The credit card I recommend most to people new to the world of points & miles is the IHG Rewards Club MasterCard from Chase: Not only can you earn 80,000 points for signing up (enough for up to 16 free nights), you also get a free night at any Intercontinental Hotel Group property, every year you renew the card! For an … Continue reading
United just launched a mileage earning pre-paid Visa card in partnership with Netspend. You earn miles in the MileagePlus rewards program, without the risks of a credit card – is this a good deal for travelers? Not really, the card has high fees that eat up all/most of the value you’d get from the points, leaving you with better alternatives … Continue reading
IHG Rewards Club is a great hotel rewards program to get started with in the world of points & miles – and the IHG Rewards MasterCard is a good part of it. Right now, the Chase credit card is available with a sign-up bonus of 80,000 points instead of the regular 60,000 points. That’s up to 16 free nights during … Continue reading
If you live in the Philippines and want to earn free flights on Cebu Pacific Airlines by earning points in their GetGo Rewards Program with a credit card, you can choose from a variety of cards from 9 local banks! The rewards you can earn, the benefits of the cards and the fees vary greatly, so I dig into the … Continue reading
Cebu Pacific Airlines, the low-cost carrier in the Philippines, partnered with Union Bank to offer two credit cards earning points in the airline’s GetGo Rewards program with your daily spend. Both cards offer a good earning ratio and automatic points transfer and the GetGo Platinum card offers additional travel benefits – find out all the details and whether it’s worth … Continue reading
I have reviewed a number of reward credit cards on this blog, including for Cebu Pacific Airlines, the low cost carrier! Now, Union Bank of the Philippines is offering the Cebu Pacific GetGo Visa Debit Card – the first and only debit card to earn GetGo Rewards points and one of the few rewards debit cards in the world – … Continue reading
Marriott Rewards was the first hotel rewards program I signed up for more than 20 years ago. Since Marriott’s acquisition of Starwood Hotels, it offers more hotel rooms worldwide than any other company, giving you plenty of options to earn and redeem points. Marriott offers a Visa credit card in partnership with Chase bank – find out whether it’s worth … Continue reading
A big part of the excitement about travel rewards credit cards are the huge sign-up bonuses credit card companies in the US have been handing out. And they are especially high during the occasional promotions – currently, Marriott offers an increased bonus of 100,000 points for their Chase Visa card and Starwood offers 35,000 points for their American Express card … Continue reading
Most credit card reviews on travel blogs are about the reward points you can earn or the elite membership benefits you might get. One concern rarely addressed is the safety of your financial information when traveling in countries with lots of credit/ATM card fraud. I have previously recommended the prepaid American Express Bluebird debit card for those high risk transactions … Continue reading
Choice Hotels has been upgrading their Choice Privileges reward program and has partnered with Barclaycards to offer an affiliated Visa Signature rewards card. As part of my “Battle of the Budget Hotels” research, I also looked at their credit card – read on what I found! … Continue reading