Tweet Earlier this week, I wrote an article about the 50,000 miles sign up bonus for the Premier Miles & More MasterCard. To quickly highlight the bonus, you’ll earn 20,000 award miles after your first purchase. Earn an additional 30,000 miles after spending $5,000 in the first 90 days of opening your account. There is [...]
Best Hotel Credit Cards for Maui, Hawaii
April 30, 2013 by 5 Comments
Tweet A reader wanted to know which credit card was the best to get free hotel stays in Maui. I have a generic post with what I think are the best hotel credit cards, but here’s another example of how that list needs to be customized based on your destination. Since I hadn’t looked closely [...]
Highlight of Airline Program Overview: What’s the BEST Airline Reward Program?
April 2, 2013 by 1 Comment
Tweet Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve had a couple of questions asking about certain program rules and restrictions. I’ve done a series that highlights all the airline benefits, but I want to put everything into one easy-to-access post so you can bookmark it for future reference. Here are the quick links to the [...]
Best Mileage Values to Get from US Mainland to Hawaii
March 19, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Tweet There’s obviously something magical about Hawaii because that’s where so many of my readers want to go. Getting enough miles to get to Hawaii is one thing, but finding the best mileage value is the fun part of the challenge. Best Option: One Way Add-On to an International Trip I’ve previously written about this [...]
Mileage Earning Cards Vs. Cash Back Credit Cards
February 26, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Tweet Developing a successful credit card strategy requires a deep look at your own preferences long before you start analyzing any specific credit card. How people like to use their points isn’t always the most valuable, but that doesn’t matter. What does matter is that you use the points in a way that fits your [...]
Travel Credit Card Reward Spending Guide By Bonus Categories
July 31, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Tweet By owning Help Me Travel Cheap, I sometimes get to cheat. I get to do things that I’d like to do anyways and turn it into a blog post. If you’re going to turn credit card rewards into nearly free travel, you’ll need to know which is the best card to use for different [...]
The Best Hilton Credit Card? Welcoming the Hilton HHonors Reserve Card
July 26, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Tweet This week Citi announced a new Hilton credit card – the Hilton HHonors Reserve card. To be absolutely honest, I would have yawned my way past this card about three months ago. However, this card is going to be added to my best hotel credit cards page. Why? Because I didn’t realize how valuable [...]
