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Annual Fees on Credit Cards: To Pay or Not to Pay?

The allure of credit cards with annual fees is undeniable. They beckon with promises of extravagant rewards, exclusive airport lounge access, and a sense of elevated financial status. However, before diving headfirst into these flashy offerings, it's crucial to ask yourself: Is the annual fee worth it? The

February 27th 3 min read

Credit Cards

Chase to Bring Back All Metal Ritz-Carlton Credit Card

Just when I thought that Chase had forgotten about the Ritz-Carlton card they come out of left field with a bit of good news. I've been a Ritz-Carlton card holder for a long time, I still believe it's one the the best Marriott cards you can

January 17th 2 min read

Credit Cards

My Take: Mastercard Now Requires Merchants To Get Approval For Charges After Free Trial

In a bit of good news and possibly the lead off for other processors to follow. Mastercard will now require companies to get confirmation of continued charges after a free trial ends. This is a great consumer move that benefits Mastercard in the end to ease the headache of requesting

January 18th 2 min read

Credit Cards

A Scammer Tried To Steal My Chase Credit Card Details

Safety and security with your online accounts is something everyone should be concerned about. With websites having their user details leaked and exploits happening all the time to try to steal your data. It’s not if but when it will happen to you. Recently I went through my own

November 17th 5 min read

Credit Cards

Citi Makes Some Disappointing Changes to the Revamped Citi Prestige Card

As of January 2019 Citi is going to be making some huge devaluations to the Prestige card that will made it one of the most underwhelming premium travel cards out there. Citi’s efforts to try to make a card to compete with other premium travel cards falls way short

October 27th 3 min read

Credit Cards

Why The Barclay Arrival Premiere Was The Worst New Credit Card

Barclay is a bit of a hot mess, their cards don’t have any huge attractions and their approval odds even for the most qualified applicants are low. When it was announced less than a year ago it struggled to entice users beyond an alright signup bonus and a convoluted

October 5th 2 min read

Credit Card Reviews

Review: American Express Green Card

Our community is very special, we get these ultra premium credit cards and try to justify the cost with spending, both organic and manufactured. For the more casual credit card user who wanted to pick their first starter card, or break into a new earning strategy the lower end cards

September 3rd 3 min read

Credit Cards

Chase's Hyatt Credit Card Now Open For Referrals, Offering 10,000 Points Per Referral

Not every credit card allows you to refer your friends and get something for doing it. Today we can add another card to the list on Chase’s front for referrals. This generous new referral opportunity can net you up to 50,000 points for referring just five friends to

November 10th 2 min read

Credit Card Reviews

Credit Card Review: Chase Sapphire Preferred

Hands down the best travel card to own is the Chase Sapphire Preferred, it checks all the right boxes when it comes to benefits and features and gives anyone who loves to travel the best of the best for the right price. I’ve talked a lot about Chase Sapphire

October 25th 3 min read

Credit Cards

Uber Announces The Uber Visa Credit Card

Uber is at it again trying to reach their footprint even larger with their brand new credit card with some actually impressive categories. This isn’t a rewards card but rather a cashback card so you won’t be bound to just earning Uber credits. While I’m not a

October 25th 3 min read

Credit Cards

Why I'm Keeping My Chase Sapphire Reserve

It’s been just over a year since the Chase Sapphire Reserve came out and just two months away from when my annual fee is going to hit for my card. While normally people will churn and burn premium cards just for their sign up bonuses or features this is

October 17th 3 min read

Credit Card Reviews

Credit Card Review: American Express Business Gold Rewards

American Express has a strong business presence and works hard to build lasting relationships with clients around that fact. Our primary purchasing card around here is the American Express Business Gold Rewards card because it has an extensive set of features, bonus categories, and an amazing customer support team backing

October 12th 3 min read

Credit Cards

Bonus Increase: Chase United Club Card 50,000 Bonus Miles After You Spend $3,000

United Airlines has increased the bonus offer for their top of the line credit card, the United Club Card. This premium credit card from Chase features a membership to United Club, two free checked bags, and Premier Access. For the frequent United traveler this would be the perfect card in

October 10th 2 min read

Credit Cards

Bank Of America Confirmed "2/3/4 Rule" for New Credit Cards

Most of us are aware of the highly restrictive 5/24 rule that Chase imposes on select credit cards, basically meaning you cannot have 5 or more new credit cards within a rolling 24 month period. This makes it difficult for those of us in the credit card game and

October 5th 2 min read

Credit Card Reviews

Credit Card Review: American Express Premier Rewards Gold Card

American Express has a strong set of co-branded credit cards that offer a diverse and great set of rewards. The company’s own branded charge cards offer some great rewards that both personal and business owners might be interested in. Charge cards are quite different from credit cards in that

October 4th 3 min read

Credit Cards

Last Chance To Product Change Citi Hilton Credit Cards?

