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Friends! If you’ve been reading our posts, you know we’re big fans of travel credit cards. Yes, they charge annual fees. But as with most things, you get a fair amount in return for that fee. The return is more than enough to offset the fee multiple times if you use all the benefits that come with those cards.
We tend to stick to a few main cards, which we’ve listed below:
The Platinum Card from American Express
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