Credit Cards

In the latter part of 2023, American Express revamped its Hilton Honors co-brand cards. The mass-market Hilton Honors American Express Surpass® Card saw the annual fee increase from $95 to …

You know the drill if you’ve flown in the past several months. Depending on the airline, the flight attendant will come over to the PA system towards the end of …

Even before we started writing Your Mileage May Vary, our friends and family would ask how we could travel as much as we did to so many places while managing …

The Citi Strata Premier Card is the mid-level entry in the Citi ThankYou family. It fits between the Citi Prestige (no longer available to new applicants) and the no-annual-fee Citi Rewards+ …

Having to pick a single credit card to travel with is crazy hypothetical, but it has some real-life relevance for me. My wife Sharon and I aren’t always joined at …

If you travel more than once or twice a year, you might become interested in hotel loyalty programs. Through a hotel program, you’ll earn points, which you can use for …

I’m not usually one to brag, but I was into HawaiianMiles before it was cool. Sure, there are a bunch of people talking about how you should take advantage of …

When it comes to applying for new credit cards, you need to play by the rules. Each bank needs to balance its ability to extend new lines of credit against …

The Marriott Bonvoy Brilliant card by American Express is the top-level Marriott Bonvoy card available to new applicants. Marriott points are useful because of the variety of hotels in the …

Ah, the joys of home ownership. In the 2+ decades my husband and I have owned this house, we’ve had to replace the central air conditioning, get rid of rats …