Credit Card BS Podcast

JetBlue tries to compete in the premium credit card space, but it's a total flop. Today we whine about that. 📱Free Award Travel Discord Group: https://discord.gg/the-travel-lane-932731929030197249 💳Our Favorite Credit Cards: https://beacons.ai/creditcardbs (Referral Links) (Using our links greatly helps support the podcast!) 📰Join the Travel Lane Elite Newsletter: https://the-travel-lane.c...

How Marriott, Hyatt, Hilton, and IHG can improve to become more competitive. 📱Free Award Travel Discord Group: https://discord.gg/the-travel-lane-932731929030197249 💳Our Favorite Credit Cards: https://beacons.ai/creditcardbs (Referral Links) (Using our links greatly helps support the podcast!) 📰Join the Travel Lane Elite Newsletter: https://the-travel-lane.ck.page/signup

Citi is a slept-on credit card issuer, but they are notorious for having opaque approval criteria. Today we teach you some tricks to reverse-engineer Citi's approval algorithm. Plus, a secret double-dipping strategy. 📱Free Award Travel Discord Group: https://discord.gg/the-travel-lane-932731929030197249 💳Our Favorite Credit Cards: https://beacons.ai/creditcardbs (Referral Links) (Using our...

World of Hyatt is the best hotel loyalty program in the world and American Airlines has the best airline loyalty program in the United States. There have been some very exciting updates to their partnership agreement.  📱Free Award Travel Discord Group: https://discord.gg/the-travel-lane-932731929030197249 💳Our Favorite Credit Cards: https://beacons.ai/creditcardbs (Referral Links) (Using our lin...

Everyone hates taxes. But at least you can earn a good amount of credit card points and miles by paying taxes with a credit card. Today we will give you a full guide to how to pay taxes with your credit cards in 2025. 📱Free Award Travel Discord Group: https://discord.gg/the-travel-lane-932731929030197249 💳Our Favorite Credit Cards: https://beacons.ai/creditcardbs (Referral Links) (Using our link...

2024 was a very interesting year in the credit card space but 2025 could be even more interesting. Today we are going to discuss our predictions for 2025.  📱Free Award Travel Discord Group: https://discord.gg/the-travel-lane-932731929030197249 💳Our Favorite Credit Cards: https://beacons.ai/creditcardbs (Referral Links) (Using our links greatly helps support the podcast!) 📰Join the Travel Lane E...

Hotel cards are some of the best credit cards in the entire space. While the personal hotel credit cards are great, there are also many great hotel business cards which we will discuss today. 📱Free Award Travel Discord Group: https://discord.gg/the-travel-lane-932731929030197249 💳Our Favorite Credit Cards: https://beacons.ai/creditcardbs (Referral Links) (Using our links greatly helps support th...

Etihad airlines has one of the world's best first-class products. Their A380 apartments are some of the largest and most opulent seats in the sky. Today we are going to tell you everything you need to know to unlock the ability to fly in these amazing seats for ultra-low cost. 📱Free Award Travel Discord Group: https://discord.gg/the-travel-lane-932731929030197249 💳Our Favorite Credit Cards:...

Chase cards are some of our favorites in the entire credit card space. Sadly, it has become a lot harder to get approved for Chase cards if you already have several of their cards. Today we are going to explain all the new changes 📱Free Award Travel Discord Group: https://discord.gg/the-travel-lane-932731929030197249 💳Our Favorite Credit Cards: https://beacons.ai/creditcardbs (Referral Links) (U...

ANA is one of the only two airlines which operates first class to Japan from the United States. Their first class is hailed as one of the best first-class products on earth. Normally tickets cost around $20,000 round trip but it is possible to book for a pretty reasonable amount of points plus a few hundred dollars if you know the right tricks. Today we will talk about everything you need to know...

It is no secret that people in the credit card space are not a fan of the Apple card. It offers virtually no signup bonus and has very uncompetitive multipliers. What is even more interesting is how much of a disaster this card has been for the issuing bank, Goldman Sachs. It has cost GS billions of dollars.  📱Free Award Travel Discord Group: https://discord.gg/the-travel-lane-932731929030197249...

The US Bank Smartly card had been hyped up for having a possible 4% cash back on everything ability. While this is an impressively high cash-back multiplier, there are some significant drawbacks and possible issues you should be aware of. Is this card really as good as everyone says? 📱Free Award Travel Discord Group: https://discord.gg/the-travel-lane-932731929030197249 💳Our Favorite Credit Card...

