Chase introduced the “Pay Yourself Back” feature during the worst of the pandemic. It gave people with loads of points they were saving for travel a way to use them…

There’s no question that Capital One Venture X Rewards Credit Card is the most exciting premium rewards card of the last couple of years. It has a huge up front bonus offer, strong points-earning, airport lounge access and a host of premium benefits. And Capital One tells me the...

There’s no question that Capital One Venture X Rewards Credit Card is the most exciting premium rewards card of the last couple of years. It has a huge up front bonus offer, strong points-earning, airport lounge access and a host of premium benefits. And Capital One tells me the...

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Many of us who don’t live reasonably close to a cruise’s departure or arrival port arrive a day or two early (if we’re smart). We may need to stay a night or two at a hotel before heading home. (It’s kind of like a vacation within a vacation!) Several programs...

There increased welcome bonus offer up to 100,000 points is still available for the Chase Aeroplan® World Elite Mastercard® Credit Card. When you apply for and are approved for the card you’ll earn 60,000 points when you spend $4,000 on the card in the first three months. An additional 40,000...

The Amtrak Credit Cards are once again featuring increased bonuses. While these cards don’t get a ton of attention since there aren’t really any great uses of Amtrak points beyond Amtrak trains, the bottom line is that these offers can be great if you like traveling via Amtrak thanks to...

It's a strong-earning credit card, which earns valuable points, and is one of the better-integrated cards into a frequent flyer program out there. What's more it pairs with the newly-relaunched Aeroplan program which is hugely underappreciated as a tool for U.S. frequent flyers. Continue reading 15 Things I Love...

American Express isn’t the bank to make anything easier to do. They have a once-per-lifetime rule for sign-up bonuses and their Rewards Abuse Team finds any reason possible to claw…

Recently, it was reported on reddit and then on Thrifty Traveler that Amex has surveyed some cardmembers about possible changes to the Hilton Honors American Express Aspire Card. At first glance, the rumored changes look like quite a downgrade from the current card. Nobody knows whether the changes suggested in...

I recently wrote that a couple of my American Express cards are up for renewal: I placed a successful retention call for card_name. My next task: go for a retention call for my card_name. Last year, I received a $100 statement credit. Would AmEx give me a statement credit, spending challenge,...

The big co-brands have all become such expensive deals that only the biggest banks could swallow them. So your airline credit card isn't going to disappear. And the big banks are also the only ones that have been able to afford to stand up their own rich transferable...