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How To: Book your first trip to Lithuania (or anywhere)

I came across a tweet earlier this week from an academic in the planning world over at Kansas State University. He has a buddy who is trying to get to

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BP Visa credit card may be worth a look

It’s been a rough start to the year and lucrative points/miles/cashback opportunities are few and far between. Which is why today I’m writing about the BP Visa, a credit card

Using Credit Cards As A Competitive Advantage

Today, I wanted to write about using your credit card as a competitive advantage because I have been perusing Reddit and seeing people use cash to handle their business. Reading

Breaking up is tough.

The last few months have seen one blow after another to the miles & points and credit card churning games. From devaluations, to mass shutdowns, to reports of MSers being

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Luxury Card Review: The Gold Card from Barclaycard may be worth your while

What the heck is Luxury Card?
Before I begin this review, we need to go over some basic facts. There are three new cards issued by Luxury Card, which supposedly is a “card

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At long last, a targeted promotion on my Brooks Brothers credit card!

I got the Brooks Brothers credit card two years ago to see if it would offer the same sort of occasionally generous promotions that the Banana Republic / Gap /

The Marathon Visa credit card can earn almost 12% back, but you probably wouldn’t be interested

I’ve written about the Marathon Visa credit card before, first identifying it as the card that earns 7% rewards and later pointing out that falling gas prices are good news for

Drury Hotels: Free upgrade coupon!

I know Drury Hotels doesn’t have the cachet of, say, the Park Hyatt Paris-Vendôme, but there’s a free upgrade here so it could be a good deal for somebody out

Has Anyone Noticed American Express Treats Their Customers (Marginally) Differently?

The American Express Cards
The other day I logged into my AMEX account and noticed a different message between the Platinum and HHonors Surpass cards for when I need to pay

Observations from a recent Retention Call to Citi

Thought I’d share a short post on some interesting observations from a recent call to Citi.

Calling for my wife’s account, we were asked whether Citi could record her voice, to

Dillard’s Elite Amex offers elite car rental status for some reason

The Dillard’s Elite Amex card has been tweaked a bit by Wells Fargo since Wells took over that card from Synchrony last year.
The way to get the Dillard’s Elite Amex

Rocking Q4 With All The Quarterly Cards

As a recap, here are my cards that have a rotating quarterly bonus:

4 Chase Freedom
1 US Bank Cash+
1 Citi Dividend
2 Discover It

For Q4, both the Freedom and Discover overlap on

Potentially Earn 50% More Rewards On Your Bank Of America Credit Card

A couple of months ago, I had a quick post about why it’s important to build a relationship with your banker. My friend told me about this offer that he

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UMB Simply Rewards credit card: a surprisingly solid product

I’ve mentioned that weirdo light-up UMB credit card before, but I had never previously noticed this product, the UMB Simply Rewards card. It has no annual fee but it offers

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Pink credit card options

Believe it or not, not everybody is a rational rewards-optimizing machine when it comes to credit cards. Some people are swayed by other criteria, such as what it’s made of or

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Barclay Launches 1.5% Cash Back card – our in depth review!

There’s a new player in the cashback space, and in a break from the norm, they named it cash forward. My initial analysis is that this is very similar to

MyPoints Devalues The Most Valuable Redemption

Some time in September, a reader alerted me that MyPoints lost the redemption option for United MileagePlus miles. I shot them an email and they had said:
Hello,
Due to a technical

BJ’s Wholesale Club memberships and credit cards: which one is best for you?

BJ Wholesale Club–the #3 retailer in its segment after Costco and Sam’s Club–recently opened up a branch more or less right next to my house. Since the nearest Costco or

Guide: American Express Fine Hotels & Resorts

An introduction to luxury hotel booking portals
American Express Fine Hotels & Resorts (Platinum & Centurion)
Posts coming soon:
American Express Hotel Collection (Gold)
Virtuos..

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Credit cards that don’t exist (but should)

I’ve written a lot about credit cards over the years and covered everything from the Chase Sapphire Preferred and the Hawaiian Airlines World Elite MasterCard to the Pulaski Bank..

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