Credit Cards

One of the benefits of the Chase Sapphire Preferred Visa Card is secondary insurance that covers damage to your rental vehicle.  Instead of paying upwards of $30 a day, the Chase Sapphire can cover damage to your rental car. This option hasn’t gotten a ton of love, mostly because it is secondary. …

I am currently in the situation where I need to spend a lot of money at Sears in the near future.  And there are situations where it makes sense to forgo the miles & points earning cards to rely on a cash back card… when there’s a great opportunity. What I …

My mother and father are visiting this week, and as per usual, they are staying at a Hilton. They are very loyal to Hilton and had been Gold Status with Hilton for a while.  The benefits to having this status are: Quick Reservations & Check-In based on room preferences Late …

Every Deal Has an Opportunity Cost When pursuing deals, it’s important to remember there’s an opportunity cost to every deal.  What could you be doing instead of going after that deal?  Or more importantly, what deal are you giving up by going after another one? This is especially true with …

Straddling the categories of “would I actually use this” and “this is really cool,” a new prepaid debit card has the ability to hold five different currencies on it at once. The Multi-Currency Cash Passport is aimed at Frequent Travelers who prefer a debit card, but not the risk of losing …

The Chase Hyatt Card has a lot of benefits, but my favorite feature lately has been chip and signature. That’s this part here: Why?  Because during my trip to Europe it was the most useful card in my wallet. While our metro vending machines allow you to swipe a card …

One of the benefits of the Chase Sapphire Preferred Visa Card is secondary insurance that covers damage to your rental vehicle.  Instead of paying upwards of $30 a day, the Chase Sapphire can cover damage to your rental car. This option hasn’t gotten a ton of love, mostly because it …

How do you prevent credit card fraud when your credit card is stolen? I was a victim of credit card fraud when my Chase Sapphire Preferred card was skimmed.  But what if my whole wallet were stolen?  I carry a good number of credit cards at a time.  I’d have …

I’ve often wondered how you would destroy a Chase Sapphire Preferred Card.   It’s metal and I’m pretty sure my shredder would not appreciate that.  But I never really had reason to know, so I never inquired.  But, now I have a reason. My credit card number was stolen the other …

Sometimes, I have a bad habit of not reading.  Well, not reading enough.  I’ve always tossed my complimentary US Airways Day Passes aside.  Why?  Because I’m a club member already, and it clearly says, “Pass is not transferable.”  Since it isn’t transferable, it’s pretty useless to me. Except it isn’t. …