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Discover it® Cash Back review: 5% on categories + double rewards in the first year

Discover it® Cash Back is a rewards credit card offering 5% cash back in categories that rotate quarterly. The card… Read More »Discover it® Cash Back review: 5% on categories + double rewards in the first year
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Citi ThankYou® Rewards Guide: A great program for earning and transfer partners

ThankYou® Rewards is Citi’s travel rewards program offered across several of the bank’s credit cards. The program offers point redemptions… Read More »Citi ThankYou® Rewards Guide: A great program for earning and transfer partners
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All about Bank of America Preferred Rewards: Get up to 2.62% everywhere or 5.25% in categories.

Bank of America Preferred Rewards is a relationship banking program that offers a variety of reward incentives, including increased credit… Read More »All about Bank of America Preferred Rewards: Get up to 2.62% everywhere or 5.25% in categories.
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How to transfer Ultimate Rewards points to another card: Earn on one card and redeem on another

If you hold a Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card, Chase Sapphire Reserve®, or Ink Business Preferred® Credit Card, you have the… Read More »How to transfer Ultimate Rewards points to another card: Earn on one card and redeem on another
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Chase Roadside Assistance: Credit card roadside assistance that pays for service calls

A small handful of premium Chase credit cards offer complimentary roadside assistance, which covers $50 in services up to four… Read More »Chase Roadside Assistance: Credit card roadside assistance that pays for service calls
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14% cash back on groceries with Chase Freedom Flex℠? Yes, please!

Today, Doctor of Credit posted about a 10% welcome bonus on grocery purchases that was popping up on the Chase… Read More »14% cash back on groceries with Chase Freedom Flex℠? Yes, please!
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What is a common carrier? Definition of common carrier.

You may see the term common carrier in your credit card’s Guide to Benefits. Or you might read that you… Read More »What is a common carrier? Definition of common carrier.

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About the author Aaron Hurd Aaron Hurd is a credit card, travel rewards, and loyalty program expert. Over the past… Read More »Test Review
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Marriott’s new cardmember welcome bonus rules explained

If you’re looking for a new cardmember welcome bonus on a Marriott credit card, you may have noticed that every… Read More »Marriott’s new cardmember welcome bonus rules explained

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About Cards and Points and its founder

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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.)

Why Cards and Points? Today, most of the content about credit cards on the internet is written by content mills, generalist SEO writers, or generative AI, with the singular goal of driving clicks to affiliate links. This means that most information you’ll find is low-quality, inaccurate, and often doesn’t feature the best products or offers. I launched Cards and Points because I saw a need for a single, trusted source of expert-written, user-first content about credit cards, benefits, and rewards.

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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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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