We all love high-tier hotel and airline status but sadly we can't earn everything. Today we will discuss our full hotel and airline status strategy for 2025 and which statues we plan to earn and how. 📱Free Award Travel Discord Group: https://discord.gg/the-travel-lane-932731929030197249 💳Our Favorite Credit Cards: https://beacons.ai/creditcardbs (Referral Links) (Using our links greatly hel...

Can ChatGPT give good credit card advice? Today Sherwin finds out if he can replace his travel podcast co-host with AI. 📱Free Award Travel Discord Group: https://discord.gg/the-travel-lane-932731929030197249 💳Our Favorite Credit Cards: https://beacons.ai/creditcardbs (Referral Links) (Using our links greatly helps support the podcast!) 📰Join the Travel Lane Elite Newsletter: https://the-travel-...

Maui is one of the most popular tropical vacation destinations for people in the United States. Today we will cover everything you need to know about picking your hotels for Maui 📱Free Award Travel Discord Group: https://discord.gg/the-travel-lane-932731929030197249 💳Our Favorite Credit Cards: https://beacons.ai/creditcardbs (Referral Links) (Using our links greatly helps support the podcast!)...

Bilt and Walgreens have rolled out a partnership that allows you to use any linked credit card to purchase eligible health items and be reimbursed with one click from your HSA. Sounds great right? Well, there is more to the story and we are going to explain why you might not want to utilize this.  📱Free Award Travel Discord Group: https://discord.gg/the-travel-lane-932731929030197249 💳Our Favori...

One of the most common mistakes when it comes to credit cards is canceling a card when you don't need to. Today we are going explain how you never have to cancel another card and can avoid paying long term annual fees. 📱Free Award Travel Discord Group: https://discord.gg/the-travel-lane-932731929030197249 💳Our Favorite Credit Cards: https://beacons.ai/creditcardbs (Referral Links) (Using ou...

While getting large credit card signup bonuses is the main way a lot of us earn large balances of credit card points and miles, it isn't the only method. You can also earn a large amount of miles on everyday purchases just by clicking through a shopping portal link. Today we will explain how shopping portals work and how to earn a ton of miles with them. 📱Free Award Travel Discord Group: htt...

Imagine being able to get virtually unlimited 1/2 off on all your flights. This is basically possible with Southwest's world-famous companion pass status. Today we will explain everything you need to know about this status and how to easily earn it. 📱Free Award Travel Discord Group: https://discord.gg/the-travel-lane-932731929030197249 💳Our Favorite Credit Cards: https://beacons.ai/creditca...

While everyone wants to book first and business class using their points, finding the award space can be quite tricky. Fortunately for us, there are award search tools that can help us do this. In our opinion the best award-searching tool on the market right now is Seats. Aero which allows for an unrivaled degree of flexability and broad searches. 📱Free Award Travel Discord Group: https://discord...

While we always want to have a good experience at nice hotels, it doesn't always turn out that way. Today, I am going to teach you everything you need to know about hotel complaint etiquette.  📱Free Award Travel Discord Group: https://discord.gg/the-travel-lane-932731929030197249 💳Our Favorite Credit Cards: https://beacons.ai/creditcardbs (Referral Links) (Using our links greatly helps supp...

While Hilton points are not all that valuable, their top-tier luxury hotels are quite amazing. They have some of the nicest chain-operated hotels in the world and today we are going to explain the differences in each of their 3 luxury brands.  📱Free Award Travel Discord Group: https://discord.gg/the-travel-lane-932731929030197249 💳Our Favorite Credit Cards: https://beacons.ai/creditcardbs (Refer...

While most of us love to use our credit card points and miles for hotels and airlines, there is actually a redemption that might be even more valuable than first class. Today we are going to cover everything you need to know about using credit card points toward Virgin Voyages cruise redemptions and why it might be the best redemption you can do.  📱Free Award Travel Discord Group: https://discord...

Amex Hilton credit cards are some of the best hotel credit cards in the world. Today we will tell you the secret strategy to maximize your value with Hilton credit cards.  📱Free Award Travel Discord Group: https://discord.gg/the-travel-lane-932731929030197249 💳Our Favorite Credit Cards: https://beacons.ai/creditcardbs (Referral Links) (Using our links greatly helps support the podcast!) 📰Join t...

American Airlines is one of the most valuable airline programs in the world. Today we will cover everything you need to know to maximize your value.  📱Free Award Travel Discord Group: https://discord.gg/the-travel-lane-932731929030197249 💳Our Favorite Credit Cards: https://beacons.ai/creditcardbs (Referral Links) (Using our links greatly helps support the podcast!) 📰Join the Travel Lane Elite N...