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!
A great way to make travel better and spend less on it is to leverage reward credit cards. I have reviewed a few cards and one big differentiator is the sign-up bonus banks offer to get you on board. Because earning the bonus usually involves a minimum spend during the first 3 months of opening
Wyndham has aggressively improved their rewards program this year and is offering tremendous value to earn and redeem points at their hotels. They have also introduced a Visa credit card to earn points. And while I don’t have it currently, it’s high on my list of cards to apply for – read my review to
One of my first rewards credit cards was the SPG American Express credit card. I stayed at Starwood hotels quite a bit, it offered tremendous value at the time and was very well recommended. Since then, a lot has changed in the world of travel rewards credit cards and the competition is tough. Read my
My first credit card after moving to the US was a Citibank American Advantage card – and I still hold it today. If you live in one of the American Airlines hubs or fly them regularly, you probably have seen their credit card advertisements and it sounds like a good deal! Read my recommendations, whether
After holding a number of rewards credit cards affiliated with a specific program, I signed up for the Chase Sapphire Preferred card that allows you to transfer points to a number of partners for travel rewards. I also scored a high sign-up bonus and liked the fact that there is no foreign-exchange fee. Read on
As part of my Baltic Explorer trip, I participated in a number of hotel and airline promotions to make the most out of my membership in reward programs (read Power of Promotions – Baltic Edition) – and all of them worked out great, showing again, how much value there is in those promotions!
Tempted by all those credit card offers at the airport or in the travel magazines, promising “free flights” or “free stays”? But have a hard time to figure out if the offers are too good to be true or make sense for you? I have leveraged credit cards for a lot of great travel experiences
I have held a number of different Chase cards affiliated with United Airlines over the years. If you live in one of the United Airlines hubs, you probably have seen their credit card advertisements all over the place and are wondering, if it makes sense to apply for one of the cards yourselves. Read on
The Hilton chain of hotels is one of the largest in the world with more than 4,200 hotels in 93 countries. And the Hilton rewards program is one of the easiest to earn points via creidt cards – there are a total of 4 cards from American Express and Citibank. Today, I’m reviewing the Citibank
I have previously reported on the power of promotions to earn lots of points and miles (here), save money on hotel stays and gain elite status in hotel and airline frequent guest programs (here) more quickly. My upcoming Baltic Explorer trip is also fueled by promotions to make it cheaper and better by getting the
The Hilton chain of hotels is one of the largest in the world, with over 4,200 hotels in 93 countries. And their rewards program makes it easy to earn points via credit cards – with four cards from two issuers. The American Express Hilton Surpass card is AmEx’s best offer – read on whether it’s