Travel Credit Cards
Please use my referral link by clicking on the name of the credit card to ensure you receive the latest bonus and that I may receive a referral bonus. Below each card is a brief description of the current bonus and annual fee, benefits of the card, and examples of trips I have used after receiving bonus points from these cards. If you don’t see yourself paying an annual fee on a credit card forever, keep in mind that you can always downgrade your card to a no-annual fee version after the first year. Please use credit cards responsibly, I only recommend them if you are able to pay off your card payments in full each month.
-60,000 points after spending $4000 in the first 3 months of account opening
-Comes with a $50 hotel statement credit
-Benefits: no foreign transaction fees, baggage/trip delay protection, free rental car insurance, 2x points for dining and travel.
-Can transfer points to the following partners: Hyatt, Marriott, Southwest, United, British Airways, IHG hotels, AirFrance/FlyingBlue etc.
-$95 annual fee
-I have used the initial bonus points for 2 roundtrip flights to Hawaii saving me $1400.
Chase Ink Unlimited Business Card
-90,000 points after spending $6,000 in 3 months
-$0 annual fee, comes with 0% APR on the first 12 months
-I use these points to stay at Hyatt hotels and fly on American Airlines through their British Airways Partner.
-Earn 4 free nights after spending $3000 in the first 3 months of account opening
-$99 annual fee, comes with a free night certificate upon renewal each year
-Can use to book free nights at Holiday Inn or Intercontinental hotels
-Benefit of booking award nights, if you book 4 nights with points, it will only cost 3 nights since the 4th night is free.
-100,000 points after spending $2000 in the first 6 months of account opening
-$0 annual fee
-Earn 5x points for each dollar spent at restaurants, supermarkets, and gas stations
-For a no annual fee card, it’s nice to accumulation hilton points. I have redeemed these points for 3 nights in London (a savings of $650).
American Express Business Gold Card
-70,000 points after spending $10,000 in the first 3 months of account opening -Transfer points to partners: Hilton, Jetblue, British Airways, Delta, Aeroplan/Aircanada, Etihad, Aeromexico, Iberia etc
-$155 Walmart + credit
-$240 annual dining or business credit
-$295 annual fee
-I have used these points to fly to Haiti round trip and to South America in Business class
