Tag: Card Reviews

The U.S. Bank Altitude® Connect Visa Signature® Card is a user-friendly option that comes with a generous welcome offer along with practical everyday spending categories. Travel purchases and fuel purchases — which include gas stations and electric vehicle charging — earn 4x points, and grocery purchases get 2x back. Is this the right card for you? Read our Altitude Connect review to find out more.

The Aer Lingus Visa Signature® Card, issued by Chase, offers decent enough benefits for its $95 annual fee. Even if you don't tend to fly Aer Lingus, the ability to earn Avios on your purchases can be worthwhile, especially if you combine them with other Avios programs and like the idea of earning 3x on purchases across multiple airlines.

The Capital One Venture X Rewards Credit Card is a premium travel credit card made to be accessible. Although it has an expensive annual fee, it still charges far less than the competition while managing to offer great benefits. These include a $300 annual travel credit, airport lounge access, free authorized users, rental car elite status, travel insurance, and a TSA PreCheck/Global Entry credit.

If you fly American Airlines on a regular basis and you like to hit the Admirals Club® lounge pre-flight, there is only one credit card you need on your application list. The Citi® / AAdvantage® Executive World Elite Mastercard® provides a complimentary Admirals Club® Lounge membership for the primary cardholder, plus additional memberships for up to 10 authorized users, as well as numerous other perks. Learn more in our detailed review of this card.

The Hilton Honors American Express Aspire Card is the star of Hilton’s co-branded lineup of credit cards from American Express. With annual perks including hundreds of dollars in resort and airline credits plus the ability to earn multiple free nights, it offers more than just top-tier Diamond status. Is it the right card for you? Our review will help you answer that question.

With no annual fee, flat-rate rewards, and flexible redemption options, the Discover it® Miles card is worth a look. The best part: Discover will automatically double all the miles you earn during the first year. While the card doesn't have a traditional welcome bonus, this Discover Match could potentially end up rewarding you immensely. After that first year, though, what's the value in this card? Let's take a closer look.

Leverage your business expenses to fly for free on American Airlines with the Citi® / AAdvantage Business™ World Elite Mastercard®, thanks to its everyday earnings and solid welcome bonus. Plus, enjoy a suite of benefits when you fly American that can more than pay for the card each year.

The Citi Double Cash® Card is an excellent cash-back credit card offering 2% back on every purchase. This simplicity in earning points is excellent for non-bonus spending and for those who do not want to worry about when to use different cards, especially for a card with no annual fee. Beyond this, there aren't many perks, but it's still one of our favorite cards for everyday spending. Let's look at the positives and negatives.

The Discover it® Cash Back could be a great addition to any credit card portfolio, thanks to excellent earning opportunities in the first year and a lengthy introductory APR offer. But is this the right card for you in the long run? Let's take a closer look at the card's positives and negatives to find out.

The U.S. Bank Business Triple Cash Rewards World Elite Mastercard® offers an excellent 0% introductory APR, useful bonus cash-back categories for your business, and doesn't charge an annual fee. Is it the right card for your small business? Let's take a comprehensive look.

The Citi Simplicity® Card has one of the longest introductory APR rates of all balance transfer offers on the market. But there are several other factors you should consider before you pick a card to restructure debt or finance a significant purchase. Check out our full card review to get the details and compare your options.

Chase offers an excellent array of business credit cards. Whether you're looking for cash back, transferable points, airline miles, or hotel points, there's likely a card for you. All of the Chase business credit cards have a solid welcome offer, and many offer excellent travel benefits. Check out our top picks and why we consider them the best of the bunch.

The Bank of America® Premium Rewards® credit card is a solid choice for someone looking to travel more, not pay a hefty annual fee, and earn and redeem points simply. If you bank with Bank of America, you have a chance to earn even more rewards along the way.

The Chase Sapphire Reserve® and The Platinum Card® from American Express are two of the most popular premium rewards cards. But which one is best? Does it ever make sense to have both? In this head-to-head comparison, we look at the strengths of each help you decide which one is best for you.

Citi offers several types of American Airlines AAdvantage® credit cards. So how do you decide which card is right for you? Here is a comparison of the benefits, perks, and fees associated with the cards to help you understand what ongoing value they provide beyond just the welcome offer. There's likely a card that fits in everyone's wallet, so let us help you decide.

Both the American Express® Green Card and Citi Strata Premier® Card are mid-tier cards that'll reward you for travel and dining. Aside from this, however, they each have varying benefits. One is more travel focused and includes annual credits while at the airport, but the other rewards you heavily for at-home spending categories. Here's a closer look.

The U.S. Bank Altitude™ Reserve Visa Infinite® Card card comes with a hefty $400 annual fee, but it's loaded with benefits, including a unique opportunity to earn unlimited 3x points on mobile wallet purchases. Is this the right card for your wallet in a crowded field of luxury cards? This review can help you decide.

Ness Wellness has launched the first premium credit card in the health and wellness space. The new Ness Card delivers a wide range of benefits, including a partnership with sweetgreen and a host of statement credits, and it comes with a $349 annual fee. Is it for you? Here's a closer look.

The U.S. Bank Altitude® GO Visa Signature® Card is a great no-annual-fee credit card that earns points that can be redeemed for travel, gift cards, and more. Despite no annual fee, cardholders effectively earn 4% on dining (on up to $2,000 spent each quarter), pay no foreign transaction fees, and get a $15 streaming credit.

The recently released U.S. Bank Shopper Cash Rewards Card offers shoppers an impressive 6% cashback at your choice of two of dozens of merchants — including Amazon, Apple, Hope Depot, Target, and Walmart. Rewards are easy to redeem as statement credits or a deposit into your bank account. However, this card isn't for everyone. Here's our full review.

When it comes to business credit cards, you may not hear much buzz about the SimplyCash® Plus Business Credit Card from American Express. While many American Express credit cards earn Membership Rewards points, this card does not. Instead, it earns cash back and warrants some attention with how much you can potentially earn.

The Barclaycard Arrival Plus® World Elite Mastercard® offers something very few cards offer: the ability to earn 2X miles per dollar spent on all purchases. Miles that can be redeemed as a statement credit against almost any conceivable travel expense including airfare, hotels, vacation rentals, trains, buses, car rental, campgrounds, ski lodges, and much more.

The Discover it® Business Card is a no-fuss business rewards card providing an unlimited 1.5% cash back, no foreign transaction fees, no annual fee, and free FICO scores.

Wells Fargo has unveiled a refreshed version of its popular Wells Fargo Propel American Express® card (closed to new applicants). Launched in 2018, the card features a great signup offer and revamped bonus categories, including 3x points per dollar on travel, dining, and music streaming services, plus cell phone protection when you use the card to pay your monthly bill. All of this, with no annual fee.

The Barclaycard Arrival Plus® World Elite Mastercard® offers unique value. While most travel-rewards cards focus on transfer partners, perks, and bonus earning categories to entice new cardholders, the Arrival Plus provides simplicity and flexibility with almost endless redemption options.

The Wells Fargo Cash Wise Visa® card (closed to new applicants) is a highlight of Wells Fargo’s rewards card lineup and one of the better no-annual-fee cashback cards on the market. In addition, it earns an introductory 1.8% cashback rate on qualified digital-wallet purchases and an unlimited 1.5% cashback on all other purchases.