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Top Ten Rules for Using Credit Cards for Hotel Points and Airline Miles
Getting travel points is the best way to be rewarded for your credit card spend. Here are BestCashCow's top ten rules to follow.
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Can Opening A Credit Card for Hotel Points or Frequent Flier Miles Damage Your Credit?
The risk is less than you think, but pay attention to your utilization ratio when closing a card.
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Follow This 5 Point Plan and You Will Be Earning Valuable Free Travel
The use of credit cards that provide points in hotel and airline loyalty programs is far and away the most valuable reward available for your use of one or more credit cards.
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Travel and Rewards Credit Cards Outperform Cash Back Cards
For most people, travel and rewards cards can offer much more value than cash back credit cards.
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COVID-19 / Coronavirus Additional Cardholder Benefits for Travel Rewards Credit Cards
Chase, Amex and Citibank have announced the supplemental benefits for holders of their travel rewards cards. They are as follows: Chase Chase Sapphire Reserve and Chase Sapphire Preferred The Chase Sapphire Reserve card will earn... Read →
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Five Realities About Earning Hotel and Airline Points in the Post Pandemic World
BestCashCow launched its section on travel rewards and cash back cards a few years ago. We have always aimed to provide insightful information for credit card users about how to maximize the rewards you receive on your credit card... Read →
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Andaz Peninsula Papagayo and JW Marriott Guanacaste Are Both Fantastic Hotel Redemption Values
I had the pleasure of staying at both the Andaz and the JW Marriott resorts in Guanacaste during my visit last week to Costa Rica. For those seeking a great resort to get away from it all using hotel points, these are both great... Read →
Major Hotel Loyalty Program Valuation Comparison Chart
Program
Point Value (cents)*
Valuable Redemption Options**
Cards to Accrue Points
Radisson
0.2 (or 1.0 per dollar spent on the US... Read →
Rebuilding your credit can be difficult. But there are some ways you can increase your credit score these days. Credit cards for people with bad credit are one way to accomplish this goal.
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Capital One Venture X is Probably Not a Replacement for Amex Platinum or Chase Sapphire Reserve
Capital One announced the Venture X card last month to great fanfare. They paid the credit card bloggers handsomely to promote it with many of them obliging all too easily and changing the background of their sites to Capital One... Read →
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Two Credit Cards Stand Apart With Outstanding Reward Rates Across All Personal Spend
Over the last several years, all major credit card companies have gotten into the business of promoting spend in certain categories by issuing cards that provide extra points (or cash back) in certain spend categories. It started when... Read →
Major Airline Loyalty Program Valuation Comparison Chart
Program
Point Value (cents)*
Valuable Redemption Options**
Cards to Accrue Points
Air Canada Aeroplan
1.1-1.4
210,000 Miles Round... Read →
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How to Fly Business Class for Free without Flipping Credit Cards
If you are like me, you love to travel to exotic places with your family. I cannot count the number of times that I have taken my daughter to Hawaii on vacation. I’ve also taken her on road trips in Andalusia and France within the... Read →
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American Express Platinum Card – The Greatest Opportunity Ever or Time for a Pause?
For years, the Amex Platinum card has been one of the most premium travel rewards credit cards accessible without an invitation. The Platinum card has offered access, exclusivity, privileges and protections to those customers willing to... Read →
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