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Ah, the illusive perfect credit card combination. For those new to the world of miles and points, the idea of carrying multiple credit cards might be confusing. Especially when two of those cards come from the same issuer and offer, what appear to be, similar benefits. However, by pairing certain credit cards you can actually…
Back in late August I received an email from Chase. The email outlined my mid-year rewards summary with the Chase Sapphire Reserve card. Now, the Chase Sapphire Reserve credit card was my “go-to” credit card for a pretty long time. In fact, I used little else from when Chase first released the card in 2016…
If you are familiar with the complex world of credit cards you may be familiar with the term sock-drawering. Sock drawering is the practice of storing certain credit cards that you don’t use all that often (ever), but want to keep open. We keep the cards open because of a certain benefit the card offers…
I’ve written about the Chase Freedom card several times over the past few years. It’s a card that I’ve carried for just over two years now, but don’t actually use all that often. Because I rarely use the card, I don’t actually get much value from it annually. However, I’ll most likely never close the…
I’ve written about this several times before, but of all the credit cards in my wallet, the Chase Freedom card offers the most value… some of the time time. See, at face value the Chase Freedom card is simply a 1% Cash Back credit card. Which doesn’t seem that great. However, every quarter, the Chase…
The other day I saw a rather interesting email from Chase regarding my Sapphire Reserve card. It was a standard marketing email, but one that caught my eye. It caught my eye because it was promoting a use of points that I would never advise and one that is typically a terrible value. That is,…
Of all the cards in my wallet today the American Express Gold card is the misfit. I call the card a misfit not because I don’t appreciate it, but rather because I don’t know what to do with it. I can’t decide if it should replace my Chase Sapphire Reserve card entirely or if I…
It’s been an interesting past few years for Marriott hotels. See, back in 2015 Marriott and Starwood formally announced plans to merge. That announcement set in motion a chain of events which eventually led to the formal announcement of the Marriott Bonvoy rewards program earlier this year. However, a lot happened in between then and…
It seems with each month or year credit card bonuses get larger and larger. A few years ago a 60,000 point signup bonus seemed incredible, but now people really only get excited for 100,000+ bonuses! This is especially true for credit cards that earn redeemable points. Likewise, hotel credit cards, such as the Marriott Bonvoy…
It’s been a while since I’ve written about the AAdvantage Dining program and the reason for that is pretty simple. I haven’t been writing about the program because it’s been a while since I’ve used the AAdvantage Dining Program. See, a few months ago I moved from Chicago to New York and since moving I…
