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”
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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”
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”
IHG Traveler card (outdated 2023 version)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 I’m not very familiar withContinue reading “IHG Traveler card (outdated 2023 version)”
World of Hyatt credit card
So far on this blog, I have previously discussed the Marriott cards at length. Marriott is my preferred hotel chain due to its immense global footprint, but there are several other major hotel chains that have strong rewards programs and credit cards: Hyatt, Hilton, and IHG. The smallest of these chains, Hyatt, is generally consideredContinue reading “World of Hyatt credit card”
British Airways Visa– US edition
Long time readers of this blog will remember that British Airways has two credit card partners in the UK: American Express UK and Barclays. The arrival of the two new BA cards in 2022 was exciting news, given their earning rates and perks. British Airways also offers a co-branded US credit card in partnership withContinue reading “British Airways Visa– US edition”
Chase Freedom Flex
Chase offers two no annual fee credit cards that earn Ultimate Rewards points: the largely straight-forward Freedom Unlimited and the more complicated, but potentially more rewarding, Freedom Flex. Like the Freedom Unlimited, the Freedom Flex is marketed as a cashback card, but actually earns UR points that can be redeemed for 1 ¢/point by themselves.Continue reading “Chase Freedom Flex”
Airline co-branded cards: top-tier (club cards– 2022 outdated edition)
The final set of airline co-branded cards to investigate are the top tier cards. These cards all offer a key perk: airline club access. They also all have high annual fees ($450+), but the annual fee is consistently lower than buying a club membership. So, off the bat, if you would independently buy a clubContinue reading “Airline co-branded cards: top-tier (club cards– 2022 outdated edition)”
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