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Using Points to Pay for Flights: Why You Probably Shouldn’t

After landing from a long international flight, the last thing you want to do is wait in an extremely long line to clear customs. Thankfully there’s a way to skip all that mess and get on your way with Global Entry.

Outside of flight delays, going through security at an airport can be one of the most frustrating things about travel. However, thanks to TSA PreCheck it can make these two things much more manageable and save you tons of time.

The Bilt Mastercard is an unbelievably great card that allows you to earn transferable points for rent payments. Best of all there is no fee to do so and the card has no annual fee either!

Buying points can make a lot of sense to top off your balance for an award or even to buy all the points needed for a flight.

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The Chase Freedom Unlimited is one of the best cards with no annual fee

The Chase Freedom Flex offers 5% back or 5x points on rotating quarterly categories

It may not always make sense to cancel a credit card. Here are some things you should think about before calling in to cancel.

Having an airline’s co-branded card can be beneficial but almost never as good as a bank card.

The trip of a lifetime to the St. Regis Maldives. We flew Qatar Q Suites over and Emirates First Class back.

Amex is now restricting signup bonuses for the Gold card if you have already had any version of the Amex Platinum.

How to book award flights with your points and miles. Its hard but much easier than you think

The American Express Platinum is the king of travel cards that comes with great perks, but most spending should be put on something else.

How I scored two business class tickets to Europe with points and miles.

Do you stay at Marriott properties frequently? This card is for you. Even if you don’t, the welcome bonus and ongoing perks makes this card extremely compelling.