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Tag: credit card

Credit Cards

Points and Miles Credit Card Earning Limits Self-Defeating

Kyle Stewart Posted onSeptember 14, 2025September 14, 2025 6 Comments
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Many miles and points credit cards offer bonus earning categories but then get in their own way with earning caps – why do they do this?  Earning Category Limits One of the strongest draws of those in our hobby...

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Australia’s Credit Card Fee Crackdown Threatens Points

Kyle Stewart Posted onAugust 17, 2025August 17, 2025 10 Comments
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Australia is looking to curb credit card costs to help businesses but that comes at the cost of frequent flyer points and Qantas bottom line.  A Push to Lower Costs for Businesses The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is...

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American Airlines Makes Good On Loyalty Points Data Snafu

Kyle Stewart Posted onJune 8, 2025June 8, 2025 5 Comments
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At the close of the earning year for 2024 American Airlines loyalty points and Aadvantage elite status, there was a snafu – but American has made up for it and then some.  What Happened I outlined a few weeks...

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Rant: CitiBank Business Credit Card Services Need Some Help

Kyle Stewart Posted onDecember 29, 2024December 29, 2024 10 Comments
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My business credit card experience with CitiBank and specifically on the Aadvantage business card has been abysmal and its just not that hard to drastically improve it.  If you are considering booking travel LiveAndLetsFly.com appreciates your support. If you haven’t followed...

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Spirit… Yes Spirit, Now Has The Best Airline Credit Card

Kyle Stewart Posted onAugust 25, 2024August 27, 2024 8 Comments
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Spirit Airlines has changed the benefits for its credit card offering and it now beats out every US competitor – and it’s not even close.  If you are considering booking travel or signing up for a new credit card please click here. Both support...

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CardRight: Great Free New App For Managing Credit Cards

Kyle Stewart Posted onApril 21, 2024April 21, 2024 6 Comments
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CardRight is a great new app for managing credit card accounts, benefits, costs, and other data points and it’s absolutely free.  If you are considering booking travel or signing up for a new credit card please click here. Both support LiveAndLetsFly.com. If...

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United Poised To Follow American’s Revenue Loyalty Program

Kyle Stewart Posted onJune 25, 2023June 25, 2023 27 Comments
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United Airlines appears poised to follow American Airlines model for an entirely revenue-based loyalty program. Here are three leading reasons why. If you are considering booking travel or signing up for a new credit card please click here. Both support LiveAndLetsFly.com. If...

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Don’t Lose Your Capital One Card, They’re Irreplaceable

Kyle Stewart Posted onJanuary 15, 2023November 13, 2023 36 Comments
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I temporarily misplaced my Capital One card and called for a replacement. Hilarity/tragedy ensued. If you are considering booking travel or signing up for a new credit card please click here. Both support LiveAndLetsFly.com. If you haven’t followed us on Facebook or...

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Southwest Offers Companion Pass To New Cardholders, Not Loyal Customers

Kyle Stewart Posted onFebruary 13, 2022February 13, 2022 7 Comments
Southwest Airlines Let's Go Brandon

A slew of new Southwest credit card offers come with one year of Companion Pass, but only for new signups and not for loyal existing cardholders. If you are considering booking travel or signing up for a new credit card please...

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American Express Benefits Unnecessarily Complicated

Kyle Stewart Posted onNovember 28, 2021November 28, 2021 52 Comments
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With more competition in the premium card space, can American Express continue to make their benefits so hard for cardmembers to use? If you are considering booking travel or signing up for a new credit card please click here. Both support LiveAndLetsFly.com....

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American Express Lounge Relief From Capital One, Chase

Kyle Stewart Posted onNovember 21, 2021November 21, 2021 9 Comments
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American Express Platinum cardholders have seen annual fee increases and restrictions due to the popularity of the Centurion Lounge, but now Capital One and Chase are poised to ease those crowds.  If you are considering booking travel or signing up for...

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Spirit Airlines Holds Concert on Tarmac

Kyle Stewart Posted onFebruary 4, 2021September 12, 2021 1 Comment
Spirit Airlines Concert

Spirit Airlines is holding a concert on the tarmac in Fort Lauderdale, Florida today. Here’s everything you need to know about the Spirit Airlines concert tonight.  If you are considering booking travel or signing up for a new credit card please...

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JetBlue’s TrueBlue Redemption Sweet Spot

Kyle Stewart Posted onDecember 6, 2020September 12, 2021 5 Comments
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JetBlue’s loyalty program, TrueBlue has a redemption sweet spot and I am looking forward to utilizing it but it may not be everyone’s top choice. If you are considering booking travel or signing up for a new credit card please click...

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Southwest Companion Pass The Easy Way

Kyle Stewart Posted onSeptember 27, 2020September 12, 2021 4 Comments
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I’ve called Southwest Companion Pass the best deal in Travel for Americans. There’s an offer to get it the easy way. If you are considering booking travel or signing up for a new credit card please click here. Both support LiveAndLetsFly.com. If...

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Why Rental Car Companies Hate Debit Cards

Kyle Stewart Posted onAugust 11, 2019September 14, 2021 12 Comments
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If you’ve ever approached a rental car counter with a debit card in hand, you’ll know it can get ugly fast. But there are very good reasons why debit cards are poison for rental car companies. If you are...

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Scammed: Citi American Airlines Credit Card

Kyle Stewart Posted onApril 21, 2019September 14, 2021 3 Comments
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A reader recounted their story of how their Citi American Airlines Credit card fell victim to a fraud scam due to convenience features of Citi’s payment system.  If you are considering booking travel or signing up for a new credit card please click...

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Closing My American Airlines Citi Executive Card

Kyle Stewart Posted onSeptember 24, 2017September 15, 2021 19 Comments
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I‘ve held the Citi Advantage Executive Credit Card since the day it was announced. In fact my wife and I were in Mexico applying on separate computers at the same time and it was the first premium card for...

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My Cruise Rewards – Valuable or Worthless, Does Anyone Know?

Kyle Stewart Posted onJune 9, 2015November 14, 2023 11 Comments
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After a recent change, I was considering the Royal Caribbean card from Bank of America.  My daughter is getting to the age of running around and the idea of giving her hours of running around, swimming and food sounds...

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