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American Express Blue Business Cash™ Card: 2% rewards with extended warranty

is a good choice for small business owners looking for a card that earns 2% cash back with no annual… Read More »American Express Blue Business Cash™ Card: 2% rewards with extended warranty
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Chase Ink Business Unlimited® Credit Card: 1.5% rewards everywhere and a stellar welcome bonus

Ink Business Unlimited® Credit Card at a glance Here’s what you need to know about the Ink Business Unlimited® Credit… Read More »Chase Ink Business Unlimited® Credit Card: 1.5% rewards everywhere and a stellar welcome bonus
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Changes to Blue Cash Preferred® Card from American Express: No more Equinox+ Credit

On June 13, 2024, Amex made some quiet changes to the Blue Cash Preferred® Card from American Express. The card… Read More »Changes to Blue Cash Preferred® Card from American Express: No more Equinox+ Credit

Chase Sapphire Reserve® Travel Credit: An easy $300 toward most travel

The comes with an annual $300 travel credit that you get automatically when you charge travel expenses to the card.… Read More »Chase Sapphire Reserve® Travel Credit: An easy $300 toward most travel
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Ink Business Preferred® Credit Card: 3x rewards on categories for small business

The offers small business owners rewards on business category purchases like travel, shipping, internet services, and advertising, plus essential protections… Read More »Ink Business Preferred® Credit Card: 3x rewards on categories for small business
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Best Alaska credit card offers: 60k personal, 50k business. 75k offer no longer available

Update June 17, 2024: The links to the 75k miles bonus have stopped working, but the personal Alaska card currently… Read More »Best Alaska credit card offers: 60k personal, 50k business. 75k offer no longer available
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Trip delay insurance: Your ticket to a hotel room when your flight cancels

Trip delay insurance, also known as trip delay reimbursement, or trip delay protection, is a credit card benefit that can… Read More »Trip delay insurance: Your ticket to a hotel room when your flight cancels

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Aaron Hurd, Executive Editor of CardsAndPoints.com.

About the founder. I’m Aaron Hurd, one of the foremost experts in credit cards, travel rewards, and loyalty programs. Over the past decade, I’ve written, edited, contributed to, or been quoted in almost every publication of note that talks about credit cards. (I don’t need to list the logos—just google my name.)

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What do we promise? Our promise is simple: We keep our readers first. This means that we publish only original, expert-written content. It also means that when we write about a product, we’ll give you our honest take on it and show you the best offers, regardless of our advertising relationships.

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The best cash back welcome bonuses – The biggest bonuses if you’re interested in earning cash back.

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About the author

  • Photo of Aaron Hurd, credit card and travel rewards expert.

    Aaron Hurd is a credit card, travel rewards, and loyalty program expert. Over the past 15 years, he has authored over a thousand expert contributions published by leading outlets including WSJ, TIME, Newsweek, Forbes, NerdWallet, The Points Guy, Bankrate, CNET, and many others. He has also served in consulting roles for many of these same outlets, designing content strategy, hiring teams of teams of editors and contributors, developing thought-leadership pieces, and ghost-editing for senior editors. Aaron is well-known in the miles and points community and regularly presents about travel rewards at conferences like the Chicago Seminars and Minnebar. Aaron has enjoyed the game of optimizing credit card rewards since getting his first credit card shortly after he turned 18. He started learning about credit cards and travel rewards from the (now defunct) FatWallet Finance forums and FlyerTalk. He holds more than 40 open credit cards and has first-hand experience with almost every major credit card product.

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