Southwest Companion Pass®: What You Need To Know For 2024

Spooky season is upon us, and Companion Pass season is heating up!

Getting the Southwest Companion Pass is all about the timing. You don’t want to be too early or too late to get the best value possible.

Let’s take a deep dive and cover everything you need to know about earning the Southwest Companion Pass for 2024.

What is the Southwest Companion Pass?

The Southwest Companion Pass is a buy-one-get-one-free(ish) ticket on Southwest Airlines for you and a designated companion.

New Benefits for Capital One Cards

Capital One is introducing some meaningful update to cards across their portfolio.

Let’s take a look at the details and how it impacts you.

Expanded Lounge Access

Capital One is expanding lounge access by adding access to an additional 100+ lounges worldwide.

Capital One Updates: New Bonus on Venture and Other Benefits

Capital One is introducing some meaningful update to cards across their portfolio and updating the bonus on the ever popular Capital One Venture Credit Card.

Let’s take a look at the details and how it impacts you.

Venture Bonus now 75,000 Miles

The Capital One Venture Credit Card is now offering a new bonus of 75,000 points after spending $4,000 in spend within three months of account opening.

While this isn’t the highest bonus we’ve ever seen on the Venture card, it is one of the highest recently.

How to Pay Taxes With a Credit Card

Nobody enjoys tax season, but it’s one of those necessary annual pop-ups that we all go through together. While tax season blossoms in tandem with daffodils and tulips, we typically garner far less gratification from doing our taxes than we do from collecting a colorful bunch of flowers. 

Nevertheless, there is a sunny side to tax season. If done correctly, you may stand to earn a fair bit of points and miles by using a credit card to pay your taxes.

Capital One Venture X Rewards Card

We’re excited to announce the new Capital One Venture X Rewards Card. We’ll keep this intro brief as we dive into the details and our take on this new travel rewards card.

Capital One Venture X Rewards Card Overview

The Capital One Venture X Rewards Card is Capital One’s new premium credit card.

Your Guide to The Platinum Card from American Express

If you’re looking for a solid, do it all travel card, then The Platinum Card® from American Express should be on your radar. This one card brings you great airport lounge access, hotel status, and more.

Let’s keep it short, because there’s a lot to get into with this great card and we’re going to take a deep dive into everything you need to know about the Amex Platinum.

The Basics of The Platinum Card from American Express

Before we dive deep into the perks of the Amex Platinum, we need to go over all the basics.

The Capital One Combo: One Of The Best Tools For Earning Miles

I’ve been a huge fan of card combinations that can really sweep you off your feet at the ability to rapidly earn tons of points without chasing a bonus. Combos like the Citi Premier® Card and the Citi® Double Cash Card, or the Chase Sapphire Reserve® and the Chase Freedom Unlimited®.

For the past few years, the Chase Sapphire Reserve® and Chase Freedom Unlimited® has been my absolute go to combo. However, with some recent updates I think another bank may be wooing me in.

No, it isn’t American Express, Bank of America, or Barclays.

Updates To The Business Platinum Card® by American Express

American Express announced some changes to The Business Platinum Card® from American Express that are favorable to most everyone, but businesses that can fully utilize the benefits will get the biggest bang for their buck.

Let’s take a look at the updates and how they impact the value of the Business Platinum Card.

Updated Earnings Rate

The first big change on the Business Platinum Card is the updated earnings rates.

Best Credit Cards to Buy Flights

As awesome as using points and miles are to book flights, sometimes you have to pay cash for your flights. Whether you found a great deal on airfare, or there just isn’t award availability and you’re absolutely itching to take a trip, sometimes paying for flights just works better. When you’re looking to buy a flight, you should be using the best credit card to buy a flight.

Even when you are booking an award flight, there are inevitable taxes and fees that you just can’t avoid.

But that’s easier said than done.

Everything You Need To Know About the United Excursionist Perk

It isn’t uncommon to book a trip with more than one destination. This is especially popular for travel to Europe. Who doesn’t want to visit Rome and Paris on the same trip? How about Madrid and Santorini? 

In order to do this, your travel plans will be multidimensional and not just round-trip so you’ll need to plan accordingly.