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Palm trees overlooking turquoise water.

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The 90K offer on the  Chase Ink Business Cash and Chase Unlimited Cards is BACK! We love this offer so much, especially if you have never applied for one of these cards. Now is the time to pull the trigger on these cards and earn some more of our very favorite types of points—Ultimate Rewards! The […]

Beach scene with large rocks in background

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It is no surprise that we love Chase Ultimate Rewards! We are always trying to get more of them so we can book a great Hyatt stay like our recent Hyatt Ziva Cancun stay. A great credit card that gives us Ultimate Rewards is the Chase Freedom Flex Credit Card. We love the Freedom Flex because […]

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We have talked a lot about using the Chase Ink Business Cards to earn more of our favorite currency, Ultimate Rewards. One card that we’ve rarely talked about is the Chase Ink Premier Business Card. Jess plans to get it soon to help fund a future Disney Cruise. I hadn’t thought of it as being […]

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We’ve got good news, and we’ve got bad news. The good news is that the Capital One Venture X business card is now available to the public. The card officially launched earlier this year, but up until this point, it has only been available via a Capital One Relationship Manager or business banker. The bad […]

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We keep most of our hotel-branded credit cards year after year. This is because the benefits of the cards typically outweigh their annual fees (especially those hotel cards that come with an annual free night certficate). Some of our favorites are our Marriott annual free night certificates!  Marriott allows you to “top off” free night […]

Maldives Beach

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Let’s check out the best limited-time credit card bonuses that are available now. We will look at each of these offers and see why they are valuable. Evaluating and comparing before deciding what to apply for is always a good idea. Nothing is worse than finally being ready to pull the trigger on an offer, […]

capital one venture credit card

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The Capital One Venture Rewards credit cards have become very popular for award travel. They are great cards for beginner travel hackers and offer huge amounts of flexibility in how you can redeem your miles. The easiest way to use your Venture miles is in the form of statement credits on travel purchases. Capital One […]

High rise Marriott Hotel

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We have good news for you! The Chase Marriott Bonvoy Boundless sign-up bonus of 5 free night awards is back! Each award is valued at up to 50,000 points, and they do need to be used within one year of earning them. To book your stay with these Marriott free night awards, you’ll book one […]

Airport lounge

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We hate to be the bearer of bad news, but here goes. There have been American Express Platinum Card changes. 😩 Previously, you could pay $175 to add up to three authorized users to your account. This made it nice for a family to continue to have great airport lounge access, including access to the […]

Over water houses near turquoise water.

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Have you ever returned from your amazing international trip, received your credit card statement, and noticed extra charges in the form of foreign transaction fees? I have, and it is so annoying to realize you paid $30 for nothing. An honest moment —I’ve even done that since travel hacking! 😜 Hence, a reminder to you […]

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Without a doubt, if you can get a business credit card, you will get more credit card points and miles for travel. When you first think about business credit cards, you may think that only thriving, “real” businesses can get a business credit card. Not so. The question, “can I get a business credit card?” […]

White beach, palm trees and blue water

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We talk a lot about Chase business cards, particularly the Ink Business Cash (our favorite) and the Ink Business Unlimited. However, we haven’t talked much about the Chase Ink Business Preferred. Have you wondered why? The minimum spend on it has always been so high at $15,000 in the first 3 months that it just […]

Three women with mouse ears standing outside castle

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It’s rare to earn 5x at Disneyland with a credit card unless you are using a Chase Ink Business cash and buying gift cards at an office supply store. Starting July 1st, you can earn 5x by charging Disney purchases to a Freedom Flex card! I might need to plan a Disney trip soon! You […]

People sitting on sand, white buildings in background

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I’d have to say that American Airlines is an airline that I don’t usually fly because it doesn’t have as big of a presence in Denver as others. I have used it a few times to travel from Phoenix to Puerto Vallarta and also to London in business class seats, and I have no complaints. […]

Sea view of Thera Greece with white houses

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Right now, the welcome offers on two of our favorite United credit cards have increased. If you’ve been waiting to get some United MileagePlus miles, the time is NOW!   United Explorer Credit Card I would say that one of the cards I always recommend is the United Explorer Credit Card. A few times a […]

American Express Green Card

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We talk more about the American Express Platinum and Gold cards, but a third American Express card earns Membership Rewards. And now’s the time to talk about it because there is an increase on the American Express Green Card welcome offer.   The welcome offer has increased from 40K to 60K Membership Rewards with 20% […]

Pool area of hotel

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IHG often has great signup bonuses on their cards, but they fall “under the radar” compared to the other hotel brands. They have long been my second favorite brand (after Hyatt, of course). We have many readers asking us about how we use our IHG points, so here goes! First of all, there are several […]

Lifeguard station with number 10 on it at beach

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With the increased bonus on our favorite credit card for travel hacking, the Chase Sapphire Preferred, let’s go over some ideas about using 80K Chase Ultimate Rewards. Remember that you must complete the $4000 minimum spend so that you would earn at least 84K Ultimate Rewards.  This increased offer may not be around when you read […]

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With the increased sign-up bonus on the Chase Sapphire Preferred card, we are getting a lot of inquiries on downgrading it in order to re-apply. Let’s go over the basics of how to downgrade a Chase card and when it makes sense to do so.   When It Makes Sense It makes sense to downgrade […]

Skyscrapers

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I just took advantage of the Fine Hotel and Resorts offer that comes with the Platinum Card from American Express. In case you aren’t familiar with this great offer, it is basically that each year you can book a stay at a Fine Hotel and Resort with American Express, and you will get a $200 statement […]

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Chase Ultimate Rewards are our favorite points currency. We love the flexibility that these points offer. It is also pretty easy to earn a bunch of these points because many cards offer them. There are the Chase Ink Business cards, the Freedom cards, and the Sapphire cards. With the incredible increase in the Chase Ink […]

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