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Sally French

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

Why do people like cruising?

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

Why do people like cruising?

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

Why do people like cruising?

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

Last question. What is your best money saving tip for cruises?

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

Last question. What is your best money saving tip for cruises?

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

Last question. What is your best money saving tip for cruises?

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

There are cruise-branded credit cards out there, but unless you are sailing with that same cruise line all the time, like multiple times per year, most people are probably best with a general travel credit card.

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

There are cruise-branded credit cards out there, but unless you are sailing with that same cruise line all the time, like multiple times per year, most people are probably best with a general travel credit card.

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

There are cruise-branded credit cards out there, but unless you are sailing with that same cruise line all the time, like multiple times per year, most people are probably best with a general travel credit card.

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

And Megan, I like that you made that recommendation for the card's underrated benefits. I'm talking about things like travel insurance. That can come in handy if you end up not actually being able to cruise. I actually boarded a cruise last year in Florida at the tail end of Hurricane Milton. Luckily, my timing meant that everything went off without a hitch.

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

And Megan, I like that you made that recommendation for the card's underrated benefits. I'm talking about things like travel insurance. That can come in handy if you end up not actually being able to cruise. I actually boarded a cruise last year in Florida at the tail end of Hurricane Milton. Luckily, my timing meant that everything went off without a hitch.

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

And Megan, I like that you made that recommendation for the card's underrated benefits. I'm talking about things like travel insurance. That can come in handy if you end up not actually being able to cruise. I actually boarded a cruise last year in Florida at the tail end of Hurricane Milton. Luckily, my timing meant that everything went off without a hitch.

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

But had that cruise been scheduled just a couple days earlier, that travel insurance would have come in handy.

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

But had that cruise been scheduled just a couple days earlier, that travel insurance would have come in handy.

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

But had that cruise been scheduled just a couple days earlier, that travel insurance would have come in handy.

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

One thing I do want to point out here is that you can book cruises through Amex Travel, but it is not a great redemption rate. Only 0.7 cents per point. Not amazing. If you were trying to use points to cover a cruise purchase, I would probably opt for some type of card that offers cash back at a rate of 1 cent per point.

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

One thing I do want to point out here is that you can book cruises through Amex Travel, but it is not a great redemption rate. Only 0.7 cents per point. Not amazing. If you were trying to use points to cover a cruise purchase, I would probably opt for some type of card that offers cash back at a rate of 1 cent per point.

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

One thing I do want to point out here is that you can book cruises through Amex Travel, but it is not a great redemption rate. Only 0.7 cents per point. Not amazing. If you were trying to use points to cover a cruise purchase, I would probably opt for some type of card that offers cash back at a rate of 1 cent per point.

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

Those are all general travel credit cards, but I went on a mission to see if I could find a no annual fee card that gets more than two points per dollar spent on cruises. And you know what? I did. The Norwegian Cruise Line World MasterCard, which is a co-branded credit card with Bank of America, has a zero dollar annual fee.

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

Those are all general travel credit cards, but I went on a mission to see if I could find a no annual fee card that gets more than two points per dollar spent on cruises. And you know what? I did. The Norwegian Cruise Line World MasterCard, which is a co-branded credit card with Bank of America, has a zero dollar annual fee.