Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here." Hey Brian,I am new to this world of working the travel system. I want to get a cardfor everyday purchases to start accruing mileage points, which one do yourecommend for your everyday spending and why?Thank you! Mel “TPG: There are a lot of good cards out there, but I do think there is oneclear winner right now - Chase Sapphire Preferred card.The $95 annual fee is waived for the first year and they are currentlyoffering 50,000 points (Update: offer is now for 40,000 bonus points at sign-up) if you spend $3,000 within the first three months. Points can be transferred to both airlines (Continental and British Airways) as well as hotels (Hyatt,Marriott, Priority Club) and Amtrak. Also, you can use the points tobuy tickets on any airline and each point is equal to 1.25 cents. A$400 flight will cost you 32,000 points (and you’ll earn miles on thatflight.). Two other good features are: 1) No foreign transaction fees(which can save you up to 3% on all spend when you travel outside theUS) and a 7% bonus on all points earned. So if you earn 50,000 pointsa year, you’ll get a year-end bonus of 3,500 points.Sign up for our daily newsletterEmail addressSign upI would like to subscribe to The Points Guy newsletters and special email promotions. The Points Guy will not share or sell your email. See privacy policy.Basically, at a minimum you are getting $625 in value for a cardwith no fees for the first year and a bunch of benefits. I believe thisis the best all around offer right now for someone who wants to accruevaluable and flexible points.
