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Elizabeth Ayoola

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
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NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast
Points and Miles vs Cash Back: Pick a Credit Card That Matches Your Spending

So I love declining those credit cards at checkout.

NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast
Points and Miles vs Cash Back: Pick a Credit Card That Matches Your Spending

Because Sean's always talking, you know, things about me having many credit cards with fees.

NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast
Points and Miles vs Cash Back: Pick a Credit Card That Matches Your Spending

So how many credit cards with fees you got now, Sean?

NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast
Points and Miles vs Cash Back: Pick a Credit Card That Matches Your Spending

And I have a real life example.

NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast
Points and Miles vs Cash Back: Pick a Credit Card That Matches Your Spending

I will also call out these credit card companies.

NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast
Points and Miles vs Cash Back: Pick a Credit Card That Matches Your Spending

for giving us discounts and coupons, I put in quotes, to things that are expensive, more expensive than I would buy in my everyday life.

NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast
Points and Miles vs Cash Back: Pick a Credit Card That Matches Your Spending

So I'll give you a real life example.

NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast
Points and Miles vs Cash Back: Pick a Credit Card That Matches Your Spending

I'm going to this event called Trap Karaoke.

NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast
Points and Miles vs Cash Back: Pick a Credit Card That Matches Your Spending

I get two StubHub credits a year with my Chase card.

NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast
Points and Miles vs Cash Back: Pick a Credit Card That Matches Your Spending

So I was like, well, let me start using it, you know?

NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast
Points and Miles vs Cash Back: Pick a Credit Card That Matches Your Spending

And I saw on StubHub the ticket for $150, which is the equivalent of the first credit for the year that you get.

NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast
Points and Miles vs Cash Back: Pick a Credit Card That Matches Your Spending

On the actual website for the event, do you want to guess how much the ticket was going for?

NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast
Points and Miles vs Cash Back: Pick a Credit Card That Matches Your Spending

$85.

NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast
Points and Miles vs Cash Back: Pick a Credit Card That Matches Your Spending

So you have to weigh out again, you know, yes, you're getting a restaurant credit or a hotel credit.

NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast
Points and Miles vs Cash Back: Pick a Credit Card That Matches Your Spending

But, you know, do you really want to pay that price?

NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast
Points and Miles vs Cash Back: Pick a Credit Card That Matches Your Spending

And would you really shop there or stay there anyway?

NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast
Points and Miles vs Cash Back: Pick a Credit Card That Matches Your Spending

So I think people should factor that into spending a lot of money to save a little bit of money.

NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast
Points and Miles vs Cash Back: Pick a Credit Card That Matches Your Spending

Girl math.

NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast
Points and Miles vs Cash Back: Pick a Credit Card That Matches Your Spending

All right.

NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast
Points and Miles vs Cash Back: Pick a Credit Card That Matches Your Spending

Also, for anybody out there who wants to learn more about this, NerdWallet does do roundups of low and no annual fee cards for those who used to be like Sean and are not here for the annual fees.