Editors Note: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here. One of the best credit card offers currently available is the Chase Ink Unlimited 90,000 point offer. At the time I’m writing this (3/2/2023), the card is offering 90,000 Chase Ultimate Rewards Points after spending $6,000 in 3 months. It’s […]
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My Award Travel Fiasco
Taking advantage of points and miles has been one of the big game changers in my life. Indeed, I haven’t had to pay for a flight or hotel in over six years thanks to all of the points and miles I’ve been able to accumulate. At this rate, I don’t think I’ll ever have to […]
The “Other” Business Credit Cards That Aren’t From Chase Or American Express
Editors Note: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here. A few weeks ago, I opened up a Bank of America Business Advantage Cash Rewards Card. This is a business credit card from Bank of America that offers cash back on my everyday purchases and has a cash signup bonus […]
How I Justify Paying Over $2,700 In Credit Card Annual Fees In 2020
Editors Note: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here. Before I got into the world of credit cards and travel rewards, I only had one credit card – and importantly, it had no annual fee. Credit cards with annual fees didn’t make much sense to me. Why, after all, […]
Combining SoFi Experiences And Travel Hacking For Free Flights And Free Events
It’s been a while since I’ve talked about SoFi and how much value I’ve received from refinancing my student loans with them way back in 2015. Refinancing did two things for me. First, it dramatically lowered my interest rate, which made it easier for me to pay off my student loans as fast as I […]
Financial Panther 2018 Credit Card Recap: 1 Million Points Earned In One Year!
A year ago, I wrote a post in which I recapped all of the credit cards that I opened in 2017. That year was a big milestone for me – it marked my first year ever of travel hacking. Prior to 2017, I only had two credit cards. One was a Citi credit card that […]
How To Start Travel Hacking – What Should Be Your First Credit Card?
Editors Note: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here. One of the things that initially held me back with the whole credit card and travel hacking game is that I didn’t really understand where to begin. There was a lot of information that I needed to know if I […]
What’s In My Wallet: A List Of All Of My Credit Cards
Over the past year and a half, my wife and I have accumulated hundreds of thousands of points and miles from the strategic opening and use of credit cards. These points and miles have served us well, allowing us to do a ton of traveling over the past year that we otherwise wouldn’t have been […]
Travel Hacking, Work, and Embracing Fast Travel
Editors Note: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here. The great thing about getting into the world of credit cards and travel hacking is just how much it opens up the world to you, not just with where you can travel, but also with how often you can do […]
Business Credit Cards: The Ultimate Tool For Travel Hackers
Editors Note: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here. Ever since I discovered the world of credit card points and travel hacking, I’ve been obsessed with learning everything I can about this hobby. With a little bit of knowledge, it’s possible to accumulate hundreds of thousands of points and miles […]









