6 Ways To Make Your Credit Card Work For You
Credit Card = Travel
By Carrie Green Zinn
Make your credit card work for you. In my mind, my credit card is a tool for traveling as frequently and freely as possible.
1. Make sure your credit card offers you miles for every dollar spent and at least double miles when you buy airline tickets, shop, and dine at affiliated places. You should always be rewarded with double or more miles when purchasing plane tix!
2. Your miles should NEVER expire and you should be able to use them for car rentals or hotels too.
3. Purchase tickets for the less expensive trips and save a bunch of miles and use them for big trips. Taking a family of 4 to Europe is a lot cheaper when all the flights are free!
4. If you are getting a new card, you will benefit from up to 100,000 bonus miles if you spend a certain amount within the first few months and have no annual fee for the first year.
5. Cards like Chase Sapphire and Capital One allow you to use points on over 13 different airlines. Don’t pay over $100 in annual fees.
6. Remember that you can sign up for several airline frequent flyer programs and credit cards so you are not always locked into one airline. For instance, one family member can use a Delta card while the other family member uses the United card and that way, you are accumulating on two programs.
Now start planning your next trip!
Carrie
Carrie Green Zinn is the owner and author of Carrie Green Zinn – A Travel Blog, which helps travelers become inspired to explore and step out of their comfort zones. Carrie focuses on family vacations, empty nest travel, and girlfriend getaways. Her work is informed by her life as a former dancer, therapist, and school psychologist. She brings her passion for writing, photography, and making the world a smaller place to her ever growing blogging audience.
