2025 best travel credit card
07-23-2025 | 11:04 AM
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07-23-2025 | 11:23 AM
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07-23-2025 | 12:03 PM
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There is not a good one of us/ non reving its gone down hill a lot. I would either get a Chase Card or AMEX where you can get points and transfer them to a hotel of your choice or airline. Chase has Marriott, IHG and Hyatt and AMEX has Hilton and Marriott. Or look at getting a hotel card or two and putting spend on that to get points as well as elevated benefits for when you travel. Most of our hotels don't give us points let along stay credit kind of sucks.
07-23-2025 | 06:36 PM
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Yes. You get access to Priority Pass, Plaza Premium, and Cap1 lounges. No seat assignment required.
Amex has terrible redemptions, Chase SR fees are now through the roof, Cap1 VentureX seems like the best value by far right now. Basically free if you use the travel credits, useful status at Hertz, and 2% without categories. If you have a lot of restaurant/travel expenses you might be able to pair it with a low fee/low benefit card with higher accrual and easier redemption in those categories.
Amex has terrible redemptions, Chase SR fees are now through the roof, Cap1 VentureX seems like the best value by far right now. Basically free if you use the travel credits, useful status at Hertz, and 2% without categories. If you have a lot of restaurant/travel expenses you might be able to pair it with a low fee/low benefit card with higher accrual and easier redemption in those categories.
07-24-2025 | 10:28 AM
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Yes. You get access to Priority Pass, Plaza Premium, and Cap1 lounges. No seat assignment required.
Amex has terrible redemptions, Chase SR fees are now through the roof, Cap1 VentureX seems like the best value by far right now. Basically free if you use the travel credits, useful status at Hertz, and 2% without categories. If you have a lot of restaurant/travel expenses you might be able to pair it with a low fee/low benefit card with higher accrual and easier redemption in those categories.
Amex has terrible redemptions, Chase SR fees are now through the roof, Cap1 VentureX seems like the best value by far right now. Basically free if you use the travel credits, useful status at Hertz, and 2% without categories. If you have a lot of restaurant/travel expenses you might be able to pair it with a low fee/low benefit card with higher accrual and easier redemption in those categories.
07-24-2025 | 11:45 AM
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Many lounges have lost their appeal due to overcrowding. If everyone is special, noone is special. Almost not worth keeping the amex or chase cards for lounge access anymore. Certainly have to be more judicious on its use to ensure you get your money's worth. Thinking of just going for straight cash back and being done with it because we dont use the travel points enough.
07-24-2025 | 03:45 PM
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Many lounges have lost their appeal due to overcrowding. If everyone is special, noone is special. Almost not worth keeping the amex or chase cards for lounge access anymore. Certainly have to be more judicious on its use to ensure you get your money's worth. Thinking of just going for straight cash back and being done with it because we dont use the travel points enough.
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