‘This or That’: Travel Credit Card or Cash-Back Credit Card

NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast

NerdWallet Personal Finance

Business, Education, Investing, How To

4.2 • 665 Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2023

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Travel credit cards can help you score the vacation of your dreams on points alone. But are they worth the hassle of playing the points game? In this episode of the “This or That” travel series, Sean talks with travel Nerd Sally French about why travel cards are worth the hype — and when a cash-back card might be the better option. To send the Nerds your money questions, call or text the Nerd hotline at 901-730-6373 or email [email protected]. Like what you hear? Please leave us a review and tell a friend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:36.2	Welcome to the NerdWallet Smart Money Podcast, where you send us your money questions and we
0:40.6	answer them with the help of our genius nerds. I'm Sean Piles. Today we have the next installment
0:45.9	in our this or that travel series. Today's question, travel credit card or cash back credit card.
0:52.1	After last week's deep dive into points, you might be ready to apply
0:55.4	for a shiny new travel credit card, or you might be thinking all of that sounded way too
0:59.7	complicated, should I just keep it simple and get a cashback card instead? To help you choose your
1:05.0	next card, we have Sally French joining us today. She's a travel writer, and you may also recognize
1:10.2	her from some of NerdWallet's video content. Sally, thank you for being here. Thanks for having me.
1:15.9	Before we get into this conversation, a quick disclaimer that we're going to talk about a few
1:19.6	credit cards in this episode that are NerdWallet partners, but that does not affect how we talk
1:24.4	about them. Sally, I know you are really into travel credit cards, but I am
1:29.0	team cashback card. So if you want to convince me to change my ways, your work is cut out for you in
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