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Credit Card Guide: First Class to Japan

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The Wonder of Japan Japan, what a beautiful country. There are countless shrines, trails, and Onsen that will take your breath away. The food will make your mouth water and you will never forgive yourself if you don’t grab a cup or two of pour over coffee after eating some warm Taiyaki from a street vendor. Despite all of the wonderful experiences that Japan has to offer, it is over 6,700 miles away and has a +14 hour time difference. This makes travelling there difficult because you will be exhausted on arrival and have trouble adjusting to the new timezone. […]

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Double Dipping Credit Cards: How and Why

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Why You Should Do This Double dipping is the act of applying for two credit cards in the same day. This should be done to combine hard pulls when possible, or to circumvent bank rules. In my previous post you can find information about what rules I am talking about. If you are planning on hitting Chase hard, this will be the only way for you to successfully get both the Southwest Companion Pass and the CSR/CSP. There are many reasons why you would want both the CSR and the CSP. I broke down the benefits vs. the annual fee […]

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The Freedoms – Starting Your Relationship With Chase

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Chase is a bank that has some of the best credit cards out there. The Chase Ink Preferred 80k UR Sign Up Bonus 3x points on Plastiq (How I make a good return paying my student loans) 3x points on travel, dining, and advertising Primary phone insurance 1.25x redemption value through the UR Portal The Chase Sapphire Reserve 50k UR Sign Up Bonus 3x points on dining and travel Trip Delay and primary rental car insurance Global Entry/TSA Precheck credit 1.5x redemption value through the UR Portal Chase Sapphire Preferred 50k UR Sign Up Bonus plus 5k AU Bonus 2x […]

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The CIP AKA The Best Credit Card

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The Best Credit Card I promote a lot of credit cards, but no card beats the Chase Ink Business Preferred in terms of sign up bonus and bonus categories. There may be other cards such as the personal American Express Platinum that occasionally has 100k MR sign up bonuses, but the ink comes close to that with an 80k UR sign up bonus for a $5k spend in 115 days while only charging a $95 annual fee. If the $5k sounds like a lot to you, don’t worry, I’ll show you an easy way to hit it. Most people hate […]

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Which Credit Card Should I Get?

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“What Credit Card Should I get?”, “How do you get so many points?”, “Can you teach me senpai?”, these and many other questions are brought up to me all the time. Right now, I am going to tackle the biggest one by letting you know where to start in the credit card game. The first credit card that you get to start churning for miles is of utmost importance because it will define your ideal path of progress. As almost every Churner out there, I recommend starting with Chase and hitting it hard. The reason I recommend starting with Chase is […]