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Viewer Questions

As credit card and service fees become more common, at what point do you pay with another form of payment versus a credit card?  A charge that codes as 3x with a 3% fee?  2x catch-all with a 3% fee?  Or just when you are working on a SUB?  Or never? - Keith 

What do you do if you’re at the airport and you learn that your flight will be delayed? Look into other options with the same/different carrier? Ride it out? Are there any tools that help you make these decisions? - joromacsquibb

How have you used points/miles and CC perks to help family and friends? For example, I have recently covered a family member's multiple hotel stays in her effort get a second opinion from an specialist doctor. @Keith had several other great examples in another thread. Any suggestions for how people can use their points and perks to help others? Big or small. - DDAF 

What is your favorite movie to watch on a plane? - AP

News Round-Up

Amex is going be refreshing more cards

⁠⁠SoFi just released their Q4 2024 earnings call and during it they mentioned that they have signed a hotel co-branded partner.⁠⁠

“...we’ve signed a partnership with a leading hotel rewards brand for a co-branded debit card program launching in the first half of ’25. This is a new differentiated offering that will expand our footprint among consumer brands.”

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