I was reminded this week that there is actually still even one more Marriott Bonvoy credit card: the base Amex Card. We’ve covered the free Marriott Bonvoy Bold card, the $95 Marriott Bonvoy Boundless Card, the $250 Marriott Bonvoy Bountiful and Bevy Card twin cards, the top-tier $650 Brilliant Card, and the Bonvoy Business Card. I just covered my favorite card (The Ritz-CarltonContinue reading “Marriott Bonvoy Amex Card (Product Downgrade Option)”
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Marriott Bonvoy Business Card
Shockingly, we still have more Marriott Bonvoy credit cards to cover! We’ve covered the free Marriott Bonvoy Bold card, the $95 Marriott Bonvoy Boundless Card, the $250 Marriott Bonvoy Bountiful and Bevy Card twin cards, and the top-tier $650 Brilliant Card. What could possibly be left you might ask. Well, the next one I’d like to cover is the $125 Bonvoy BusinessContinue reading “Marriott Bonvoy Business Card”
Marriott Bonvoy Brilliant: 2026 edition
We’ve covered the free Marriott Bonvoy Bold card, the $95 Marriott Bonvoy Boundless Card, and the $250 Marriott Bonvoy Bountiful and Bevy Card twin cards. The next mainstream Marriott Bonvoy card to discuss is the Bonvoy Brilliant card. Going the next tier up to the Brilliant card comes with an additional $400 of annual fee, bringing the total annualContinue reading “Marriott Bonvoy Brilliant: 2026 edition”
Chase Marriott Bonvoy Bevy Card: Updated for 2026!
We’ve covered the free Marriott Bonvoy Bold card, the $95 Marriott Bonvoy Boundless Card, and the Marriott Bonvoy Bountiful Card. Now, it’s time to do the Marriott Bonvoy Bevy Card. We can ask the same question with the Bountiful Card: what does this card offer over the $95 annual fee card? If you’re expecting anContinue reading “Chase Marriott Bonvoy Bevy Card: Updated for 2026!”
Chase Marriott Bonvoy Bountiful Card: Updated for 2026!
We’ve covered the free Marriott Bonvoy Bold card and the $95 Marriott Bonvoy Boundless Card, so now it’s time to check out the next card up: the Marriott Bonvoy Bountiful Card. We can ask the same question as before: what does this card offer over the $95 annual fee card? If you’re expecting an answerContinue reading “Chase Marriott Bonvoy Bountiful Card: Updated for 2026!”
Chase Marriott Bonvoy Boundless Card: Updated for 2026!
After having updated my review of the Marriott Bonvoy Bold card, it’s time to update the paid version of the card: the Marriott Bonvoy Boundless (spoiler: all the cards begin with B except The Ritz Carlton Card). This card comes with a relatively low annual fee of $95, which is $95 more than the BoldContinue reading “Chase Marriott Bonvoy Boundless Card: Updated for 2026!”
Chase Marriott Bonvoy Bold Card (2026 update!)
My first Chase card was the Marriott Bonvoy Bold Card. I got this card shortly after it was announced; I was excited at the prospect of a no annual fee travel card that also had no foreign transaction fees. This is the card that I product changed from in order to get my Ritz-Carlton Card.Continue reading “Chase Marriott Bonvoy Bold Card (2026 update!)”
Chase Sapphire Preferred (2026 version)
It’s been a while since I last highlighted the Sapphire Preferred card. For me, this card is the baseline off which most other travel cards are compared, which you’ll often see in the flight/hotel matrix at the end of articles. Historically, this is one of the cards credited with setting the standard for what aContinue reading “Chase Sapphire Preferred (2026 version)”
2025 retrospective: with data visualizations!
Now that I’ve wrapped up the 2025 flights, it’s time to do the retrospective! So now, it’s time to take a look back through the year. I use a webapp, BA97.com, to capture all my flights, some of which don’t actually make it onto the blog. In general, these are short flights in economy (suchContinue reading “2025 retrospective: with data visualizations!”
Airline Credit Cards Updated Comparison: mid annual-fee versions (2026 version)
I’m updating this mid annual-fee card comparison to reflect that since I last did the comparison, United has updated its card and AA has added the AAdvantage Globe Card and the Aviator Silver Card is officially scheduled to be deprecated (and presumably existing card holders will be switched over to the Globe Card). I’m updatingContinue reading “Airline Credit Cards Updated Comparison: mid annual-fee versions (2026 version)”
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