American Express cards have a new feature called Trip Cancel Guard. It is kind of like Cancel For Any Reason (CFAR) insurance for flights. Note, it is not travel insurance and can be puchased in addition to travel insurance if you are someone who buys travel insurance. This new Trip Cancel Guard benefit provides up […]
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Chase Travel Insurance Still Kicks In Even When You Pay With Points
Many Chase cards offer automatic a Trip Cancellation/Interruption Insurance Benefit. This benefit kicks in regardless of whether you pay for your trip using a Chase card or using your Chase Ultimate Rewards points. The terms even state that reimbursement can be provided for pre-paid, non-refundable travel expenses including passenger fares, tours and hotels. And it […]
Visa Infinite Versus Visa Signature Versus Visa Traditional
There are three types of Visa-branded credit cards: the Visa Infinite, the Visa Signature and the Visa Traditional. Each of the cards differs in terms of benefits and protections, with the Infinite being the highest level card (and most expensive) and the Traditional being the lowest. A Visa Infinite card, provides the highest level of […]
A Tip For All Of You Platinum Cardholders Signing Up For TSA PreCheck Or Global Entry For Your Family
As many of you know, your American Express Platinum card has the benefit of receiving one Global Entry ($100) statement credit or one TSA Pre✓ ($85) statement credit every 4 years for an application fee charged to your card. That is great if you need to pay the application fee for yourself, but […]
Amex Didn’t Anticipate This Glitch When They Were Adding Benefits To The Hilton Aspire Card
One of the benefits of the Hilton Honors Aspire card is an airline credit, similar to the one that you get with an Amex Platinum card. With the Hilton Aspire, you receive a $250 AIRLINE FEE CREDIT for incidental fees charged by the airline to your card each calendar year. These incidental fees include lounge access. However, […]
Free Credit Monitoring Companies That I Use
I use both Credit Karma and Wallet Hub, 2 free services that monitor my credit profile. They update and email me my credit score each month and more importantly, they alert me any time there is a change on my TransUnion credit report. For example, yesterday, I applied for and was approved for my first card […]
Early Sapphire Reserve Recipients-Your $300 Travel Credit Has Renewed
Recall that with the Chase Sapphire Reserve Card you automatically receive up to $300 in statement credits as reimbursement for travel-related purchases charged to your card. If you were an early recipient (before May 21 2017) of the Chase Sapphire Reserve Card, like I was, our $300 statement credits for travel-related purchases charged to our card has restarted. The […]
Thanks Chase For Helping My Credit Score
For all of you skeptics out there who believe that you hurt your credit (by a lot) by constantly applying for and later downgrading (preferable) or canceling cards, (like I do), I just got a letter today from Chase offering to increase the credit limit on my Chase Sapphire Reserve card for no reason. The […]
Thanks Kids For The Additional 15,000 Hilton Honors Points
I got this offer via email with my American Express Hilton Honors Card. I can add additional card members to my account by September 30, 2017 and can earn 5,000 Hilton Honors Bonus Points per additional cardmember (up to 4). The new member just needs to spend $500 in purchases on their new Card […]
American Airlines Made Amends And Now We Are Flying American To Chicago This Summer
On our recent trip home from Jackson Hole, our American Airlines flight leaving Jackson Hole was delayed 5 hours due to a mechanical issue. We knew that we would miss our connecting flight from Chicago to New York, and I was easily able to book us 7:30 am flights out of Chicago the next morning. […]