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Meghan Coyle

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Insider Strategies for First-Class Cruise Perks Without the Premium Price

I'm partial to the hot dog and drink for $1.50 personally, but this is a great question. Trying to maximize your savings by buying in bulk and earning travel rewards.

Smart Travel: Upgrade Your Getaways
Insider Strategies for First-Class Cruise Perks Without the Premium Price

I'm partial to the hot dog and drink for $1.50 personally, but this is a great question. Trying to maximize your savings by buying in bulk and earning travel rewards.

Smart Travel: Upgrade Your Getaways
Insider Strategies for First-Class Cruise Perks Without the Premium Price

There's the Citi Costco Anywhere Visa card. It earns 2% back at Costco, which is surprisingly meh since the best co-branded cards offer 3% or more at the actual brand.

Smart Travel: Upgrade Your Getaways
Insider Strategies for First-Class Cruise Perks Without the Premium Price

There's the Citi Costco Anywhere Visa card. It earns 2% back at Costco, which is surprisingly meh since the best co-branded cards offer 3% or more at the actual brand.

Smart Travel: Upgrade Your Getaways
Insider Strategies for First-Class Cruise Perks Without the Premium Price

There's the Citi Costco Anywhere Visa card. It earns 2% back at Costco, which is surprisingly meh since the best co-branded cards offer 3% or more at the actual brand.

Smart Travel: Upgrade Your Getaways
Insider Strategies for First-Class Cruise Perks Without the Premium Price

Otherwise, there are some great cash back cards. We'll post a link in the show description to NerdWallet's guide to the best cash back cards. But cards we like include the Wells Fargo Active Cash, which earns 2% cash back on all purchases, not just Costco.

Smart Travel: Upgrade Your Getaways
Insider Strategies for First-Class Cruise Perks Without the Premium Price

Otherwise, there are some great cash back cards. We'll post a link in the show description to NerdWallet's guide to the best cash back cards. But cards we like include the Wells Fargo Active Cash, which earns 2% cash back on all purchases, not just Costco.

Smart Travel: Upgrade Your Getaways
Insider Strategies for First-Class Cruise Perks Without the Premium Price

Otherwise, there are some great cash back cards. We'll post a link in the show description to NerdWallet's guide to the best cash back cards. But cards we like include the Wells Fargo Active Cash, which earns 2% cash back on all purchases, not just Costco.

Smart Travel: Upgrade Your Getaways
Insider Strategies for First-Class Cruise Perks Without the Premium Price

That means you could earn up to 3.5% cash back at Costco, depending on your tier of Preferred Rewards status. The catch is that Preferred Rewards is based on your balance, which we already talked about.

Smart Travel: Upgrade Your Getaways
Insider Strategies for First-Class Cruise Perks Without the Premium Price

That means you could earn up to 3.5% cash back at Costco, depending on your tier of Preferred Rewards status. The catch is that Preferred Rewards is based on your balance, which we already talked about.

Smart Travel: Upgrade Your Getaways
Insider Strategies for First-Class Cruise Perks Without the Premium Price

That means you could earn up to 3.5% cash back at Costco, depending on your tier of Preferred Rewards status. The catch is that Preferred Rewards is based on your balance, which we already talked about.

Smart Travel: Upgrade Your Getaways
Insider Strategies for First-Class Cruise Perks Without the Premium Price

5% is killer, but these can be annoying because these cards require you to opt in to the category every quarter.

Smart Travel: Upgrade Your Getaways
Insider Strategies for First-Class Cruise Perks Without the Premium Price

5% is killer, but these can be annoying because these cards require you to opt in to the category every quarter.

Smart Travel: Upgrade Your Getaways
Insider Strategies for First-Class Cruise Perks Without the Premium Price

5% is killer, but these can be annoying because these cards require you to opt in to the category every quarter.

Smart Travel: Upgrade Your Getaways
Insider Strategies for First-Class Cruise Perks Without the Premium Price

You mentioned being a Delta flyer. So Delta is not a transfer partner of Capital One, but Air France and KLM, their loyalty program is called Flying Blue. They are one of the Capital One transfer partners.

Smart Travel: Upgrade Your Getaways
Insider Strategies for First-Class Cruise Perks Without the Premium Price

You mentioned being a Delta flyer. So Delta is not a transfer partner of Capital One, but Air France and KLM, their loyalty program is called Flying Blue. They are one of the Capital One transfer partners.

Smart Travel: Upgrade Your Getaways
Insider Strategies for First-Class Cruise Perks Without the Premium Price

You mentioned being a Delta flyer. So Delta is not a transfer partner of Capital One, but Air France and KLM, their loyalty program is called Flying Blue. They are one of the Capital One transfer partners.

Smart Travel: Upgrade Your Getaways
Insider Strategies for First-Class Cruise Perks Without the Premium Price

So since Air France and KLM are part of the Sky Team Alliance with Delta, you can actually transfer Capital One miles to Flying Blue in order to book a flight on Delta and possibly get some great redemptions that way.

Smart Travel: Upgrade Your Getaways
Insider Strategies for First-Class Cruise Perks Without the Premium Price

So since Air France and KLM are part of the Sky Team Alliance with Delta, you can actually transfer Capital One miles to Flying Blue in order to book a flight on Delta and possibly get some great redemptions that way.

Smart Travel: Upgrade Your Getaways
Insider Strategies for First-Class Cruise Perks Without the Premium Price

So since Air France and KLM are part of the Sky Team Alliance with Delta, you can actually transfer Capital One miles to Flying Blue in order to book a flight on Delta and possibly get some great redemptions that way.