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”
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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”
JetBlue Card by Barclaycard USA
Having just covered the Southwest credit cards, it’s time to turn to the next largest low-cost airline in the US: JetBlue. JetBlue has a great route network and a great product in both economy and business class. JetBlue’s Mint Business Class product is arguably one of the best in the US, but it can rarelyContinue reading “JetBlue Card by Barclaycard USA”
Southwest Rapid Rewards Priority card
The third and final Southwest co-branded personal card is the $149 Priority credit card. Since the three cards all have relatively similar annual fees of $69, $99, and $149, the main question to answer is if the incremental perks are worth the incremental increase in annual fee. Most of the time on this blog, weContinue reading “Southwest Rapid Rewards Priority card”
Southwest Rapid Rewards Premier Card
Having now discussed the cheapest Southwest Rapid Rewards card (the Plus card), it’s time for the next card in the series: the Premier card. This card has a $99 annual fee, so let’s investigate what the extra $30 gets you and if it’s worth the extra $30. Welcome Offer At the time of posting, theContinue reading “Southwest Rapid Rewards Premier Card”
Southwest Rapid Rewards Plus card
In a previous series of articles, I covered the various tiers of credit cards offered by the “Big 3” US airlines: American, Delta, and United. However, something that is important to note is that United is actually the 4th largest airline by number of passengers carried and has been since 2015, when it was surpassedContinue reading “Southwest Rapid Rewards Plus card”
Citi Custom Cash
It’s been a while since I talked about any Citi credit cards, so I wanted to bring up one that Citi has recently been sending me offers for: the Citi Custom Cash card. This card competes with the DiscoverIt and Chase Freedom Flex cards that offer 5% cash back in rotating categories each quarter andContinue reading “Citi Custom Cash”
IHG Premier Card (outdated 2023 version)
We’ve covered Hyatt, Marriott, and Hilton’s cards, which are some of the most valuable hotel programs in the world. The next program of note is with IHG. IHG has a wide variety of hotels, including Holiday Inn and Kimpton. Holiday Inns aren’t exciting hotels, but Kimptons often are very nice. I’m not very familiar withContinue reading “IHG Premier Card (outdated 2023 version)”
IHG Traveler card (outdated 2023 version)
We’ve covered Hyatt, Marriott, and Hilton’s cards, which are some of the most valuable hotel programs in the world. The next program of note is with IHG. IHG has a wide variety of hotels, including Holiday Inn and Kimpton. Holiday Inns aren’t exciting hotels, but Kimptons often are very nice. I’m not very familiar withContinue reading “IHG Traveler card (outdated 2023 version)”
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