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  • Stock Up on More Rewards: The Best Credit Cards for Groceries

    Stock Up on More Rewards: The Best Credit Cards for Groceries

    Grocery store spending can be a sneaky high amount of your monthly credit card spending. At least that’s the case with our family. I’m routinely amazed at how much we spend on groceries. Like any savvy points and miles family, it makes sense for us to align our spending on the best credit cards for…


  • Points for Days: The 9 Best Credit Cards for Buying Miles

    Points for Days: The 9 Best Credit Cards for Buying Miles

    If you’ve dabbled in the points and miles game long enough, you’re bound to come across the question of whether it makes sense to buy points. I know that I have. When you’re thinking about the best travel credit card to use for these purchases, feel free to bookmark this list. One of the most…


  • Stay on Top of Your Travel Game with the 8 Best Credit Cards for Hotels

    Stay on Top of Your Travel Game with the 8 Best Credit Cards for Hotels

    For the road warriors out there, myself included, hotel spending captures a significant amount of my yearly business spending. Whether it’s a shack (Fairfield) in rural Pennsylvania or The Thompson Dallas, understanding the best credit cards for hotel purchases has helped to complement the points earned from my non-bonus spending. A recent development we’ve seen…


  • Pump Up Your Rewards: The 6 Best Credit Cards for Gas Purchases

    Pump Up Your Rewards: The 6 Best Credit Cards for Gas Purchases

    Unless you drive for a living, it’s unlikely your monthly spend on gas is high relative to other spending categories like groceries. However, that doesn’t mean you should ignore how to maximize the gas station spending category. In these best credit cards for gas station purchases, we explore which credit cards to have in your…


  • Summer Page-Turners: The 2 Best Books to Read in July 2022

    Summer Page-Turners: The 2 Best Books to Read in July 2022

    The Man Who Solved the Market: How Jim Simons Launched the Quant Revolution and How to Think Like a Roman Emperor: The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius was the books on Amazon that I read during July. Both of these books were fun reads. The first book, The Man Who Solved the Market, is a…


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