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Southwest credit card offers: The best bonuses on every Southwest credit card

September 18, 2024: Southwest and Chase just upped their Southwest credit card new cardmember offers on the personal Southwest credit… Read More »Southwest credit card offers: The best bonuses on every Southwest credit card
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Southwest® Rapid Rewards® Performance Business Credit Card bonus: Earn 80k points

September 18, 2024: The sign-up bonus on the card is now back down to its business-as-usual offer. Fortunately, Chase recently… Read More »Southwest® Rapid Rewards® Performance Business Credit Card bonus: Earn 80k points
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Southwest® Rapid Rewards® Premier Business Credit Card bonus: Earn up to 60k points.

September 18, 2024: The sign-up bonus on the card is now back down to its business-as-usual offer. Fortunately, Chase recently… Read More »Southwest® Rapid Rewards® Premier Business Credit Card bonus: Earn up to 60k points.
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Limited-time Southwest Rapid Rewards® Priority Credit Card sign-up bonus: 85k Rapid Rewards points

September 17, 2024: Chase and Southwest have released new limited-time offers on all of the Southwest credit cards, including the… Read More »Limited-time Southwest Rapid Rewards® Priority Credit Card sign-up bonus: 85k Rapid Rewards points
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U.S. Bank Altitude® Connect Visa Signature® Card sign-up bonus: 20,000 point offer

Update September 16, 2024: The U.S. Bank Altitude® Connect Visa Signature® Card recently changed to become a no annual fee… Read More »U.S. Bank Altitude® Connect Visa Signature® Card sign-up bonus: 20,000 point offer
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Earn 5 free night awards with the Marriott Bonvoy Business® American Express® Card

September 13: The is back with a 5 night offer. The current welcome offer on the Bonvoy Business offers new… Read More »Earn 5 free night awards with the Marriott Bonvoy Business® American Express® Card

Best Delta credit card offers: Earn bonus SkyMiles with new cardmember offers

Update September 12, 2024: Delta has released new limited-time welcome offers on its Delta SkyMiles® credit cards. Most of these… Read More »Best Delta credit card offers: Earn bonus SkyMiles with new cardmember offers

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Aaron Hurd, Editor of CardsAndPoints.com.

I’m Aaron Hurd, one of the foremost experts in credit cards, travel rewards, and loyalty programs. You might have seen one of the hundreds of articles I’ve written for places The Wall Street Journal, Time, Forbes, Nerdwallet, The Points Guy, Bankrate, Rolling Stone, and countless other publications. Or you may have run into me or seen me speak at an event like the Chicago Seminars, New York Times Travel Show, Fincon or Frequent Traveler University. Regardless of how you came to this site or where you are on your credit journey, welcome. 🙂

I launched this site because I saw a need to provide better information about credit cards and travel rewards. My goal is to build the best resource on the internet for you, whether your objective is to build your credit, put more cash in your wallet, better use your credit card benefits, or take your family on vacation.

Our promise to you is simple: We keep you, the reader, at the top of our priority list. We show you how to use your credit card rewards and benefits in ways that are relevant to you. And we have a little fun doing it.


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  • Aaron Hurd

    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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