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    AMEX Airline Fee Credit: A Procrastinator’s Survival Guide

    by joeheg December 20, 2025
    by joeheg December 20, 2025

    We’ve reached that time of year again—the annual tradition of panicked realizations. Many AMEX Platinum and Business Platinum cardholders are scrambling because the $200 Airline Fee Credit resets at the …

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    Citi Strata Premier Card Review: Rewards, Benefits, and Annual Fee

    by joeheg December 18, 2025
    by joeheg December 18, 2025

    If you’ve been around Citi’s ThankYou ecosystem for a while, you probably still think of this card as “the Citi Premier.” Citi has since refreshed and renamed it the Citi …

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    Why a Targeted Offer Made Me Reconsider the Marriott Bonvoy Brilliant (and Its $650 Fee)

    by joeheg December 16, 2025
    by joeheg December 16, 2025

    I never thought I’d be considering the Marriott Bonvoy Brilliant again. We ditched this card back in 2023, right around the time the annual fee jumped to $650. Not because …

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    The Easy Way to Make Your Chase Ultimate Rewards Points More Valuable

    by joeheg December 13, 2025
    by joeheg December 13, 2025

    Several no-annual-fee Chase cards can be great Ultimate Rewards earners. The problem is that those no-fee UR cards can’t transfer points to airline/hotel partners unless you also have a premium …

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    RIP Unlimited Lounge Guests: Chase Hits the Ritz-Carlton Card

    by joeheg December 12, 2025
    by joeheg December 12, 2025

    If you’ve been holding onto The Ritz-Carlton Credit Card largely because of its lounge access perks, here’s some bad news: Chase is cutting back one of the card’s best (and …

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    8 Commonly Heard Questions About Chase’s 5/24 Rule For New Card Applications

    by joeheg December 10, 2025
    by joeheg December 10, 2025

    It used to be easier to sign up for travel cards. When you hear stories from just a few years ago, they can seem unbelievable today. That’s because the banks …

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    Why AMEX Charges a Transfer Fee (And Other Banks Don’t)

    by joeheg December 7, 2025
    by joeheg December 7, 2025

    If you’ve ever transferred American Express Membership Rewards points to a U.S. airline frequent flyer program, you may have noticed an extra line item called the AMEX Excise Tax Offset …

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    Delta SkyMiles Amex Cards Offer a Choice: Metal or Recycled Plastic

    by joeheg December 5, 2025
    by joeheg December 5, 2025

    Delta made a splash in 2020 when it introduced metal credit cards for Delta SkyMiles Platinum and Reserve American Express cardholders. But honestly, I never understood the hype around metal …

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    Unlikely Places To Use Your Amex Resy Credit

    by joeheg December 3, 2025
    by joeheg December 3, 2025

    If you’ve got an Amex Platinum or Amex Gold, you’ve probably seen the Resy credit and thought, “Cool… for fancy restaurants in big cities.” And sure, that’s where most people …

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    Reminder: Your Amex Platinum Uber Cash Jumps to $35 in December

    by joeheg December 2, 2025
    by joeheg December 2, 2025

    The American Express Platinum Card comes with a long list of credits, and most of them work the same way: you pay with the card, then a statement credit shows …

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