Top Credit Card Picks for Spring
Here at Cards for Travel, it’s felt like Credit Card Christmas over the past couple of weeks. We’ve added FOUR brand new credit card offers this month that have pretty fantastic benefits for travelers.
Between the new cards, the new offers, and some great ongoing signup bonuses that seem to be sticking around, it can be hard to keep track of all the great opportunities out there right now.
To help you out, we’ve compiled this list of what we think are the hottest Card for Travel credit card picks for Spring—along with the reasons why we think they’re great. Check them out today:
The Starwood Preferred Guest Credit Card from American Express
The hottest offer this Spring is most likely the Starwood Preferred Guest Credit Card from our Partner American Express with a signup bonus of 35,000 Starpoints after completing a minimum spend of $3,000 within 3 months of card membership. (Bonus offer no longer available)
This is the biggest bonus that we’ve ever seen offered on this card, and it isn’t just the bonus that makes the card great in our opinion. Starwood points are an incredibly valuable travel currency usable at hotels across the globe and transferable to more than 30 airline parters! A “hotel” card with incredible flexibility. This limited time bonus offer ends March 30, so you’ll want to check it out and get your application in now!
The Starwood Preferred Guest Business Credit Card from American Express
Also from our partner American Express is the Starwood Preferred Guest Business Credit Card–offering a similar limited time signup bonus of 35,000 Starpoints after completing a minimum spend of $5,000 within 3 months of card membership. (Bonus offer no longer available)
The Business version of the card has many of the same great benefits of the personal card above, yet offers additional perks for business travelers including access to Sheraton Club Lounges and Starwood Gold status upon meeting an annual spending threshold. We’ve been recommending this card as long as Cards for Travel has existed, and have been using it ourselves to earn valuable SPG points for hotel stays and airline mile transfers even much longer than that! The limited time 35k point bonus offer ends March 30, so you’ll want to apply now!
Marriott Premier Rewards Credit Card
Chase recently upped the stakes on the Marriott Premier Rewards Credit Card, now offering a signup bonus of 80,000 Marriott Rewards points for new cardholders completing a minimum spend of $3,000 within the first 3 months (Bonus offer no longer available) of card membership. In addition, when you apply and add a first authorized user and make a purchase in the first 3 months you’ll receive an additional bonus of 7,500 Marriott Rewards points!
This offer is valuable to travelers as 80k + 7.5k Marriott Rewards Points can be used all over the world to stay at thousands of hotels in the Marriott and Ritz Carlton property groups. Depending on where you stay, that’s enough points for up to 10 free nights!
Chase Sapphire Preferred
The Chase Sapphire Preferred Card stays on the Hot List this Spring because it is still, in our opinion, one of the top travel cards that exists at the moment. The current signup bonus gets you 50,000 Ultimate Rewards Points after completing a minimum spend of $4,000 within the first 3 months of card membership. Plus you can earn an additional 5,000 points by adding the first authorized user and make a purchase in the first 3 months.
In our opinion, if you’re serious about using Cards for Travel, this is a card that should be in your wallet if you are able to get it. Ultimate Rewards points are incredibly flexible and can be used to redeem nearly free travel with a dozen top hotel and airline travel partners–and 50,000+ Ultimate Rewards Points can take you a long way!
The JetBlue Card
The JetBlue Card is new to our Spring Hot
List because it was just launched by BarclayCard as a brand new opportunity to earn. While a bonus of 5,000 TrueBlue points doesn’t compare with the big bonuses that other cards offer in flexible reward currencies, it does present a unique opportunity to earn valuable points specific to JetBlue.
We think this card is great for JetBlue lovers, domestic flyers who want to try the great first class ‘Mint’ product , families (there are family pooling accounts), and anyone who wants to start building a stash of TrueBlue points–because they never expire! Apply for this new card now and start earning today.
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No matter where you’re traveling this Spring, there is a card for you! Be sure to subscribe to our update list (on the right sidebar) to be the first to hear all the great ways you can put your points and miles to use for the best free (and nearly free) travel opportunities.