For the last few years, American Express has sponsored one of the world's most popular music festivals: the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in Southern California, running April 12-14 and 19-21.
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Travel rewards credit cards come with all kinds of benefits. Some offer high sign-up bonuses, extra rewards in categories such as gas stations or grocery stores, and statement credits for things like travel expenses that can help offset their annual fees.
While some of these benefits are ongoing or are tied to your card's anniversary date, others reset at the end of each calendar year.
If you carry a credit card with calendar-year-based perks, now is the time to make sure you have either used them or maximized your annual spending to reap the benefits you deserve.
We're focusing here on benefits that recalibrate each calendar year, though some cards offer perks that are based on your account anniversary instead, and those are also worth staying on top of.
One of the reasons it can be hard to keep track of your credit card benefits each year is the simple fact that there are several types of yearly awards that cards tend to include. Here are the main categories, though, and a few examples of cards that offer each.
Limited time offer: Earn 10X Membership Rewards® Points at restaurants worldwide for three months, on up to $25,000 in purchases when eligible card member refers a friend and the friend applies by May 22, 2024 and gets the card (terms apply). Earn 5X Membership Rewards® Points for flights booked directly with airlines or with American Express Travel (on up to $500,000 per calendar year) and on prepaid hotels booked with American Express Travel. Earn 1X Points on other purchases.
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If you want as many premium travel perks as possible, The Platinum Card® from American Express could be the right card for you. The annual fee is high, but you get a long list of benefits such as airport lounge access, travel statement credits, complimentary hotel elite status, and more.
Many premium travel rewards cards come with statement credits each year specifically for travel purchases. The Platinum Card® from American Express offers
For the last few years, American Express has sponsored one of the world's most popular music festivals: the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in Southern California, running April 12-14 and 19-21.
The Capital One Venture X Rewards Credit Card has many travel-related benefits, including up to $300 per cardmember year in statement credits toward travel booked through the Capital One Travel portal and the ability to transfer miles to one of the program's many airline and hotel transfer partners.
If you're planning a big getaway, taking advantage of sign-up bonuses across travel credit cards is a great way to offset some costs. And sometimes, this involves an international airline loyalty program.
On Tuesday, the largest credit card companies in the United States reached an agreement with merchants to reduce the so-called swipe fees retailers pay for accepting credit card payments, potentially saving the retailers $30 billion.
The new credit cards offer exclusive travel benefits, Marriott Bonvoy Elite status and the ability to earn points on everyday purchases.
The enhanced Hilton Honors American Express Business Card follows the recently enhanced Hilton Honors American Express Surpass and Aspire Cards, announced in October 2023 to consumer Card Members.
Attention, United Airlines cardholders: There is a new targeted promotion that will allow MileagePlus members holding a cobranded credit card the chance to earn bonus miles or bonus Premier qualifying points after meeting certain spending requirements on their credit cards.
The world of credit card benefits is always changing and evolving. This month, there are more changes to know about, but they are not all disappointing. Some new cards offer impressive points-earning bonuses, and others have added cash back or statement credits to the roster. Others have reduced or replaced popular card perks. Here’s what you need to know when reaching for the right card on the right purchase this month.
Low-cost airline Breeze Airways is introducing its first-ever branded credit card card with flight perks and is also adding five new cities to its network this fall in its continued efforts to expand just three years after its founding.
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Breeze Airways announced Tuesday it would launch a co-branded credit card and a re-branded loyalty program, an ambitious step for the young low-cost carrier.