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A lighter wallet: no annual fees, still great rewards

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"Never pay an annual fee to use your money". That's what I was raised to believe about credit cards. My parents meant well. Despite the fact that my own beliefs have clearly diverged from...
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Nick’s wallet: Completely revamped in 6 months

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Six months ago to the day I published a post with what was in my wallet. Had you told me then that not only would almost every card in my wallet have turned over...
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Chase Freedom vs Freedom Unlimited: Which to choose?

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When I saw the new offers on the Chase Freedom and Chase Freedom Unlimited cards last week, I was pretty excited. We had the ability to add one of these cards in my household...
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Discover: Now redeem miles for gas / restaurant purchases (permanent change)

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Discover announced today that they have made a permanent change to redemption on the Discover IT Miles card: card members can now redeem miles to offset gas and restaurant purchases in addition to travel purchases. This...
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(EXPIRED) (Includes new accounts) $50 credit on Bank of America Premium Rewards

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Update 7/23/20: When we initially posted this, we weren't sure whether it was targeted. However, when my new Premium Rewards card arrived this week, there was an insert in the envelope with the card...
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Best Credit Card Purchase Protections

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What is the best credit card to use for a large purchase?  Often, the answer is driven by which card offers the best rewards for your spend.  The biggest bang for your buck usually...
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Turning a Capital One lemon into lemonade

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My first credit card was with Capital One. I long ago picked up some nondescript Capital One credit card that offers a paltry 1.5% cash back everywhere, but unlike the Capital One® Quicksilver® Cash...
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Southwest Plus credit card adds $200 statement credit to welcome offer

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For the past several months, the Chase Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards Plus credit card has had a welcome offer of just 40,000 points with $1,000 in purchases within the first 3 months. There is...
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Discover It Miles Referral Bonus Increased To $100

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Discover card welcome offers don't tend to be very generous which is partly due to the fact that they don't have an annual fee. They do offer a referral program though which usually offers a...
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Retirement planning mistakes fixed by credit cards

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This post is only tangentially related to credit card rewards, but as I recently discovered some of my retirement planning mistakes and made some key changes, I thought the information may be useful to...
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Capital One adds 5x / 5% back at UberEats on select cards [Expired 1/31/21]

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Update: This offer has expired as of 1/31/21. Today Capital One announced a new temporary bonus category starting tomorrow on the Capital One® Venture® Rewards Credit Card and Capital One® VentureOne® Rewards Credit Card, Capital One®...
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Why there are no 2X everywhere cards in my wallet

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There are two fantastic 2X Everywhere cards available in the US.  No, I'm not talking about Jennifer Garner's Capital One Venture card.  That's a good card, and it does earn 2 Capital One "miles"...
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My ever changing pandemic wallet

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Early this year I opened the kimono to show off the cards I keep in my wallet.  I was proud that I had a solid performing mix of cards in my wallet for every...
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Traveling with six & credit cards for four: a Card Talk intervention

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Frequent Miler's Card Talk is a new bi-weekly series in which Nick and I meet with a reader to do a credit card intervention.  What credit cards should you get and which should you...

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