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Old Jun 21, 2011 | 12:16 pm
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chelmkamp
 
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: West Africa
Programs: Flying Blue, Mileage Plus
Posts: 204
Originally Posted by milty908
I'm sure it's probably already mentioned but I like:

Capital One Venture card. ...Charged around $3k on it with no fees = love. This card is also 1% cash back and bonus 1% on travel, gas, groceries I think.
It's effectively 2% cashback if you redeem on travel: 2 points per dollar on all purchases (travel or not), which you can apply at a 1:100 redemption value on any travel related purchase.

The similar but no annual fee VentureOne also has no forex fees, you get 1.25% effective cashback. This is a better value if you plan to spend less than $7900 per year on the card (see my post here for the math).

I now use a combination of VentureOne and Penfed Amex for all my CC purchases in non-US currency, to avoid forex fees. Redeeming the VentureOne points couldn't be easier.

--Chris
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