Years ago, calling your bank before a trip was essential — especially if you were heading overseas. Otherwise, your first souvenir might’ve been a frozen account and a long-distance call to the fraud department. Today, most banks claim their systems can automatically detect travel patterns, but not all of them agree...

When traveling with American Airlines, passengers have the option to visit an Admirals Club lounge at the airport. It’s important to note that, for domestic flights, a ticket alone will not grant access to the club, regardless of the class of service. Unlike lounges in networks such as Priority Pass,...

This page contains the best public offers for almost 300 credit cards available in the United States. Most websites show you credit card offers that are most valuable to them, not to you, because they earn commissions when you click through and get approved for a credit card…and they will...

American Airlines will go from 2 different banks issuing their credit cards in the U.S. to just one in 2026. The new deal goes exclusive with Citibank. Barclays is no longer accepting new applications for its AAdvantage cards. Those were the ones that flight attendants made announcements...

Chase has been steadily hacking away at the value of its Pay Yourself Back (PYB) Program, whittling down both categories and redemption rates on Ultimate Reward(UR)-earning cards. At the same time, it has added PYB options for Southwest, Aeroplan, and United cards, although the value for redeeming Southwest points is...

As part of my 2025 resolution to cancel 25% of my credit cards, I am trimming down my annual fee cards that no longer make sense. The Barclays AAdvantage Aviator Red was one of them. I originally picked up the card last year for the sign-up bonus and benefits when flying American...

Changes to the Chase Sapphire Reserve® card (See rates and fees) are actually great for me. I know they’re controversial to some of you. And in some ways I wasn’t sure at first how to balance the changes between new benefits and what’s lost. However, as the past four...

Nick has created and published a popular coupon book tracker spreadsheet. However, if you’d prefer to use a polished app, there’s a new tool called UseYourCredits. The tool is designed to make it easy to keep track of your many credit card coupons, ranging from merchant credits like Lululemon and...

The newly updated American Express Platinum Card with it’s hefty new $895 annual fee wants to be known as your VIP travel pass. ‘Centurion lounges! Hotel upgrades! Dom before takeoff!’ (results may vary).  But here’s the question: what if you only fly a handful of times a year—does it still...

Last year, we were informed that once HawaiianMiles merged with Alaska Mileage Plan, all credit cards would be consolidated under one issuer – presumably Bank of America. Well, as of October 1, 2025, HawaiianMiles formally became Atmos Rewards, so the writing is on the wall for those Hawaiian Airlines credit card offers. But...

A few weeks back, Amex refreshed their coveted Platinum cards with a lot of fanfare. Amex has been talking a lot about how they plan to continuously relook and refresh many of their credit cards. I picked up this credit card right after it was launched. Valuable Credit Card going away...

The much awaited refresh of the Chase Sapphire Reserve was met a lot of interest and skepticism at the same time. If you scour the internet, you’ll see a lot of pieces waxing eloquent about the card or panning the card as well. However, Chase also released a brand new...

Chase Freedom Flex® 2025 category bonuses Q4 must be activated by 12/15/25  We love the Chase Freedom Flex® for this exact perk: rotating, quarterly 5x bonus categories. Activate here What does that mean? It means that every 3 months Chase Freedom Flex® releases a new list of bonus categories that earn 5x throughout the...

If you’re looking to score between 100,000 and 175,000 bonus hotel points, this might be your lucky day. All four of the Hilton Honors American Express Cards feature limited-time offers. All of them are in the six-figure range. The particularly eyebrow-raising ones  (in a good way) are for the Hilton Honors...

Offer extended to October 15, 2025 The no annual fee Mesa card is great. You earn points for your mortgage and don’t even have to pay the mortgage with the card. You just tell them how much your mortgage is, and they award you the points as long...