I’ve got a big update for everyone today! American Airlines and Citi have just announced their newest credit card: the Globe Card. This card is likely intended to replace the Aviator Silver Card that currently exists at Barclays (but can’t be directly applied for) when all those accounts transfer over to Citi next year sometime.Continue reading “American AAdvantage Globe Card”
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United MileagePlus Explorer Card (2025 update!)
Next in the series of comparisons of the major US airlines’ credit cards comes the United MileagePlus Explorer card. This card sits as a middle card, offering entry-level perks without a high annual fee. This card competes with the Delta Gold Card, the American Aviator Red Card, and the American AAdvantage Platinum Select Card. Historically,Continue reading “United MileagePlus Explorer Card (2025 update!)”
Alaska Airlines Atmos Rewards New Summit Card
About a year ago, Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines merged into one company. They’re maintaining the two separate brands but operations are being managed primarily by Alaska Airlines from Seattle. As part of this merger, Alaska Airlines is trying to position itself as the U.S.’s 4th global carrier (much like what JetBlue was trying toContinue reading “Alaska Airlines Atmos Rewards New Summit Card”
Southwest Rapid Rewards Priority card (2025 update!)
Now that Southwest has updated its entire business plan as an airline, they have also updated their credit cards. We’re currently working on updating these card reviews. I did the $99 annual fee “Plus” card and then the $149 “Premier” version of the card. Now it’s time for the Priority Card, which has a $229Continue reading “Southwest Rapid Rewards Priority card (2025 update!)”
Southwest Rapid Rewards Premier card (2025 update!)
Now that Southwest has updated its entire business plan as an airline, they have also updated their credit cards. We’re currently working on updating these card reviews. I did the $99 annual fee “Plus” card last time, and this time, it’s the “Premier” version of the card, which as a $149 annual fee. So theContinue reading “Southwest Rapid Rewards Premier card (2025 update!)”
Southwest Rapid Rewards Plus card (2025 update!)
Now that Southwest has updated its entire business plan as an airline, they have also updated their credit cards. We’re going to go through and update the cards, starting with the $99 annual free “Southwest Rapid Rewards Plus Credit Card”. Interestingly, Southwest doesn’t offer any credit cards with no annual fees. The annual fee hasContinue reading “Southwest Rapid Rewards Plus card (2025 update!)”
United MileagePlus Quest Card (2025 update!)
This post is to update my review of the United MileagePlus Quest card. This card exists are part of the series of comparisons of the major US airlines’ credit cards. This card is United Airlines’ upper-middle card, offering enhanced perks without the annual fee of a Club card. This card competes with the Delta PlatinumContinue reading “United MileagePlus Quest Card (2025 update!)”
Chase Sapphire Reserve: 2025 updates!
It’s officially time to revisit the Chase Sapphire Reserve. June 2025 brought with it a huge update to this card, and a massive increase in the annual fee from $550 to $795. There’s a strong and continuing trend of credit card issuers to increase annual fees while offering more credits to offset those fees. NoContinue reading “Chase Sapphire Reserve: 2025 updates!”
American AAdvantage Business Card
It’s been a while since I did a credit card post, but there’s one final American Airlines credit card to mention. The AAdvantage Business Card is AA’s small business credit card and is very similar to the AA Platinum Select Card. This card offers entry-level perks without a high annual fee for a small businessContinue reading “American AAdvantage Business Card”
“Free Spirit” Spirit Airlines credit card
We’re taking a pause from looking at the ‘Big 3′ US airlines’ credit cards to take a look at the Spirit Airlines “Free Spirit” Mastercard from Bank of America. Airlines are increasingly reliant on co-branded credit card deals to drive their business, and with Spirit Airlines having recently entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy, credit card profitsContinue reading ““Free Spirit” Spirit Airlines credit card”
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