Accoriding to the blogger ThePointsGuy there are three credit cards that luxury travelers shouldn’t live without.
- Amex Platinum is a tried and true card for the luxury traveler who values service and benefits. Especially for the international traveler, the perks are too good to ignore: While it has a $450 annual fee, you get $200 a year in airline rebates, $100 free Global Entry registration (which is AMAZING and makes getting through [customs] so much quicker and easier), lounge access to American, Delta, and US Airways airport lounges, Starwood Gold status and so many other benefits (no foreign transaction fees) that make traveling more enjoyable and end up saving you time and money. For me and I suspect many other [The Community] readers, the benefits hugely outweigh the annual fee. Especially if you take advantage of those rebates— it’s like only spending $150 on an annual fee.
- Chase Sapphire Preferred: beyond just looking cool, (its a carbon fiber type card that always draws attention when I use it) it comes with 50,000 bonus points at sign-up, only has a $95 annual fee which is waived the first year, gives you primary auto insurance, has great transfer partners (mentioned above) and no foreign transaction fees. It’s another great card with transferrable points for a lot of flexibility.
- Capital One Venture is a fixed-value points-earning card. Cardholders earn two points for every dollar spent, and points are fixed at a value of one cent each — which essentially translates to a 2% return. For frequent international travelers, the big benefit is that there is no foreign transaction fee. Because points have a fixed value, this card is good for people who need the flexibility to redeem points on any flight since using these points is just like using cash. The main drawback, however, is that it’s not a good card for travelers who want first-class redemption awards since it would take impossible amounts of points to purchase those tickets.
via ThePointsGuy & JustLuxe