A while ago, I posted a series of comparisons of the major US airlines’ credit cards. The “entry-level” ($95 annual fee) comparison had two offerings from American Airlines: one from Citi and one from Barclays, which is the topic of this post. I figured I’d start with the Aviator Red Card because that’s the card that IContinue reading “American Airlines Aviator Red Card”
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Airline co-branded cards: top-tier club cards: updated!
This post is an update on a post from a year ago covering top-tier airline credit cards. All three airlines have changed how these cards earn status qualification metrics since that post in 2022, but specifically, Citi/American has thoroughly updated its AAdvantage Executive card, so I wanted to redo this comparison before doing deep divesContinue reading “Airline co-branded cards: top-tier club cards: updated!”
Alaska Airlines Visa Card
I’ve talked about the credit cards of most of the airlines I fly regularly on here but not the Alaska Airlines credit card. The main reason for skipping over it is that I never credit any flights to Alaska because Alaska is partners with BA and AA, which are my main two airlines I collectContinue reading “Alaska Airlines Visa Card”
Chase Sapphire Reserve vs Preferred
Two of the most common travel credit cards to find in someone’s wallet are the Chase Sapphire Preferred and the Sapphire Reserve. These two cards come up a lot because they are siblings and because they are mutually exclusive: you can’t have both a Reserve and a Preferred at the same time. And really, thereContinue reading “Chase Sapphire Reserve vs Preferred”
Southwest Rapid Rewards Performance Business Card
The top Southwest co-branded business card is the Southwest Performance Business Card. This is also the most expensive Southwest card available at $199. The immediate question here is if this card deserves to be the most expensive card. The second most expensive is the personal $149 Priority card, which we decided was worth the incrementalContinue reading “Southwest Rapid Rewards Performance Business Card”
Southwest Rapid Rewards Premier Business
Earlier this summer, I posted about Southwest’s personal credit cards issued by Chase, which included the Rapid Rewards Plus, Rapid Rewards Premier, and Rapid Rewards Priority cards. I tend not to often post much about business credit cards on here. I am, in general, less interested in them because I find most of them toContinue reading “Southwest Rapid Rewards Premier Business”
Marriott Bonvoy Brilliant 2023 edition!
Last year, I posted about the Marriott Bonvoy Brilliant card. In late 2022, American Express updated this credit card, but since I use The Ritz-Carlton Card, the updates didn’t affect me. It’s now been long enough since I posted about a Marriott credit card that I figured it was worth effectively “reposting” about this card.Continue reading “Marriott Bonvoy Brilliant 2023 edition!”
Amtrak Guest Rewards Plus Card
Greetings from Amtrak! My train was delayed as per usual, but I decided to take a break from airline credit cards for a bit to look at the Amtrak credit cards. It’s an interesting concept for a government-owned entity to have co-branded credit cards, but Amtrak is intended to be run as a profit-seeking entity. Continue reading “Amtrak Guest Rewards Plus Card”
Amtrak Guest Rewards Card
I decided to take a break from airline credit cards for a bit to look at the Amtrak credit cards. It’s an interesting concept for a government-owned entity to have co-branded credit cards, but Amtrak is intended to be run as a profit-seeking entity. Amtrak offers two credit cards: a no annual fee option andContinue reading “Amtrak Guest Rewards Card”
JetBlue Plus Card
The next credit card of interest in the series of low cost carrier cards is the JetBlue Plus Card. This card is the paid version of the JetBlue Card that I covered a couple weeks ago. This card is also issued by Barclaycard USA and is one of the better Barclaycards that I am awareContinue reading “JetBlue Plus Card”
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