Gregory Karp is a credit cards writer for NerdWallet. He has been a newspaper reporter and editor, author of two personal finance books and creator of the Spending Smart syndicated newspaper column, which ran from 2003 to 2014. He previously was a reporter at the Chicago Tribune, covering consumer issues, airlines, retail and other business news topics. He likes fantasy baseball, pocket billiards and sandwiches.
American Airlines and Citi have increased marketing recently for the lightly touted Citi® / AAdvantage® Gold World Elite™ Mastercard® . It’s the least expensive version of the airline card and comes…
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Choosing a Southwest Airlines credit card can be tricky because the differences between the two consumer cards are subtle and their net value is about the same. Both cards have a…
Chase is redefining the word “annual” for a major feature of its popular Chase Sapphire Reserve℠. As a result, carrying the card could be less lucrative in the first year. This card comes with an…
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