Credit Card Strategy

I wasn’t even looking for these offers when they showed up. Over the course of a couple of days, three emails from Barclays landed in my inbox. Each one was …

If you told me there was a no-annual-fee card that earns 5% cash back on your biggest spending category each month, I’d assume there was a catch—but the Citi Custom …

The cards with the biggest annual fees aren’t always the ones that reward the way we actually travel. While booking train tickets for a trip, I had an ah-ha moment—not …

Some credit cards stay in your wallet because they’re exciting. Others stay because they quietly do a lot of heavy lifting. The Chase Ink Business Cash falls squarely into the …

You’ve probably seen credit cards tied to airlines you’ve never flown—and maybe never plan to. At first glance, they don’t seem all that useful. Why earn miles with Aer Lingus, …

Deciding to cancel a credit card is one thing. Actually doing it is something else entirely. In my recent post about why we’re canceling one of our Venture X cards, …

There’s a feature on your American Express card that can quietly change how it works—and you might not even realize it’s turned on. For years, AMEX charge cards had one …

Before every trip, one of the last things I do is go through our wallets, because bringing the wrong credit cards can mean missed perks, extra fees, or unnecessary hassle …

The Capital One Venture X is one of those rare premium cards that can almost justify itself on paper. Between the $300 annual travel credit and the 10,000 anniversary miles, …

One of the “perks” of an expensive car repair is that it’s a pretty easy way to generate a big chunk of credit card spend. I don’t mean I want …