The Chase Ink line of business credit cards is one of the most valuable business credit cards you can get, primarily because they earn Chase Ultimate Rewards Points (which is my favorite type of transferable rewards currency). In addition, because the Chase Ink credit cards are business credit cards, they don’t appear on your personal […]
Travel Hacking
How I Use The Credits I Get From My Credit Cards
I have a lot of different premium credit cards, many of which come with different credits that I need to use. Most cards don’t make using these credits all that easy, however. They do this typically by limiting how often you can use the credits, or by dividing the credits up into smaller amounts. Using […]
The Credit Cards I Keep Getting Over And Over
When you’ve been in the credit card game long enough, you start to notice that certain cards always seem to come back into your wallet. I’m not someone who focuses on spending categories too much – most of the time, I find my time is better served opening new cards to get signup bonuses. Since […]
Grabbing Another 180,000 Chase Ultimate Rewards Points
Editors Note: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here. One feature I think I’m going to add to this blog is real-time updates about some of the credit cards I open. I get a lot of credit cards every year – in a typical year, my wife and I […]
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 Trips That Weren’t
2020 started out as a year full of travel and excitement for me and my family. There was a lot to look forward to. Most important, of course, was the birth of our son early in the year. Our family of two was now a family of three. The rest of 2020 was going 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 […]
My Road Trip Home During The Pandemic – And Using Points To Book Suites Along The Way
About a year ago, I booked a two-week trip to Greece for a friend’s wedding. This trip was going to be a big one, with my wife, myself, and our future baby all headed overseas to celebrate with our friends (our son would be 5 months old by the time we started our trip – […]
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, […]
A Look At The Credit Cards I’ve Opened Recently – Thoughts And Analysis
Editors Note: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here. I haven’t talked about credit cards and travel hacking in a while, but I recently opened a bunch of new cards and thought that an update might be worthwhile. Given the current state of the world, it does seem a […]
