A few of months ago I wrote about the last card that I applied for, the Fidelity Rewards Visa. In that post I talked about why I didn’t apply for the World of Hyatt card at the time. A lot has changed between then and now. Here are the five reason I finally applied for the World of Hyatt Card:
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Don’t Forget to Activate Your Chase Freedom and Discover Bonus Categories
The bonus categories for the Chase Freedom and Discover It cards have been announced. The bonus categories for the Chase Freedom are Gas and Streaming services. The set of streaming services includes Netflix, Spotify and Hulu. The Discover categories are Restaurants and PayPal. The categories for both of these card are not very useful for me. All the streaming services
Read MoreFinding a Hotel in Zanzibar
When I’m planning a trip, I always book the flight first and my accommodations are always an afterthought. I find that most places I travel to, will have a Hilton, Marriott or Hyatt hotel. Zanzibar is no different. Hilton has 2 properties on the island, Marriott and Hyatt each have 1. I want to be close to the beach as
Read MoreWhats in my Wallet? (August 2018)
Every month I go through the credit cards that I’m currently carrying in my wallet. I’ll highlight the reason I’m carrying a particular card as well as any new card bonuses. Changes since last post : Applied for the Citi® / AAdvantage® Executive World Elite™ Mastercard®
Read MoreI Spend over $2000 in Annual Credit Card Fees But It’s OK
This past week I was doing some reconciliation of my expenses from my recent business trips and noticed that the annual fees on my Citi Prestige and US Bank Altitude Reserve came due. This got me thinking, how much am I actually spending on annual credit card fees? I currently hold six cards with annuals fees between $75 and $550.
Read MoreAn Adventure in Booking Qatar Airways
I’m finally wrapping up my travel plans for my trip to Germany and Singapore. I already booked Singapore Airlines from New York to Frankfurt and from Singapore to Los Angeles (more on that later). I was going to stick with Singapore Airlines for my flight between Germany and Singapore but the cost of a business class seat was ridiculously expensive
Read MoreFiguring out the Card for Everyday Spend
I just recently met the minimum spend on my Altitude Reserve and I need to figure out which card to use for everyday non-bonus spend. Normally, this decision would be pretty easy, I would just use my American Express Everyday Preferred. The decision was complicated by when I product changed my Chase Sapphire Preferred to the Chase Freedom Unlimited after
Read MoreWhats in my Wallet? (June 2017)
Every month I go through the credit cards that I’m currently carrying in my wallet. I’ll highlight the reason I’m carrying a particular card as well as any new card bonuses . Without further ado here’s what in my wallet.
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