I’m in the beginning stages of booking my flights for the trip to Europe I’m taking with my parents. I trying to book 3 tickets business class seats on Singapore airlines from JFK to Frankfurt. Depending on the day, I could book tickets at the Saver level for 72000 miles per seat or 85000 miles per seat at the Advantage
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5 Reasons I Applied for The World of Hyatt Credit Card
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:
Read MoreThe American Express Gold Dining Credit Can Now be Used with Boxed
The $120 dining credit from American Express just got better. As of this morning you can use the statement credit on items ordered from Boxed. If you’ve read this blog you, know how much I order from Boxed. The ability to get the $10 statement credit from the AMEX gold card makes that card so much more valuable. I probably
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New Benefits for the Alaska Airlines Visa Credit
The Alaska Airlines Visa is one of those cards I have strictly for the benefits and access to BankAmeriDeals. Recently, Bank of America added two new benefits to the card. Card members now get 20% cash back on in-flight purchases and 50% Lounge Discount on day passes. The cash back on in-flight purchases is comparable to the benefit on the
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Whats in my Wallet? (June 2019)
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 Fidelity® Rewards Visa Signature Applied for the American Express Gold Card Cancelled Altitude Reserve Downgraded American Express Everyday Preferred to the American
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Testing World Elite Benefits on Boxed
Recently, Mastercard added benefits to their World and World Elite cards. One of the benefits was 5% cash back at Boxed. I’m a big fan of Boxed, its my main source of LaCroix. I wanted to see how the benefit would work considering you don’t have to register for the benefits. I went through my regular shopping experience and checked
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The Citi Prestige Just Keeps Getting Better
A couple of months ago, I was leaning towards either closing my Citi Prestige or converting the card to the Citi Premier. This was due to the changes to the benefits of the card and the increased annual fee. Instead of getting rid of my Citi Prestige, I ended up getting rid of my Altitude Reserve. Recently, MasterCard overhauled World
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I Cancelled My Altitude Reserve Yesterday
I’ve been struggling with which cards I’m going to keep and which cards I’m going to cancel this year. I was really leaning towards cancelling my Citi Prestige, but my experience on my trip to Zanzibar really changed my mind. I did decide to cancel my Altitude Reserve yesterday. The main reasons I cancelled were: The customer service wasn’t the
Read MoreNext Card Up: The Fidelity VISA Signature Card
Recently, I’ve been looking at which credit card I want to apply for next. I was thinking about applying for the World of Hyatt Credit Card or the new Marriott Bonvoy Boundless Visa Card. Since I don’t travel on a weekly basis, hotel status isn’t as important anymore. Even if it was still traveling as much as I used to,
Read MoreWhy I’m on the Fence about Dropping my Citi Prestige
Recently, Citi has updated the Prestige. As I’ve mentioned before in my post about how I offset my annual credit card fees, the Citi Prestige 4th night free benefit was a major part of that strategy. With the new changes, the $250 air travel credit is now a $250 general travel credit, beginning in September the 4th night free will
Read MoreMy Rewards Strategy for 2019
I took an inventory of all the rewards currencies that I currently collect and decided I’m going to have to change my rewards strategy for this year. At the end of 2018 I had a large collection of Membership Rewards points, from the American Express Gold sign up bonus and the American Express Platinum 5x on airfare. I also had
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.
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