While most of us don’t like paying taxes, the silver lining is that paying taxes through credit cards that earn rewards—in the form of cash back, points or miles—can be profitable compared to paying taxes from bank accounts using checks or electronic payments. Despite the processing fees associated with paying taxes with credit cards, the value of the rewards earned often exceeds the fees.

Tax Payment Basics

Before getting into the details of earning points and miles by paying taxes with credit cards, let’s review some basics about paying taxes, specifically individual (personal), federal income taxes.

American Airlines currently isn’t a transfer partner with any of the major flexible currency programs, so unless you collect AAdvantage miles or transfer Marriott Bonvoy points to the AAdvantage program at a 3:1 ratio, you need to use other loyalty programs to book American Airlines flights using points.

If you have Ultimate Rewards points—the flexible currency earned through Chase’s Ultimate Rewards program—or other flexible currency, it’s possible to use these points to book American Airlines flights.

There are two basic ways you can book American Airlines flights using Ultimate Rewards points:

Through Chase Travel℠, which functions like a

Hyatt hotels and the World of Hyatt loyalty program are favorites among many travelers and points and miles enthusiasts.

One factor that differentiates the World of Hyatt program is that it’s the only major United States-based hotel loyalty program that assigns properties into categories and has award charts with fixed rates based on hotel category, room type and date.

Delta Air Lines is considered one of the Big Three U.S. carriers (alongside American Airlines and United Airlines) and, indeed, is one of the largest commercial carriers in the country as well as in the world. 

Delta operates more than 4,000 flights daily and connects more than 290 destinations worldwide, which is a huge footprint both domestically and internationally.

ThankYou® Points are the currency of the Citi ThankYou® Rewards program, which is one of the major flexible rewards programs in the United States. With the Citi ThankYou® Rewards program, cardholders can use points in several ways, such as redeeming for cash back or statement credits, making purchases at select retailers, buying gift cards, booking travel through Citi Travel℠ or transferring points to partner loyalty programs.

The primary way to earn ThankYou® Points is through welcome bonuses and spending on select Citi credit cards.

While credit cards can be your key to earning hundreds of thousands of points on your everyday spending, not every merchant accepts them.

Note: All information about the American Express® Green Card, Amex EveryDay® Preferred Credit Card and The Amex EveryDay® Card has been collected independently by MileValue.

American Airlines currently isn’t a transfer partner with any of the major flexible currency programs, so unless you collect AAdvantage miles or transfer Marriott Bonvoy points to American Airlines at a 3:1 ratio, you need to use other programs to book American Airlines flights with points.

If you have Membership Rewards points—the flexible currency earned through the American Express Membership Rewards program—or other flexible currency, it’s possible to use these points to book

Marriott Bonvoy has the highest number of guest rooms of any hotel portfolio globally—more than 1.5 million rooms across 141 countries. That means the chances you’ve stayed at one of the 30 different Marriott brands is high.

If you’re a frequent or even occasional guest at Marriott properties, there are a myriad of ways that you can earn points as well as elite status.

All information about the American Express® Green Card has been collected independently by 10xTravel.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst—with the right credit card in your wallet, you can do exactly that.

Travel rewards credit cards often come with a selection of travel protection perks.

Whether you’re just getting started earning points and miles or are looking for opportunities to earn more flexible currency, the Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card and the Citi Strata Premier℠ Card are valuable credit cards that you might want to add to your wallet.

Similarities between the two cards include:

Both cards earn flexible currency that can be transferred to airline and hotel partners and used in other ways, including cash back and gift card redemptions.

Both cards have a $95 annual fee.

Neither card has foreign transaction fees, making the cards good choices for international use.

These credit cards