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Disclaimer: I am not getting any compensation from Banks or creditcard companies for this post. Please check your creditscore before applying for any card and do not use creditcards if you won't be able to pay your creditcard balance. These offers are my subjective choosing, there are other offers like the Delta Card offer out there which offer a high Signup Bonus, but I only introduce cards which offer real value.

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#1 Chase Sapphire Reserve (Visa Infinite Card)

• 100,000 Bonus Points after 4,000$ spending within 3 month after account opening
• 300 $ Annual Travel Credit
• 3x Points on all Dining & Travel
• Priority Pass Select (up to 3 guest for free)

Transfer Partner:

• Hotels: Marriott, Ritz-Carlton, IHG, Hyatt
• Airline: British Airways, Singapore Airlines, Virgin Atlantic, Air France KLM, United, Korean Air

Annual Fee:

450 USD

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Summary: Chase Sapphire Reserve is the ultimate card at the moment. It offers very good Hotel Transferpartners ( I value Hyatt points very much) and the Signup Offer of 100,000 Points is super generous. 

If you use the 300$ Travelcredit, the card has a 150$ Annual fee (450-300) so you are buying 100,000 Points for 150$ in the first year. (You can always cancel before the renewal date)

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#2 Chase Sapphire Preferred(Visa Signature Card)

• 50,000 Bonus Points after 4,000$ spending within 3 month after account opening
• 300 $ Annual Travel Credit
• 2x Points on all Dining & Travel

Transfer Partner:

• Hotels: Marriott, Ritz-Carlton, IHG, Hyatt
• Airline: British Airways, Singapore Airlines, Virgin Atlantic, Air France KLM, United, Korean Air

Annual Fee:

0 USD (First Year), 95 USD (2nd year)

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Summary: Chase Sapphire Preferred is very good for mileage newbies. It offers very good Hotel Transferpartners ( I value Hyatt points very much) and the Signup Offer of 50,000 Points.

The first year annual fee is waved so you are getting 50,000 Points for free. I recommend to get both Sapphire cards and get 150,000 Points for 150$. 

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#3 Citi Prestige(Mastercard)

• 40,000 Bonus Points after 4,000$ spending within 3 month after account opening (+10,000 Extra Points for Branch Signup)
• 250 $ Annual Travel Credit
• 3x Points on Air Travel and Hotels
• 2x Points on Dining & Entertainment
• Prioritypass Select
• 4th Night Free at any Hotel booked through Citi Concierge

Transfer Partner:

• Hotels: Hilton
• Airline: Cathay Asia Miles, Eva Air, Etihad, Garuda, Malaysia, Qantas, Qatar, Thai Airways,  Singapore Airlines, Virgin Atlantic, Air France KLM, Virgin America

Annual Fee:

450 USD (Online Signup), 350 USD (Branch Signup)

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Summary: Citi Prestige offers very good Airline Transferpartners and the Signup Offer of 50,000 Points for Branch Signup are very good too.

If you get the card in a Citi Branch, the Card will only cost 350$ annual fee and you still receive the 250$ annual airline credit. So the annual fee is bascially only 100$ !

This card is insane as it offers a 4th night free benefit on Hotels booked through Citi Concierge. You could book a 4 night Stay at a Hotel in the Maledives (750$ per night) and Citi will give you a refund for the 4th night. 

Advice: Get the Cit Premier and the Citi Prestige in your Citi Branch and receive 100,000 Citi Thankyou Points for 100$ in the first year

Mileage Hack: Fly New York - Brussels in Business class for under 38.000 Etihad Miles with Brussels Airways

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#4 The Ritz-Carlton Rewards® Credit Card (Visa Infinite Card)

• Three complimentary nights  at any participating Tier 1-4 Ritz-Carlton hotel after 5,000$ spending within 3 month after account opening 
• 300 $ Annual Travel Credit
• 2x Points on Air Travel and Car-rental
• 5x Points per 1 USD at Ritz and Mariott Hotels
• Prioritypass Select

Annual Fee:

450 USD

Website

Summary: The Ritz-Carlton Rewards® Credit Card with it's 3 night offer is really nice. You are basically buying 3 nights at Ritz for 150 USD (450-300 USD Travelcredit)

Get this card if you have expensive Ritz Stays coming up.

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#5 The Starwood Preferred Guest® Credit Card (American Express)

• 2 complimentary nights  at any participating Tier 1-5 SPG Hotel after 3,000$ spending within 3 month after account opening 
• 2 x Points at SPG Hotels
• Transfer SPG Points 1:3 to Marriott
• Transfer with a 5,000 Miles bonus to most airlines if you transfer min of 20,000 SPG Points

Annual Fee:

0 USD (First Year), 95 USD (2nd year)

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Summary: The Starwood Preferred Guest® Credit Card with it's 2 night offer is really nice. You are basically receiving 2 nights at SPG for free.

The great thing about SPG is, that you can now transfer your SPG Points 1:3 to Mariottt, so if you stay at a Starwood Hotel you will earn 5 Starpoints per 1$ spent, so it's 1$=5 SPG points and these convert to 15 Mariott Points. (so 1$= 15 Mariott Points, that's insane)

Mileage Hack: Check the Marriott Reward Rates here Cheapest Category is 7,500 Points

Example:

• Spend 500 USD at SPG Hotels and get a free night in any Cat 1 Marriott Hotel (7,500/15 =500)
• Spend the 3,000 USD at SPG Hotels and receive 6 CAT 1 stays for free at Marriott Hotels on top of the 2 free SPG nights...

Which Countries Creditcard are you interested in, please comment !!! I really need to get a Social Security Number in the US, these Bonus Offers in the US are really out of control !!!

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