A couple of months ago we learned that American Express will become the exclusive card issuer for the Hilton credit cards. Before this announcement both American Express and Citi were issuers for the Hilton credit cards but now that Citi has been dropped it leaves the question of what’s

October 2nd 2 min read

Credit Card Reviews

Credit Card Review: American Express Starwood Preferred Guest

The Starwood Preferred Guest American Express credit card is probably one of the most lucrative credit cards for hotels and airfare. Frequently valued at well over 2-cents-per-point the rewards program offers some of the strongest redemption values we’ve ever seen from rewards cards. When I can’t earn bonuses

September 27th 3 min read

Credit Card Reviews

Credit Card Review: Chase Ink Business Preferred

When Chase announce the Ink Business Preferred almost a year ago I was surprised at all the features that it offered with only a $95 annual fee. For the small business that makes regular travel and shipping purchases this card can be a very powerful tool in earning points quickly

September 25th 3 min read

Credit Cards

Metal American Express Business Platinum Now Available!

All premium cards now-a-days are going to varying degree of metal for the car. The Chase Sapphire Reserve was the premium card to kick it off with a layered metal finish that makes the card feel very premium. Earlier this year American Express began offering the Personal Platinum in metal

September 21st 2 min read

Credit Cards

Bank of America's New Premium Rewards Credit Card is Now Live

We’ve been seeing small leaks from Bank of America that they’re going to try to get into the premium card market with their own rewards card. Before this new Premium Rewards credit card we had the Cash and Travel Rewards credit cards which didn’t offer any premium

September 18th 2 min read

Credit Card Reviews

Credit Card Review: Chase Sapphire Reserve

When the Chase Sapphire Reserve exploded on to the market about one year ago it changed the game of premium credit cards. Chase went all in on this credit card offering a huge signup bonus of 100,000 Ultimate Reward points worth about $1000 of raw cash or $1500 in

September 8th 3 min read

Credit Cards

American Express Launches New No Annual Fee Blue Delta SkyMiles Credit Card

Hot on the heels of Chase’s new United TravelBank card American Express has announced their own no annual fee version of their Delta SkyMiles credit card. The Bule Delta SkyMiles credit card seems like a much better offering than the new United card due to the fact that it

September 6th 1 min read

Credit Cards

Chase Launches New No Annual Fee United Travelbank Card

We’ve been hearing rumors of a new United credit card from Chase in the works and now it’s finally here. Today Chase and United announced the brand new United Travelbank Card, this no annual fee card gives you 2% cash back on United purchases and 1.5% cash

September 5th 2 min read

Credit Cards

American Express SimplyCash Plus Business Credit Card Review

Most businesses need a credit card of some time, if you don’t you’re throwing money away that you could be investing back into the company from everyday purchases. You don’t really even need to get a fancy card with high annual fees to get a good return

September 4th 2 min read

Credit Cards

Hilton Surpass 100,000 Points + Free Night Is Back - Expires October 4

If Hilton is your choice of hotels an increased signup offer is now out for a limited time. Offers like these don’t come around too often, and this is the second time ever that they’ve offered something like this. Hilton’s American Express Surpass credit card is currently

September 1st 2 min read

Credit Cards

USAA Preferred Cash Rewards Review

USAA’s mainstream flagship credit card is the Preferred Cash Rewards card offering 1.5% cashback on all purchases with no limit. USAA is known for great insurance rates and this reflects in its credit card offering. Like most USAA credit cards this offers no annual fee, no transaction fees,

August 31st 2 min read

Credit Cards

Discover it Review

The Discover it card was my first dabble in a higher rewards card. Discover is a great card issuer if you’re just looking into credit cards are don’t have a very extensive credit report. As a student this card was great for its 5% revolving cash back calendar

August 30th 2 min read

Credit Cards

USAA Cash Rewards Review

My very first credit card was issued by the military bank USAA in which I have ties due to a family member being apart of the service. USAA is known for their great car insurance rates and outstanding service to members. Being my very first credit card this was far

August 30th 1 min read

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