNT FOR…