Sign Up Bonuses

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

It 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…

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…

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…

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…