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How I Use The Credits I Get From My Credit Cards

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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 […]

A Thanksgiving Trip To Miraval Arizona Resort & Spa With Hyatt Points

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This post may contain affiliate links. Affiliate Disclosure.This post may contain affiliate links. Financial Panther has partnered with AwardWallet and CardRatings for our coverage of credit card products. Financial Panther, AwardWallet, and CardRatings may receive a commission from card issuers. Some or all of the card offers that appear on the website are from advertisers. Compensation may impact on how and where card products appear on the site. The site does not include all card companies, or all available card offers. Opinions, reviews, analyses & recommendations are the author’s alone, and have not been reviewed, endorsed or approved by any of these entities.

Editors Note: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here. One of the things that travel hacking has allowed me to do is to travel a lot more – and to do so in ways that I wasn’t able to do before. Back in December, I wrote about a spontaneous […]

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