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Whenever I’m looking to open a new credit card I always look for cards that offer recurring annual benefits. I especially try to find benefits that entirely offset the cards annual fee. By doing this I can keep a card open for a long time, which improves my credit score, and not feel guilty about…
As I’ve mentioned in prior posts, earlier this year my family and I took a trip to South America. The trip was fantastic, but I tried my best not to distract myself with the blog along the way. While I mostly stuck to that goal I did end up documenting a few parts of the…
It’s been quite the week for credit card upgrade offers. Earlier this week I received an offer to upgrade to the Marriott Rewards Premier Plus card. Even though I don’t regularly use the Marriott Rewards Premier credit card I ended up accepting that offer. I accepted the offer because the improved benefits outweighed the marginal…
As you may have noticed in recent months I’ve taken a step back from writing about credit cards and focused more on the travel aspect of this travel blog. The reason for the shift is two-fold. First, I have been traveling internationally a lot more and therefore have more of that content available. Second, I…
If you take a look at My Wallet there is one card in there that doesn’t exactly make sense. The card that just doesn’t seem to fit is the United MileagePlus Explorer card from Chase. I say this because if you’ve read much of this blog you realize that I almost never fly United. I…
Often the most easily overlooked way to earn airline miles quickly is dining programs. Many people new to the world of miles and points don’t realize you can link your credit card up to an airline dining program. By adding your credit card to a dining program you can earn extra miles on top of…
One thing I often forget about writing a points, miles, and travel blog is what it’s like to not thing about miles all day long. I’ve long forgotten the early days of trying to navigate the world of miles and points. Because of this I often forget that your average person probably doesn’t think too…
A few days ago I wrote about how Barclaycard US was working on changing its name to simply Barclays US. I personally am a big fan on the change as I never really loved the name Barclaycard. In my prior post I make the prediction that we would see a whole new app website design…
I’ve always through Barclaycard US had an interesting name. Barclaycard US is actually a subsidiary of Barclays Bank Delaware. Which is of course a subsidiary of Barclays Bank PLC or Barclays International. Which are both ultimately subsidiaries of Barclays PLC. Are you following all of this? Well, clearly someone at Barclays has decided that the…
Many of American Express’ flagship credit cards actually aren’t credit cards at all. Instead, American Express’ most famous cards are actually Charge Cards. This doesn’t make much of a difference when swiping your card, but it makes a significant difference at the end of each month. At the end of each month payment on charge…
