best travel credit card

[Sizzler]

10 minutes ago, Hitman said:

Please recommend one...Have been using Small business travel card by BOA. (1.5% rewards)

I make 2 Columbia trips , 2 India trips, + 2 family trips elsewhere. so far never felt i needed a lounge . if there is 2 to 3 hours stopover would spend at restaurant , bar etc. 

Have Global entry already. 

Do i still need this special travel cards? with Yearly fee? 

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If you don’t care about the lounge, you can just ignore the travel card. I have Amex Platinum but they will allow only you for the lounge and need to pay for additional family member ($50~) unless add them with an annual fee of $195 or you spend total $75K/ Year. I had Chase Saphire Reserve for few years and canceled it since it is redundant to have both Amex & CSR.

I heard good things about Capital Card in recent times. You can take your family members for free to the lounge.

Personally , I’d suggest to wait for a good signup bonus, take the card, enjoy the benefits for one year and if it makes sense to have one.

Amex Platinum offers 150K signup bonus at times.  That is worth at least $1500 without taking benefits into consideration. $695 is the annual fee.  You get $200 airline fee credit, $15/Month Uber Credit (Total $180 per month) etc. 

[akkum_bakkum]

14 minutes ago, Sizzler said:

If you don’t care about the lounge, you can just ignore the travel card. I have Amex Platinum but they will allow only you for the lounge and need to pay for additional family member ($50~) unless add them with an annual fee of $195 or you spend total $75K/ Year. I had Chase Saphire Reserve for few years and canceled it since it is redundant to have both Amex & CSR.

I heard good things about Capital Card in recent times. You can take your family members for free to the lounge.

Personally , I’d suggest to wait for a good signup bonus, take the card, enjoy the benefits for one year and if it makes sense to have one.

Amex Platinum offers 150K signup bonus at times.  That is worth at least $1500 without taking benefits into consideration. $695 is the annual fee.  You get $200 airline fee credit, $15/Month Uber Credit (Total $180 per month) etc. 

airline fee credit ante extra baggage, seat selection lanti vatiki kada, not for tickets I heard?

[Sizzler]

24 minutes ago, akkum_bakkum said:

airline fee credit ante extra baggage, seat selection lanti vatiki kada, not for tickets I heard?

If ticket prices are low , they are typically considered as fees and waived automatically as well. There are alternatives like buying United Travel Credit etc. 

[jefferson1]

2 hours ago, mettastar said:

Venture x undi .. i liked the lounge access part and also c1travel website kuda bagundi .. especially that price drop alert and also prediction thing. 

Also almost all the fee back vachesthadi .. but travel insurance lanti benefits wise chase best .. chase priority pass through more lounges ki access untadi ani kuda vinna.. also chase rewards worth more than cone points anukunta

c1travell  website entii bro

[futureofandhra]

2 hours ago, mettastar said:

Venture x undi .. i liked the lounge access part and also c1travel website kuda bagundi .. especially that price drop alert and also prediction thing. 

Also almost all the fee back vachesthadi .. but travel insurance lanti benefits wise chase best .. chase priority pass through more lounges ki access untadi ani kuda vinna.. also chase rewards worth more than cone points anukunta

venturex 395$ annual fee

vadu ichey credit covering annual fee

looks like lounge benefit okkatey 

[futureofandhra]

1 hour ago, Sizzler said:

Depends on the purpose. What are you trying to benefit out of this? 

i will be spending on travel 

so looking for cash back & lounge benifits

[Sizzler]

21 minutes ago, futureofandhra said:

i will be spending on travel 

so looking for cash back & lounge benifits

You will get 5X points on Amex. Not sure about Capital Card. If you spend $10,000, you will get 50K points which is about $500 worth at least. Chase (Saphire) allows 5% cash back but the ticket prices could be inflated in their portal. 
 

Target cards with good Signup bonuses. Benefits are per calendar year. 

[Dale]

Im using both Amex Platinum & Captiol One Venture X... both are good.

[mettastar]

8 hours ago, jefferson1 said:

c1travell  website entii bro

Capitalonetravel portal

[jefferson1]

20 minutes ago, mettastar said:

Capitalonetravel portal

Manam direct ga tickets book cheskovocha through that site ?

[mettastar]

18 minutes ago, jefferson1 said:

Manam direct ga tickets book cheskovocha through that site ?

Yes, direct aa portal through chesukunte 5× cashback.. i also heard they do price matching

[vetrivel]

10 hours ago, akkum_bakkum said:

airline fee credit ante extra baggage, seat selection lanti vatiki kada, not for tickets I heard?

Brother one trick that has worked for me is book ticket less than 100$ twice on southwest(after choosing southwest in amex benefits section for flight credits)

 

Then cancel it and take the southwest travel credits to use later

 

Amex will then credit you with travel credits of platinum card for the above transaction

 

Have been doing it from last 5 years

 

For me southwest works out good

[vetrivel]

Overall best credit card is Amex platinum

 

You get 200$ for booking luxury and select hotels via amex

 

Admittedly this is not useful for all but if you are visiting vegas, denver, new york , sfo and few other cities you can get great deals with 100$ credit per stay , free breakfast and free upgrade

 

This is especially great for vegas where you can book one level below suite and ask for free upgrade to suites . Has worked for me twice

 

Then there is 200$ uber credit which you get monthly 15$ and december 35$.  you can use for ubereats  to order food

 

Then there is 200$ airline credit which if you use correctly can get the full credit

 

Then there is 240$ entertainment credit divided to 20$ per month. You can use for peacock, hulu, audible, New york times etc

 

Then There is 100$ credit for spending in Saks fifth (Not the inferior saks off fifth)

 

You get walmart plus free membership which is similar to prime

 

Then there are hilton, mariott status upgrade

 

Then status upgrade for Avis, hertz etc

 

Finally lounge access which is not the best but you can get benefits