The BEST travel credit card for the average person.
Channel: Road To 100 Countries
Date: 20/08/2020

In my opinion, there is indeed a BEST travel card, but best in terms for the majority, not the minority. What does this mean? Well when it comes to travel the minority are actually those who frequently travel. The majority of people, especially Americans, have not traveled internationally, and even those who have traveled once or twice not too far beyond Mexico or the Caribbean.
✔ People who have never traveled internationally or beyond Mexico/Caribbean but would like to travel more.

✔ People who are NOT flight attendants, work for the travel industry, or travel for work.

✔ People who may not be able to travel often, who are trying to travel at least once or twice a year.

✔ People who have children, who never had the time to travel and when they found the time, the funds weren't there.

✔ People who actually travel a lot, but never really learned how to utilize travel cards.

✔ Last, but not least people who follow me and know I have NEVER steered anyone in the wrong travel direction.

Anyhow, the Best overall travel card is... drum-roll 🥁 please... THE HILTON SURPASS CARD. I am saying this because Hilton is my favorite. I promise you, I'm NOT. I am not paid through sponsorship by any credit card company.

✔ This card has a low annual fee of $95. 

✔ This card gives you 10, not 1, but 10 Airport lounge Priority Passes each year. If you have a family of 3-5 and travel only once a year. You could actually take EVERYONE to the lounge for your layover going and coming back. Definitely helps when you don't want to sit around everyone at the gate.

✔ This card gives you Gold status automatically with Hilton. Which means you get FREE cooked to order breakfast for you and those traveling with you, up to 3 rooms booked, potentially 12 people can enjoy breakfast on you at 4 people to room. 

✔ This card gives you 6x pts per $1 when you use it at grocery stores, restaurants and gas stations. Is that not where the average person spends at the most? They even upped it to 12x pts per $1 during this pandemic at grocery stores. NO other travel card went that high. NONE. Then they also give you 3x pts per $1 on all other purchases outside those 3 categories. 

✔ This card has NO foreign transaction fees.

✔ This card comes with car rental and damage insurance when you use it to rent a car.

✔ This card comes with AMEX Auto Purchasing program where you can use the card for a down payment on a new car and get guaranteed savings.

✔This card comes with Baggage claim insurance.

✔ This card comes with a year of extended manufacturer insurance when you use your card to purchase.

✔ This card comes with 90 day purchase protection for damage or stolen items purchased with card.

✔This card comes with FREE daily FICO credit score so you can see how much this card brings up your score. 😉

✔ This card, as an AMEX, also gives you all kinds of other perks for your everyday shopping in their benefits section. So many that if you don't look at it regularly you will miss out on. Like, for example, an extra 5,000 pts when you rent a car, using your points to shop at Amazon, and much more.

✔ Last but not least this card also gives you the ability to transfer your points for other things, for example 10,000 Hilton points = 1,000 Delta Miles.

This card can can also be used for many other travel related things beyond the hotel, as stated. However, if you are NOT an avid traveler or you travel as a family, you will NOT rack up enough miles to fly everyone for free, but you can absolutely rack up enough points to put everyone up in hotel accommodations for free and save on food with free breakfast. 

Finally, this card coupled with MyPoints (free service). You can double and triple dip on points and use your MyPoints for free flights. For times AMEX is not accepted, you can connect it to your PayPal and pay through PayPal. Honestly, for any beginner or a 1-2 times a year traveler that uses this card on ALL their everyday bills and purchases (immediately paying it off afterwards like a debit card) will get 1 to 2 weeks of a free hotel accommodations each year, plus add in MyPoints and you can get at least 1 free flight ($500 or less) a year as well, if you commit and change your travel mindset. 

Hilton AMEX referral link:
https://linktr.ee/tricks2travel 

MyPoints (Free) get a bonus 1,750 pts when you spend $20 plus a bonus free $10 when you sign up with this referral link:
https://www.mypoints.com?rb=28658615

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