Weekly Points: Keep Discontinued Cards Open, ANA Around The World Guide, Justifying The Amex Platinum Annual Fee and More!

Reasons To Keep Discontinued Cards Open:  Every year when your annual fee is due, you’re faced with the decision of whether to keep the card or not.  When cards are discontinued, you’re also left with that decision. Here are some reasons why you should keep it open.

Best Ways To Use United Miles:  United miles are fairly easy to earn, either with their co-branded credit card or with their transfer partner.  Because of this, it’s important to know the best ways to use them. Here’s a good guide for you.

The Best 2 Card Combos To Asia:  If you’re planning a trip to Asia, no doubt you’ll want to save on airfare, and possible get there in a premium cabin.  Luckily you have many options when choosing what points you want to earn for this trip.

ANA Around The World Guide:  Around the world awards always intrigue me.  The fact that you can fly in a premium cabin for a reasonable amount of miles just blows my mind.  Here are the rules for booking this on ANA.

Amex Offer For Marriott:  Amex offers are great because they can save you cash or boost your Membership Rewards balance with purchases you were going to make anyway.  Here’s a great one if you had a Marriott stay planned in the future.

Best Marriott Luxury Hotels To Book With Points:  Many of us want to maximize the value of our points.  Getting $.03 of value or more for them is very exciting.  Here are some great properties for your to max out the value of your Bonvoy points.

Justifying The Amex Platinum Annual Fee:  Premium cards come with a high annual fee.  Sometimes they’re easy to justify while sometimes they’re not.  Here’s why it’s easy to justify the Amex Platinum annual fee.

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