Chase Sapphire Preferred Visa<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n I’ll start with this one since it’s my favorite.\u00a0 The Chase Sapphire Preferred Visa offers a very generous sign up bonus, 40,000 bonus points for spending $3000 in the first 3 months and an extra 5,000 miles for adding an authorized user!<\/p>\n \u00a0 Here are a few of the reason this card is my favorite,<\/p>\n \n <\/span>Barclaycard Arrival Mastercard<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n <\/span>This card is a close second to the Chase Sapphire Preferred.\u00a0 It’s the first one I applied for, which at the time as offering a 40,000 mile bonus for spending $1000 in the first 3 months.\u00a0 The promotion has terms have changed to a spending requirement of $3000 in the first 3 months.<\/p>\n I wrote about it at the time<\/a><\/span>, but getting this card was a pretty huge ordeal that took about a month.\u00a0 I was initially denied for the card, but after calling the reconsideration line, 1-866-408-4064, I was approved and told my card was in the mail.\u00a0 After waiting a few weeks without the card showing up I called and was told it was still on the way.\u00a0 A few weeks more passed and I called again only to find they had shipped it to the wrong address and it had to be cancelled and reissued.\u00a0 Luckily, I had no problem meeting the $1000 spending requirement, but if it had been higher I would have been very upset at the month that I couldn’t use the card.<\/p>\n <\/span>All of that was a pain, but it was worth it once I got the card.\u00a0 I’ve been very satisfied with this one.\u00a0 The point system is very generous, 2 miles\/$ spent on anything, and a 10% bonus on miles redeemed for travel.\u00a0 It also comes with a subscription to tripit pro.\u00a0 Apparently, this is a $49 value, but I don’t really see why anyone would pay for this service.\u00a0 It’s handy, but there are lots of similar apps that do the same thing for free.<\/p>\n This card does have a lot of great features though,<\/p>\n I plan on keeping this card even after the first year.\u00a0 I have a feeling it will be worth the annual fee.<\/p>\n British Airways Visa<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n <\/span>I applied for this card the same day I applied for the Chase Sapphire Preferred Visa, both cards are Chase cards and are managed through the same website, but are vastly different.\u00a0 This is only card that I applied for that didn’t waive the annual fee, but sign up bonus was so enticing that I thought it was worth it.<\/p>\n <\/span>At the time I signed up for this card, the offer was 100,000 avios; (which I wrote about here<\/a><\/span>) 50,000 avios for spending $2000 in the first 3 months, 25,000 avios for spending $10,000 in the first year, and 25,000 avios for spending an additional $10,000 in the first year.\u00a0 This deal has now expired and the current offer is 50,000 avios for spending $2000 in the first 3 months.<\/p>\n <\/span>I have been very disappointed with this card.\u00a0 Well, not the card exactly, but the rewards.\u00a0 So far I’ve amassed around 59,000 avios and had such a hard time using them.\u00a0 The website is complicated and the avios don’t cover the taxes and fees, which it seems on most of the reward flights cost more than an entire flight on other airlines.\u00a0\u00a0 For example, getting from Orlando to London, would run me in the range of 50,000 avios plus 828GBP.<\/p>\n![\"image\"](\"https:\/\/magsonthemove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/image4-e1399666796279-510x592.jpg\")
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