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5 Reasons I Applied for The World of Hyatt Credit Card

5 Reasons I Applied for The World of Hyatt Credit Card

Travel BlerdJuly 31, 2019July 31, 2019

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

Don’t Forget to Activate Your Chase Freedom and Discover Bonus Categories

Travel BlerdJune 22, 2019June 22, 2019

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

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Finding a Hotel in Zanzibar

Travel BlerdFebruary 11, 2019May 20, 2019

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

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Whats in my Wallet? (August 2018)

Travel BlerdAugust 15, 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®

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I Spend over $2000 in Annual Credit Card Fees But It’s OK

Travel BlerdJuly 22, 2018May 20, 2019

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.

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An Adventure in Booking Qatar Airways

Travel BlerdAugust 17, 2017August 17, 2017

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

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Figuring out the Card for Everyday Spend

Travel BlerdJune 27, 2017September 8, 2017

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

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Whats in my Wallet? (June 2017)

Travel BlerdJune 16, 2017September 8, 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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